Advocating Legal Aid to Charities
Report urges increase in grants for lawyers upholding civil rightsGrant makers working to build strong community groups and eliminate racial, ALSO SEE:Legal Expertise and Skills That Made a Big Difference: Some Case Studies ethnic, and class discrimination could be more effective if they increased…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Photograph by Marc RoyceThe choreographer Mark Morris, 44, started dreaming about owning a dance center ever since he became the director of dance at the national opera house in Belgium a decade ago. At that government-financed opera house, his company enjoyed permanent rehearsal space, a gym, a…
Chronicle ranking of companies assesses value to charitiesAmericans donate at least $1-billion annually to charitable fund-raising ALSO SEE:How Commercial Solicitors Rank on the Amount of Income Provided to CharityHow the Fund-Raising Companies Were RankedFor Small Charities, the Options Are Few…
By Harvy Lipman
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Guide Seeks to Demystify Intermediate-Sanctions Law
Arthur Andersen Guide to Navigating Intermediate Sanctions: Compliance and Documentation Guidelines for Health Care and Other Tax-Exempt Organizations, by Diane Cornwell, Vincent J. Crowley, Jeffrey D. Frank, and Anne M. McGeorge, provides organizations that are tax-exempt under Sections 501(c)(3)…
By Janine E. Guglielmino
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California Shakespeare Festival (Berkeley): Appointed Sunny Gettinger, associate director for press advancement for the 2000 Gore-Lieberman campaign (Nashville), to be publicity and publications manager, and Michael Stephens, associate director of development at the San Diego Opera, to be director…
Guide Seeks to Demystify Intermediate-Sanctions Law
Arthur Andersen Guide to Navigating Intermediate Sanctions: Compliance and Documentation Guidelines for Health Care and Other Tax-Exempt Organizations, by Diane Cornwell, Vincent J. Crowley, Jeffrey D. Frank, and Anne M. McGeorge, provides organizations that are tax-exempt under Sections 501(c)(3)…
By Janine E. Guglielmino
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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. April 2001 6.0% March 6.2% February 6.2% January 6.8% December 2000 7.0% November…
IRS Approves Unusual Stock Donation
By ELIZABETH SCHWINNMaking an exception to its usual position, the Internal Revenue Service has told a taxpayer that he may deduct stock he gives to a nonprofit group as a charitable donation even though somebody else retains the right to vote as the shareholder, according to a recent private…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Nonprofit Coalition Takes Stand on Tax Issues
By ELIZABETH SCHWINNAs Congress considers measures to phase out the estate tax, opposition to the plan is mounting among nonprofit groups. Independent Sector, a coalition of charities and grant makers, has spoken out for the first time against repeal of the tax, calling it “a proven incentive for…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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