Charities Keep Eye on Bush Tax Plans
By Grant Williams Charity officials are watching closely to see whom President Bush names to a committee that he plans to form to advise the Treasury Secretary on how to overhaul and simplify the federal tax code. The appointments could offer a clue to the changes Mr. Bush may eventually seek from…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Former Regulator Urges New Rules to Crack Down on ‘Rotten Apples’
During his five years as chief charities regulator for Attorney General Eliot Spitzer in New York, William ALSO SEE:About William Josephson, former head of the New York State Charities Bureau Josephson earned a reputation for straight talk and for taking an aggressive approach to enforcement. He…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Two Animal-Protection Groups Plan to Merge in 2005
Two leaders in the field of animal protection have decided to join forces. The boards of the Humane Society of the United States, in Washington, and the Fund for Animals, in New York, have voted to combine operations. The merger will formally occur on January 1. The decision to merge was not driven…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
N.Y. Charity Officers Paid ‘Poorly,’ Says Report
Among small and medium-sized nonprofit organizations in the New York City area, education, environment, and societal-benefit groups, such as community and civil-rights organizations, ALSO SEE: Median Salaries of New York City Nonprofit Executives pay their leaders the highest salaries, according to…
By Sharnell Bryan
Contributor
IRS Asked to Investigate Charity That Fights Limits on Alcohol, Fatty Food
“No food for you,” the Soup Nazi barks at an overweight restaurant customer at the front of a line of patrons who must be weighed before they are permitted to eat. The character made famous on the Seinfeld television show, played by the actor Larry Thomas, is appearing in a commercial produced by…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
In a Surprise Move, Head of NAACP Announces Resignation
Following the surprise resignation last week of its high-profile president, Kweisi Mfume, the NAACP was preparing to seek a successor even as it coped with an Internal Revenue Service investigation into its activities and worked to strengthen its finances and membership rolls. Mr. Mfume, a former…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Federal Budget Measure Cuts Spending on Many Charity Programs
Congress has passed a $388-billion spending bill for 2005 that would cut a broad array of federal programs that support ALSO SEE:AIDS on the Home FrontFuture of Federal and State Funds for Domestic AIDS Services ‘Pretty Bleak’ charities and the people they serve, including programs in housing,…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Future of Federal and State Funds for Domestic AIDS Services ‘Pretty Bleak’
Many charities are at the mercy of federal budget priorities. For organizations that provide services to ALSO SEE:AIDS on the Home FrontFederal Budget Measure Cuts Spending on Many Charity Programs people with HIV and AIDS those priorities can often be literally a matter of life and death,…
By Alison Stein Wellner
Contributor
Domestic nonprofit groups face increased demand, lean budgetsEarl Pike, executive director of the AIDS Taskforce of Greater Cleveland, was reviewing a grant proposal when he was ALSO SEE:Future of Federal and State Funds for Domestic AIDS Services ‘Pretty Bleak’Federal Budget Measure Cuts Spending…
By Alison Stein Wellner
Contributor
How a Humanitarian Group Helps the Needy
By Caroline Preston When Doctors Without Borders was founded in 1971, it earned a reputation for its willingness to provide humanitarian ALSO SEE:Photo Gallery aid in places few other charities wanted to go. For example, it was the first relief group to enter Afghanistan after the Soviet invasion,…