FCC Delays Starting Date for Fax Rule
By Elizabeth Schwinn Charities and businesses can send faxed solicitations without getting permission from recipients until the end of 2004, thanks to a federal agency’s decision to give organizations more time to comply with a new regulation. The Federal Communications Commission issued a…
$30-Million to Ohio State U.; Other Gifts
Ohio State University will benefit from a real-estate gift worth $30-million from a philanthropist who attracted public attention last month when he donated a kidney to a woman he didn’t know. Zell Kravinsky, a real-estate developer in Jenkintown, Pa., and his wife, Emily, said they wanted the…
By Julia Green
Contributor
Study Links Religious Faith and Acts of Charity
Religious beliefs and altruistic acts are strongly linked, according to a new study by the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago. Researchers found that people who said they attend church weekly and participate in other religious activities reported an average of 128 “acts…
By Leah Kerkman
Contributor
Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Minnesota Foundation
A U.S. District Court judge last month dismissed a $1.25-million lawsuit that accused the Northwest Area Foundation, in St. Paul, of reneging on a promise to pay to help a county in eastern Washington State develop a plan to reduce poverty. Residents of the county said they planned to appeal the…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Donations to Hospitals Fell Sharply in 2002, New Figures Show
The economic downturn caused donations to hospitals to drop sharply last year, according to new fund-raising estimates released by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy, in Falls Church, Va. The association said hospitals received $3.64-billion in cash gifts last year, down from $4.89-billion…
By Leah Kerkman
Contributor
Ford Report Analyzes 9/11 Response
A report commissioned by the Ford Foundation, in New York, calls for greater coordination between ALSO SEE:Assisting Terrorism’s Other VictimsHard Times for ImmigrantsBracing for CatastropheSimple Steps Can Help Charities Plan for DisastersDisaster Planning: Resources for Nonprofit OfficialsSeizing…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Majority of Funds Raised After September 11 Have Been Distributed
Two years after the September 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, ALSO SEE:Assisting Terrorism’s Other VictimsHard Times for ImmigrantsBracing for CatastropheSimple Steps Can Help Charities Plan for DisastersDisaster Planning: Resources for Nonprofit OfficialsSeizing…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
A New York charity aims to transform spirit of support that followed September 11 into a national day of volunteerismDavid Paine grew up on Long Island and spent his early career in Manhattan. On September 11, 2001, he ALSO SEE:Assisting Terrorism’s Other VictimsHard Times for ImmigrantsBracing for…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Disaster Planning: Resources for Nonprofit Officials
The following organizations offer resources to help nonprofit leaders plan for a disaster: BoardSource. The organization has published a 40-page booklet -- “Disaster ALSO SEE:Assisting Terrorism’s Other VictimsHard Times for ImmigrantsBracing for CatastropheSimple Steps Can Help Charities Plan for…
Simple Steps Can Help Charities Plan for Disasters
By Nicole Wallace The everyday crises that charity leaders face often leave them with little time or money to devote to ALSO SEE:Assisting Terrorism’s Other VictimsHard Times for ImmigrantsBracing for CatastropheDisaster Planning: Resources for Nonprofit OfficialsSeizing the DaySeptember 11…