At least three major efforts are under way to encourage the millions of baby boomers reaching retirement age to volunteer for charities, reports The Wall Street Journal. The Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency that connects Americans with volunteer opportunities, is…
Anne Bass, a trustee at the School of American Ballet, in New York, has rescinded a $1-million gift to the institution and resigned from the Board of Directors following a feud with Peter Martins, the director of the school and the associated New York City Ballet, reports The New York Observer. “I…
As more people give online, some Web sites run by nonprofit groups, including Networkforgood.org and Justgive.org, connect donors to local charities through a search engine that categorizes organizations by cause, name, and ZIP code, reports The Wall Street Journal. Network for Good, in Bethesda,…
GOVERNMENT ASKS FOR IRAQ DONATIONS
Federal effort to encourage giving to Iraqi development reaps few donations
Russia’s upper house of parliament has voted in favor of legislation that would place restrictions on nongovernmental organizations, which the bill’s sponsors say is necessary to curb terrorism and extremism, reports the Associated Press. Critics, however, have charged that the bill is an attempt…
Patrons of a National Public Radio affiliate in Detroit have sued the station, saying that they were hoodwinked into donating to WDET-FM during a pledge drive in the fall while its employees secretly plotted changes to its programs, The Chicago Tribune reports. Kevin Ernst, the lawyer representing…
More than 2,200 environmental organizations, including some groups highly critical of the government’s environmental policies, have received grants from the Environmental Protection Agency over the last decade, reports the Associated Press. Organizations interviewed for the article said that the…
The Federal Communications Commission has requested an investigation into television stations that solicit corporate sponsorship for charitable activities such as toy or food drives, reports The Washington Post. Jonathan Adelstein, an FCC Commissioner, said he was concerned by stations in the…
About 150 nonprofit organizations were dropped from the United Way fund-raising campaign in the Washington metropolitan area this year or decided not to reapply after the organization tightened enforcement of its admission standards, reports The Washington Post. The United Way said it had…