Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced To conclude Goal Amount raised Purpose Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation (N.Y.) Nov. 2001 Open $60,000,000 $47,500,000 To construct a new headquarters and for endowment Children’s National…
How Delaware Charities Spread the Word About Themselves
BRAINSTORMS By Tom Chalkley As a field organizer in political campaigns in the 1980s, Andrew Hastings learned what a candidate needs in order to win a campaign: wide name recognition, a well-defined public image, and strong identification with issues. Nine years ago, when Mr. Hastings became head…
By Tom Chalkley
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Habitat Fellowships Invest in Next Generation of Leaders
TOOLS AND TRAINING By Heather Joslyn If the head of Habitat for Humanity International hadn’t begun a conversation two years ago with the leader of a small Midwestern Christian school, Karla Amstutz might not be in college today -- and wouldn’t be on her way to a career as a nonprofit leader. The…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
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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
The following awards have been presented for achievement in fund raising, management, research, and volunteerism: Community service. The McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis) has presented its 2001 Virginia McKnight Binger Awards in Human Service to 10 Minnesota volunteers. Each award carries a $7,500…
IRS Eases Rules for People Who Donate Paid Leave
Employees who donate the value of their unused paid leave to charity this year or next won’t have to pay income taxes on the money, the Internal Revenue Service says in a notice. Following the terrorist attacks, several employers considered allowing their workers to give up paid vacation, sick…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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President Bush Renews Call for Charity Tax Incentives
President Bush last week asked Congress to pass several tax breaks to encourage charitable giving and to make it easier for small, community-based groups to gain charity status. Several of the measures are similar to those President Bush proposed earlier this year to help faith-based groups. Among…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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United Way of America CEO Has Spent Two Decades as a Local Leader
When Brian A. Gallagher was growing up in Hobart, Ind., he and his family received public and ALSO SEE:About Brian A. Gallagher, Chief Executive Officer of United Way of America private assistance to make ends meet. He prefers to keep private the details of the help they received, but Mr. Gallagher…
By nicole lewis
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By Nicole Wallace The innovators of the “New Philanthropy,” writes Time magazine (November 5), are people who “use Wall Street solutions to tackle urban poverty and expect a return on their investment.” The magazine features articles on donors and nonprofit executives who apply a hands-on,…
By NICOLE WALLACE and Elizabeth Greene
‘Worth’: Relief Effort by Salvation Army
By Elizabeth Greene In the name of God, Salvation Army officers have offered unwavering comfort to rescue workers at the site of the September 11 attacks in New York, reports Worth magazine (November). While it has not raised nearly as much money since the attacks as the American Red Cross, with…
By NICOLE WALLACE and Elizabeth Greene