Canadians Increased Giving by 9% in 2000, Report Says
Canadians who file tax returns increased their giving by 9 percent in 2000, according to a new report by Canada’s central statistics agency. In addition, the number of people who reported that they made charitable donations rose from 5.4 million to 5.5 million in 2000. On average, one in four…
By Karen Birchard
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50-Year Volunteer Among ‘Points of Light’ Winners
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Bush’s Daily Points of Light Award. The Points of Light Foundation, a Washington charity, assists the president in making the choices and carrying out the award program. More information about the…
N.Y. Official Seeks Changes in Phone Appeals
New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer has announced several efforts designed to crack down on fraud by companies that do telemarketing on behalf of charities, including changes in federal and state regulations for charities that hire solicitors and donors who make gifts to telemarketers. Mr.…
By Harvy Lipman
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Protestant Donations to Churches Are Rising
Protestants have been donating an increasingly big share of their income to their churches in recent years, according to a new report. An analysis of 29 Protestant denominations shows that in 1999, the latest year for which data are available, church members gave an average of $597, in…
By Debra E. Blum
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Arizona Charity Executive Is Accused of Fraud
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused a charity in Scottsdale, Ariz., of fleecing elderly donors of at least $54-million in gift-annuity payments. Regulators say the total amount lost by donors to the Mid-America Foundation could be as much as $100-million. In a lawsuit against…
By Harvy Lipman
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Biggest Gifts by Individuals, 2001
1. Bill Gates, a co-founder of Microsoft, and his wife, Melinda $2-billion » To endow the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation 2. Jim Stowers, founder of American Century mutual-fund company, and his wife, Virginia $1.11-billion » To endow the Stowers Institute for Medical Research 3. Gordon Moore,…
N.Y. College Gets $120-Million in Pledges for Campaign; Other Large Gifts
The following nonprofit institutions have received large donations: Bard College, in Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y., has received an unrestricted $50-million pledge from Leon Levy, a retired general partner at Odyssey Partners, a hedge fund in New York, and a trustee of the college, for its capital…
Organizers of California AIDS Ride sue two charities to block a competing fund-raising raceAn event-planning company in Los Angeles that has helped raise millions of dollars for charities that serve people with AIDS is suing two California AIDS groups to stop them from organizing what the company…
By Debra E. Blum
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Health-Charity Executive Takes Responsibility to Heart
For Janet M. Brooks, reaching out to minorities to help prevent heart disease is a personal mission. Ms. Brooks, who was recently appointed vice president for the American Heart Association’s ALSO SEE:A Changing PaletteTapping Ethnic Wealth new National Minority Initiatives, has had close family…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Pitching Education for Hispanics
Former AT&T marketing executive helps scholarship fund flourishWhen Sara Martinez Tucker joined the board of the Hispanic Scholarship Fund in 1992, ALSO SEE:A Changing PaletteTapping Ethnic Wealth it was a small operation that handed out about $3-million per year to approximately 1,000 Latino…
By Michael Anft
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