‘Forbes’: Donors Can Expect New Giving Rules
Donors and board members can expect big changes as Congress and the Internal Revenue Service take steps to crack down on charity abuses, says Forbes magazine (August 15). “Problems in the charity sector have been building for years,” the magazine says. The number of charities has been growing…
‘Business Week’: Companies Focus on Social Causes
Business executives “are increasingly seeing social responsibility as a strategic imperative,” reports Business Week (August 15). For instance, Home Depot’s chief executive, Robert L. Nardelli, gathered executives from 24 companies and foundations to discuss community service -- and encourage more…
Technology Group Plans Meeting on Relief Aid
The Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network in San Francisco, plans to hold five regional conferences this fall and co-sponsor a conference on the role of technology in humanitarian relief. The network is a national organization for individuals, charities, and businesses that provide technology…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Access to Computers Remains Uneven
The benefits that information technology offer to young people are undermined by continuing disparities in children’s access to computers and the Internet based on their race and ethnicity, as well as their family’s income, according to a new report by a children’s advocacy organization. Yet when…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Television Station Asks Donors to Support Film
At a time when a growing number of public-television viewers are making their membership gifts online, WGBH, a Boston station, is turning to the Internet to raise money for a specific production -- a documentary on the role of adoption in American society. The Boston station has already received…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Companies Seek to Improve Management of Volunteers
The UPS Foundation and two other corporate donors this month established a charitable fund to help national and local charities better manage volunteers. The UPS Foundation, the philanthropic arm of UPS, the parcel-service company in Atlanta, will provide $1-million over three years to the effort.…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
N.Y. Nonprofit Groups Expand Health Coverage
More New York City nonprofit organizations provide health insurance to their employees than did four years ago, but more groups are also asking those workers to pay for part of their coverage, according to a new survey by the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York. The committee, an umbrella…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
High Fuel Costs Prompt Minn. United Way to Help Charities Save on Gas
Charities that operate vans, buses, and other vehicles to provide transportation to the people they serve ALSO SEE:Tuning Up a Charity Business face an array of challenges, including maintenance and repairs. But in recent months another challenge has emerged: rising fuel costs, as the price of oil…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Nonprofit group’s repair shop anticipates brisk salesWest St. Paul, Minn. At first glance, nothing seems out of the ordinary about the garage. But when Gary Dalton starts talking about his work -- describing ALSO SEE:High Fuel Costs Prompt Minn. United Way to Help Charities Save on Gas himself as a…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charity Official Questions Ethics of Fees Paid to Financial Advisers
A fund raiser at a Philadelphia cancer organization has roiled the charity world as he campaigns against what he calls “blatantly unethical” fees paid to financial advisers who set up donor-advised funds. Bruce Makous, a major gifts and planned-giving officer at the American Association for Cancer…
By Holly Hall
Contributor