Foundations Should Work With Racial, Ethnic Groups, Guide Says
Engaging Diverse Communities for and Through Philanthropy surveys philanthropic practices among blacks, Asian Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. This guide, which offers advice to nonprofit groups to broaden the types of people who donate, was prepared for people who work for family,…
By Janine E. Guglielmino
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Adolescents Need More Attention, Programs, Essays Say
Youth Development: Issues, Challenges, and Directions
By Janine E. Guglielmino
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Building the Dream Nonprofit Board
The Strategic Board: The Step-by-Step Guide to High-Impact Governance
By Janine E. Guglielmino
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990 Handbook: A Line-by-Line Approach
By Janine E. Guglielmino
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Foundation Group Won’t Change Estate-Tax Stance
By JANET L. FIXThe Council on Foundations is sticking with a policy that kept its lobbyists on the sidelines during the estate-tax debate, even though some of its members argued that charitable giving and foundations would be hurt should the tax be repealed. The decision by the council’s board of…
By Janet L. Fix
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Charitable Deductions Rose 10% in 1999, IRS Says
By GRANT WILLIAMS New statistics released by the Internal Revenue Service show that deductions claimed by Americans for charitable contributions rose from $109.2-billion in 1998 to an estimated $120.3-billion in 1999, an increase of 10.1 percent. The jump would mark the fourth straight year that…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Charity’s Advocacy Work Under Fire in Complaint
By ELIZABETH SCHWINNA recent complaint to the Internal Revenue Service about a charity’s efforts to persuade companies to change their environmental policies could have a chilling effect on similar work by other charities, some experts say. Frontiers of Freedom Institute, a Fairfax, Va.,…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Former United Way Chief Denied Benefits by Court
By MICHAEL ANFTA federal appeals court has ruled that United Way of America does not owe William Aramony, the organization’s former president, $2.4-million in pension benefits. Mr. Aramony was convicted in 1995 of stealing more than $1.2-million from the organization. He is scheduled to be released…
By Michael Anft
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A Former Debt Collector Finds Many Ways to Give Back
The path that Herman Art Taylor has taken to the top spot at the Better Business Bureau’s nonprofit watchdog group, the Wise Giving Alliance, has been winding and marked with the occasional curiosity. A South Philadelphia native, Mr. Taylor, who prefers to be called Art, started his professional…
By Michael Anft
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Lutheran Groups Merge Amid Growing Legal Troubles
By JANET L. FIXAfter ruling that perhaps hundreds of thousands of people who bought life-insurance policies from Lutheran Brotherhood can be part of a lawsuit accusing the nonprofit fraternal group of fraud, a federal judge put the case on hold to give the insurer time to challenge his ruling. The…
By Janet L. Fix
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