Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced Closing date Goal Amount raised Purpose Museum of Modern Art (N.Y.) Nov. 1998 June 2006 $858,000,000 $700,000,000 For capital improvements and for its endowment National Underground…
Tax-Exempt Organizations Registered With the IRS
Applications Organizations registered Approved Denied Other1 Total 2002 2003 Section 501(c): (1) Corporations organized under act of Congress 13 0 7 20 88 103 (2) Titleholding corporations 138 0 40 178 6,998 7,078 (3) Religious, charitable, etc. 66,580 1,094 16,169 83,843 909,5742 964,4182 (4)…
Advice Making Board Retreats More Productive
Get participants at least an hour away from their homes, keep them out of the daily demands of the charity during the event, and other tips for an effective meeting.
By Jeffrey Klineman
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The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas. Education fund raising. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington) has presented its 2004 CASE Commonfund Institutionally Related Foundation…
Overview of Nonprofit Groups in Indiana
The Indiana Nonprofit Sector: A Profile, by Kirsten A. Grnbjerg and Linda J. Allen, summarizes the results of a 2002 survey of 2,205 Indiana charities, congregations, and advocacy and mutual-benefit organizations. Ms. Grnbjerg, a professor at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, in…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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The Handbook on Counter-Terrorism Measures: What U.S. Nonprofits and Grantmakers Need to Know, by Edgardo Ramos, Timothy R. Lyman, Patricia Canavan, and Clifford Nichols III, summarizes the potential effects on charitable organizations of rules that the federal government has imposed in recent…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Advice for Foundations Supporting Collaborations
Getting Better Together: A Foundation Report on Collaboration Grantsdescribes several nonprofit-group partnerships that have received financing from the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, in Atlanta. The report profiles five collaborations, including one between a theater company and a refugee…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Guidelines for Strong Nonprofit Boards
The New Effective Voluntary Board of Directors: What It Is and How It Works
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Revising Structures for Philanthropic Giving
Creating Philanthropic Capital Markets: The Deliberate Evolution
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Transforming How the Nation Fights Crime
When he went to the nation’s capital, John A. Calhoun thought he would spend two or three years there, just long enough to do some work for President Jimmy Carter. He ended up spending nearly three decades in Washington. Now Mr. Calhoun, 64, is getting ready to leave his job as head of the National…
By Jeffrey Klineman
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