Bush Decries Level of Corporate Giving to Faith Groups
By LAURA HRUBYPresident Bush has accused corporate America of discriminating against faith-based groups by refusing to make charitable awards to their programs “regardless of their effectiveness.” ALSO SEE:Fighting Poverty: an Excerpt of a Speech by President Bush Mr. Bush, speaking at the…
By Laura Hruby
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New study of salaries at 75,000 charities finds big disparities based on employee’s gender, group’s size and typeSenior female executives at the nation’s nonprofit organizations are routinely paid less than men in similar jobs, according to a new study by GuideStar, a Web site that distributes…
By Harvy Lipman
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Hospital Fund Raisers Report Rise in Compensation of 4.5%
By DEBRA E. BLUMFund raisers at hospitals and other health-care institutions earned a median of $80,000 last year, up 4.5 percent from 1999, according to a new survey. ALSO SEE: Health Care Fund Raisers’ Pay The compensation figure, which reflects salary, cash bonuses, and deferred compensation,…
By Debra E. Blum
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Second Solicitation Lawsuit Filed Against Florida County
By DEBRA E. BLUM and GRANT WILLIAMSA Florida county’s law requiring charities across the country to register with local officials before soliciting donations from county residents has been challenged in federal court for the second time. The new lawsuit, among other things, attacks a Pinellas…
By Debra E. Blum and GRANT WILLIAMS
Researchers Modify Methods to Improve Data’s Reliability
By JANET L. FIXGiving USA‘s annual estimate of how much Americans contribute to charity is widely cited, but the report has long been criticized as an imprecise barometer of the state of philanthropy. ALSO SEE:Growth in Giving Cools Down In an attempt to deal with some of the shortcomings, the…
By Janet L. Fix
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Dallas Woman Who Designed Way to Help Children’s Caseworkers Among ‘Points of Light’
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…
$11-Million Trust to Benefit 2 Pa. Schools; Other Gifts
Compiled by LAURA HRUBYMary Watt Van Dusen, of Philadelphia, has left a trust worth $11-million to two Pennsylvania schools, for endowment. Springside School, in Philadelphia, and the School at Church Farm, in Paoli, Pa., will split the proceeds from the trust. Mrs. Van Dusen, who died in January,…
Gift to Research Center Puts Mo. Couple in Billion-Dollar-Donor Club
A Kansas City, Mo., couple has donated more than $1-billion to a genetic-research center they established in 1994. ALSO SEE: Gifts of $1-Billion or More Made by Living Americans Jim Stowers, who founded American Century Companies, a mutual-fund company formerly known as Twentieth Century…
By Laura Hruby
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Nonprofit Leaders Urged to Seek Greater Support From Black Donors
By MICHAEL ANFTDetroit Black nonprofit executives need to do more to recruit African American donors and rely less on white donors and predominantly white organizations, Randall Robinson, president of the TransAfrica Forum, told the 500 attendees at the third National Conference on Black…
By Michael Anft
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Survey Finds Rapid Rise in Assets and Grants of Donor-Advised Funds
Assets at many of the nation’s largest donor-advised funds grew to $10.2-billion last year, and the funds made $1.4-billion in grants to charitable groups, according to a Chronicle survey. ALSO SEE:Donor-Advised Funds: Assets, Awards, and Accounts at a Sampling of Big Providers The figures reflect…
By Harvy Lipman
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