Congress Relaxes Rules on Disaster Aid Provided by Company Foundations
Corporate foundations would be able to provide direct financial assistance to employees of the company or their families who suffered losses as the result of a disaster, under a law passed by Congress last week. The legislation was prompted by a desire to help corporate funds make grants to…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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How Much Charitable Funds Have Raised and Distributed for September 11 Recovery Efforts
AMERICAN RED CROSSName of fund: Liberty Disaster Relief Fund
Foundation Pay Raises Held Steady in 2000
JOB MARKET By Heather Joslyn Median salaries at community, family, independent, and public foundations rose 5 percent last year, while corporate grantmakers gave median salary raises of 4 percent, according to a new survey by the Council on Foundations. The raises kept pace with those reported…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
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Tips for Recruiting the Best Board Members
IN THE TRENCHES By Tom Chalkley Last year, the Georgia Center for Nonprofits, which provides management advice and training to more than 1,100 members, spun off from the Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta. In the process, the center’s executive director, Karen Beavor, found herself practicing…
By Tom Chalkley
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Recruiting and Managing a Board: a Sampling of Resources
IN THE TRENCHES Articles from The Chronicle: Building a Better Board, February 12, 1998 When Board Members Are Not Rich, October 2, 1997 New Blood in the Board Room, February 6, 1997 Charity Leaders Say Fund Raising Is a Nonprofit Board Members’ Chief Weakness, December 13, 1994 How to Help…
Charity Executives’ Median Pay Is $42,000, Report Says
JOB MARKET By Harvy Lipman The median salary for chief executives of nonprofit organizations is $42,000 -- less than what private companies typically pay people in jobs carrying far less responsibility, such as computer programmers, construction managers, and dental hygienists, according to a new…
By Harvy Lipman
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The IRS has warned people who want to donate cars to charity not to inflate the value of their vehicles, saying that some operators of charitable-donation programs are encouraging donors to deduct more than the fair-market value of the cars. It also warned donors to make sure the charities that…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Group Loses Battle Over State Charity Law
A white supremacist group that says it is not a charity but a church suffered a legal setback when the Illinois Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of a law governing charitable organizations. The ruling means that the group, the World Church of the Creator, might be required to register as…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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New Mexico to Put Charity Data Online
New Mexico is working with Philanthropic Research, a nonprofit group in Williamsburg, Va., that posts charities’ financial data on its GuideStar Web site, to disseminate information on charities that operate in New Mexico. New Mexico will be the first state to work with Philanthropic Research on…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Religious Charity Seeks Exemption for Theme Park
A religious charity that runs a Christian theme park in Orlando, Fla., is suing Orange County to receive a property-tax exemption after county officials denied the exemption. The charity, Zion’s Hope, in February opened the Holy Land Experience, which features a depiction of Jesus’s tomb and aims…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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