Charities Tackle Emerging Questions in Aftermath of Terrorist Attacks
More than a month after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, donations are continuing to pour in to disaster-relief organizations. More than $934-million has been raised by charitable organizations working on relief and recovery efforts, according to the latest…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Faltering Economy Slows Asset Growth at Community Foundations
As the nation’s economy slowed last year, net assets in community foundations ALSO SEE:Cultivating Philanthropy OverseasCommunity Funds Down Under Tackle Issues Facing Rural AreasCommunity Foundations Across Eastern Europe Advance ‘Step by Step’Community Foundations’ Assets, Gifts, and Grants in…
By Harvy Lipman
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Community Foundations’ Assets, Gifts, and Grants in 2000
Market Value of Assets ALSO SEE: Cultivating Philanthropy Overseas Community Funds Down Under Tackle Issues Facing Rural Areas Community Foundations Across Eastern Europe Advance ‘Step by Step’ Faltering Economy Slows Asset Growth at Community Foundations Top 50 1. New York Community Trust…
Community Foundations Across Eastern Europe Advance ‘Step by Step’
Bratislava, Slovakia Eight years ago Juraj Mesík, a young physician, went to the United States from ALSO SEE:Cultivating Philanthropy OverseasCommunity Funds Down Under Tackle Issues Facing Rural AreasCommunity Foundations’ Assets, Gifts, and Grants in 2000Faltering Economy Slows Asset Growth at…
By Burton Bollag
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Community Funds Down Under Tackle Issues Facing Rural Areas
Australia’s Wilsons Promontory National Park is something to behold. ALSO SEE:Cultivating Philanthropy OverseasCommunity Foundations Across Eastern Europe Advance ‘Step by Step’Community Foundations’ Assets, Gifts, and Grants in 2000Faltering Economy Slows Asset Growth at Community Foundations A…
By DAVID COHEN
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Being born deaf no longer means what it did just a decade ago. Because of great strides in the quality of inner-ear implants, the number of deaf children who join their hearing peers in regular schools is growing at an unprecedented rate. That means that most of the 160 hearing-impaired children…
Cultivating Philanthropy Overseas
Community funds tackle local problems on 5 continentsFrom Munich to Melbourne, Kobe to Kwa Zulu-Natal, community foundations ALSO SEE:Community Funds Down Under Tackle Issues Facing Rural AreasCommunity Foundations Across Eastern Europe Advance ‘Step by Step’U.S. Community Foundations’ Assets,…
By Stephen G. Greene
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American Bible Society (New York): Appointed Liliana Nealon, executive director ALSO SEE:Former Editor Continues Pursuit of Excellence -- in Philanthropy and treasurer of global trading at American Express Bank (New York), to be chief financial officer and senior vice president of finance and…
Interest Rates for Planned Gifts
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. October 2001 5.6% September 5.8% August 6.0% July 6.2% June 6.0% May 5.8% April…
Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced To conclude Goal Amount raised Purpose Guilford College (N.C.) Sept. 1999 Dec. 2002 $50,000,000 $42,100,000 For capital improvements, endowment, and current operations Hamilton College…