Employees Who Earned More Than Their Organization’s Chief Executive
Organization Employee 2003 compensation New York University James Grifo, Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology $2,747,904 Cornell University Zev Rosenwaks, Professor of Medicine $2,740,000 Baylor College of Medicine Saleh Shenaq, Professor and Chief, Division of Plastic Surgery $2,486,767 Columbia…
As part of a Congressional investigation into alleged ties between charities and terrorist organizations, the Senate Finance Committee plans to hold a hearing -- possibly as early as next week -- on terrorism financing. Earlier this year, the Senate Finance Committee, which oversees nonprofit…
By Elizabeth Schwinn and Brad Wolverton
AARP (Washington): Appointed Harry Moody, senior associate at the International Longevity Center (New York), to be director of the office of academic affairs, and Betsy Sprouse, a development manager at the AARP Foundation (Washington), to be senior adviser in the office of academic affairs. Aloha…
How The Chronicle Conducted Its Annual Survey of Pay at Big Nonprofit Groups
The Chronicle’s 12th annual salary survey examines what the nation’s largest nonprofit ALSO SEE:DATABASE: Executive Compensation SurveyExecutive Pay Rises ModestlyDisclosure of Charity Salaries Is a Complicated and Confusing ProcessQuestioning Compensation organizations pay their top officials.…
By Cassie J. Moore
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Interest Rates for Planned Gifts
Following are the interest rates, provided by the Internal Revenue Service, for computing charitable deductions for charitable remainder trusts, gift annuities, charitable lead trusts, and some other deferred gifts. October 2004 4.4% September 2004 4.6% August 4.8% July 5.0% June 4.6% May 3.8%…
Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced Closing date Goal Amount raised Purpose Foundation for the National Archives (D.C.) Aug. 2004 Open $22,500,000 $15,281,991 For endowment, exhibits, and programs Grassroots International…
Washington-Area Nonprofit Groups Adapt for Leaner Times
Thin the Soup or Shorten the Line: Washington Area Nonprofits Adapt to Uncertain Times, by Patricia Atkins, Mallory Barg, Joseph Cordes, and Martha Ross, analyzes how human-service organizations in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area are coping as costs and demand for services outpace revenue…
By Caroline Preston
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Foundation Strategies To Promote Racial Equality
Short Changed: Foundation Giving and Communities of Color, by Will Pittz and Rinku Sen, examines ways in which grant makers have supported programs to advance social justice and racial equality. The report, which is based on interviews, articles, data from the Foundation Center, and summaries of…
By Caroline Preston
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Study Looks at Bush’s Faith-Based Initiative
The Expanding Administrative Presidency: George W. Bush and the Faith-Based Initiative, by Anne Farris, Richard P. Nathan, and David J. Wright, explores measures taken by the Bush administration to help religious groups get government money to provide social-services programs. The report documents…
By Caroline Preston
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