The Escalating Expense of Health Care
Charities explore new ways to stem spiraling insurance premiums When Frank Ross met with his charity’s insurance representative three years ago, he was greeted with some distressing news. Mr. Ross’s small social-services organization, Elm Acres Youth and Family Services, in Pittsburg, Kan., faced a…
By PETER PANEPENTO
Contributor
Charities Try New Year-End Online Appeals
Many charities experimented with new approaches to their 2003 year-end Internet fund raising, with some seeing gains over online contributions in 2002. Two nonprofit organizations that process online donations for other charities saw significant increases in the amount of money moving through their…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities try new efforts to persuade homosexuals to giveWhen Greg Baldwin and his male partner showed up to have their picture taken for the United Way of Miami-Dade’s donor-recognition book five years ago, the couple caught the charity by surprise. “I was sitting there with my partner in a lobby,…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Americans Say Charities Need Volunteers More Than Money
Half of adult Americans think that volunteering their time is more important than giving money to charity, according to a new survey by Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, a Minneapolis financial-services organization. Fifty percent of 1,000 respondents to the survey identified volunteer work as more…
By Brad Wolverton
Contributor
Duke U. Gets $72-Million From Trustee; Other Gifts
Two institutions have received gifts of $50-million or more: Duke University, in Durham, N.C., received $72-million from Peter and Ruth Virginia Nicholas, of Natick, Mass., on December 31, the last day of its capital campaign to raise $2-billion. Most of the gift -- $70-million -- is earmarked for…
Assets of Small-Foundation Group Drop 5%
Members of the Association of Small Foundations lost an average of nearly 5 percent of their assets in 2002 but disbursed an average of 9.4 percent in grants that year, a new survey has found. The association, in Bethesda, Md., compiled responses on giving and management from 1,137 foundations,…
By nicole lewis
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Clothing Company CEO Wears Passion for Service on His Sleeve
Stratham, N.H. Jeffrey B. Swartz -- head of the Timberland outdoor-wear company and a prominent champion of the AmeriCorps ALSO SEE:Tough Times for National ServicePresidential Contenders Weigh In on AmeriCorps and National ServiceNew National Service Chief Vows to Improve Relations With Charities…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
New National Service Chief Vows to Improve Relations With Charities
In an interview with The Chronicle, David Eisner, the new chief executive of the Corporation for National ALSO SEE:Tough Times for National ServicePresidential Contenders Weigh In on AmeriCorps and National ServiceClothing Company CEO Wears Passion for Service on His Sleeve and Community Service --…
By Debra E. Blum
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Presidential Contenders Weigh In on AmeriCorps and National Service
The Chronicle asked the nine candidates for the Democratic presidential nomination, as well as ALSO SEE:Tough Times for National ServiceNew National Service Chief Vows to Improve Relations With CharitiesClothing Company CEO Wears Passion for Service on His Sleeve President Bush, to provide their…
Tough Times for National Service
Charities remain wary after cutsmade in AmeriCorps programWhen torrential rains caused flooding in Skagit County, Wash., in October, the state’s Emergency Management ALSO SEE:Presidential Contenders Weigh In on AmeriCorps and National ServiceNew National Service Chief Vows to Improve Relations With…
By Debra E. Blum
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