Perspectives on Strengthening Organizational Structure
Capacity Building for Nonprofits
By Jessica Kronstadt
Contributor
Aurora Health Care (Milwaukee): Appointed Nancy J. Kaufman, a vice president at the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.), to be vice president of philanthropy. Carnegie Hall (New York): Appointed Hollis Headrick, executive director of the Center for Arts Education (New York), to be…
Congress Hears From IRS on Credit-Repair Groups
The IRS is moving to stop nonprofit credit-counseling organizations from abusing their tax-exempt status, IRS Commissioner Mark Everson said at a recent congressional hearing. The IRS is increasing its scrutiny of applications for tax-exempt status submitted by credit-counseling organizations, and…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
IRS Announces 2004 Rates for Charitable Deductions
The Internal Revenue Service has made inflation adjustments for 2004 to the rules that govern some charitable deductions. Many of the adjustments apply to the federal law that governs how much of a payment to a charity can be claimed as a charitable deduction when the donor receives some item in…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Congress Approves Increase in National-Service Budget
Congress has agreed to give the AmeriCorps national-service program $444-million for the 2004 fiscal year, $170-million more than last year. The move was a sharp contrast to decisions Congress made earlier in the year, when lawmakers refused to provide additional funds for the program amid reports…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
One in Five Charity Boards Changed Policies in Past Year
A federal law intended to improve corporate governance and accountability has had relatively little impact on nonprofit organizations, according to a new survey. Just one in five of the more than 300 nonprofit officials surveyed said their organizations had made any changes as a result of the…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
Bits: Spam Prevention and Technology Volunteers
On December 12 -- the first annual Spam Prevention Day -- Mailshell, a company in San Francisco, will give any nonprofit organization that visits the Web site http://www.stopspamtoday.org a free one-year subscription for its anti-spam software that can be used by each of the charity’s employees.…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Technology Company Files Plans With SEC
Kintera, a San Diego company that leases software to nonprofit organizations to help them raise money online, plans to sell 4.5 million shares of common stock in its initial public offering, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 28. The company…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Web Site Offers Charity Gift Options
As shoppers scurry to finish their holiday shopping, a new nonprofit organization hopes to spur charitable giving in lieu of candy, jewelry, and other traditional presents. Visitors to the WhatGoesAround.org Web site can make online donations to any of more than 900,000 nonprofit organizations.…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Boston Priest Returns Home to Lead Social-Services Charity
The Rev. J. Bryan Hehir is going home. For much of Father Hehir’s 37 years as a priest of the Archdiocese of Boston, he has been “on loan” to other dioceses. He spent 20 years at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, in Washington, and for the last two years he has served as president…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor