Many nonprofit groups have stepped up their disaster planning, but experts say more need to do soWhen the power went out in New York last month, Joan Mintz, executive director of United Neighbors of ALSO SEE:Assisting Terrorism’s Other VictimsHard Times for ImmigrantsSimple Steps Can Help Charities…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
The bad economy and a September 11 backlash pose challenges for charities that serve people new to AmericaDavid M. Lubell’s job isn’t all that daunting -- or so he says. All he has to do is battle ALSO SEE: Assisting Terrorism’s Other Victims Bracing for Catastrophe Simple Steps Can Help Charities…
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Assisting Terrorism’s Other Victims
New foundation support is helping to bolster charities that serve Arab and Muslim immigrantsSeattle One morning last November, Noor Ahmed’s violence-scarred life was sent into another tailspin. A telephone ALSO SEE:Hard Times for ImmigrantsBracing for CatastropheSimple Steps Can Help Charities Plan…
By Michael Anft
Contributor
A Window to the Botanical World
Photograph by Kevin J. FrestOn a cool December night in 1995, a ferocious windstorm ripped through San Francisco, felling 400 mature trees in Golden Gate Park and seriously damaging the park’s Conservatory of Flowers, a national historic landmark that houses more than 15,000 tropical plants from…
Advertising Council (New York): Appointed Tim Davis, co-founder and managing partner of Brain Dump Unlimited (New York), to be executive vice president of media. Alpha Chi Omega Foundation (Indianapolis): Appointed Matthew Holley, development officer at the Damien Center (Indianapolis), to be…
Interest Rates for Planned Gifts
From the issue dated September 4, 2003 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. September 2003 4.2% August 3.2% July 3.0%…
Board Members’ Guide to Financial Statements
Understanding Nonprofit Financial Statements, Second Edition, by Steven Berger, describes nonprofit financial statements and explains how board members can use the documents to fulfill their legal and fiduciary responsibilities. Mr. Berger, president of Healthcare Insights, a Libertyville, Ill.,…
By Jessica Kronstadt
Contributor
Report on State Support for Religious Groups That Provide Social Services
Charitable Choice: First Results From Three States, by Sheila Suess Kennedy, describes the preliminary findings of research on the effects of federal welfare legislation passed in 1996 allowing religious groups that receive government financing to apply religious criteria when hiring, to display…
By Jessica Kronstadt
Contributor