From theater tickets to lemonade parties, nonprofit managers offer innovative incentives to lift moraleIt has been said that an army runs on its stomach. If that’s the case, then the scientists who battle pathologies at the Rothberg Institute for Childhood Diseases, a nonprofit medical-research…
By Jeffrey Klineman
Contributor
Senate Panel Set to Release Proposal on Land Donations
The Senate Finance Committee, which is examining how best to improve governance and accountability in the nonprofit world, is expected to announce at a hearing this week proposals to tighten the laws governing at least one aspect of charitable giving: land donations. Nonprofit officials say that…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Investigating Charities: Key Actions By Senate Finance Committee
Topic of investigation When committee started investigation What it examined Status American Red Cross June 2002 American Red Cross’s fund-raising tactics following the 2001 terrorist attacks, as well as its financial reporting practices and disaster-relief policies. Inquiry has ended. Red Cross…
Blending Tax Law and a Passion for the Arts
For a tax lawyer and someone who has spent much of his time the past few years reading, analyzing, and ALSO SEE:Fighting Nonprofit AbusesInvestigating Charities: Key Actions By Senate Finance Committee discussing complex legal issues while overseeing the Senate Finance Committee’s examination of…
By Brad Wolverton
Contributor
A top Senate aide pursues tough questions about charitiesWashington Leaning forward, head down, Dean A. Zerbe moves briskly through the Senate Dirksen Office Building, through a room ALSO SEE:Blending Tax Law and a Passion for the ArtsInvestigating Charities: Key Actions By Senate Finance Committee…
By Brad Wolverton
Contributor
Two Reports Track State Fees and Requirements for Charities and Their Advisers
Thirty-two states that require nonprofit organizations to register before soliciting donations within their borders ALSO SEE:State Registration Requirements for Charities and Fund Raisers now accept a standardized form for that purpose, according to a new report by the Giving USA Foundation, a unit…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Mixing Business and Altruism Nets Gifts From College Alumni
Barry Friedman, a home-mortgage consultant in California, Md., and a sailing enthusiast, wanted to lend his professional services to raise money for a new boathouse at his alma mater, St. Mary’s College of Maryland. Beginning last fall, he looked to other St. Mary’s graduates and fellow sailors to…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Books Help Charities Raise Money
Helen Hicks, executive director of the Food Bank of Oakland County, in Michigan, says she is always on the lookout for people who might listen to her stories from the front lines of the fight against hunger. She says that people are so struck by her tales of older people who can’t make their Social…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
When the Jewels for Charity Collection Tour came to Coral Gables, Fla., jewelry shoppers purchased $30,000 in vintage gems in the span of a few hours -- and all that money went to the Make-a-Wish Foundation. On other days, jewelry purchases on the same scale benefited Children’s Hospital Los…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
A Lucrative Twist on the Raffle
IDEAS By M.J. Prest “Betting the house” is a gamble some charities are taking -- and using to raise big dollars. Tickets for raffles where the top prize is a brand-new house are selling out in Indiana and California. Community Hospitals Foundation of Indianapolis, the fund-raising arm of the…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions