Shaky Economy Didn’t Cause Grant Making to Fall in 2002, Report Says
Foundation giving remained steady in 2002 despite a weak economy and volatile stock market, according to a new ALSO SEE:Foundation Rankings: America’s Biggest Grant Makers report by the Foundation Center. The report is based on data collected from nearly 62,000 foundations in the United States.…
By Serdar Tumgoren
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Housing Trusts Help Increase Supply of Low-Cost Homes
As the federal government has slashed funds to programs that provide housing to needy people, cities and states ALSO SEE:Drafting New Plans for HousingBuilding SecurityMacArthur Stands Behind Controversial Housing Plan have turned to a new method to garner tax dollars for low-cost homes. By…
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MacArthur Stands Behind Controversial Housing Plan
Four years ago, when Chicago housing officials unveiled a $1.6-billion plan to demolish tens of thousands of ALSO SEE:Drafting New Plans for HousingBuilding SecurityHousing Trusts Help Increase Supply of Low-Cost Homes public-housing units and replace them with new developments, Donta C. Brown had…
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Grant makers and loan programs help bring financial stability to owners of mobile homesLoudon, N.H.
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Drafting New Plans for Housing
Numerous programs seek to preserve low-cost homesWith the help of federal programs and foundation grants, homeownership rates have risen to their highest level ALSO SEE:Building SecurityMacArthur Stands Behind Controversial Housing PlanHousing Trusts Help Increase Supply of Low-Cost Homes in the…
By Michael Anft
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Photograph by Katie KrebsIn the mid-1800s, around the time Wisconsin joined the Union, prairie covered more than two million acres of the state. Today, fewer than 3,500 acres of prairie remain. The advance of agriculture and urbanization has understandably upset the ecological equilibrium and…
Research Is Vital to Watchdog Group’s Advocacy Role, Director Says
As a college student working at a small library in Dallas, Pa., Jeff Krehely, director of research at the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, developed a keen appreciation for what he calls the nonprofit way of doing things. “At the library, people from the wealthiest to the poorest…
By Sandy Asirvatham
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Nonprofit Organizations Can Increase Efficiency by Using Technology Plans
Wired for Good: Strategic Technology Planning for Nonprofits
By Jessica Kronstadt
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American Heart Association-Greater Midwest Affiliate (Chicago): Appointed Almarie Wagner, executive director of the American Heart Association-Midwest Affiliate (Chicago), to be executive vice president. American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (New York): Appointed Edwin J.…
Tax-Exempt Organizations Registered With the IRS
More than 900,000 charities and private foundations were registered with the Internal Revenue Service as of September 30, 2002, according to figures just released by the tax agency. That is a 76-percent increase in the number of charities in a decade. In 1992, 516,554 charitable organizations were…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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