Foundations, Consumers Victimized by Growing “Free Cash Grant” Scam
By DEBRA E. BLUMDisabled and on welfare, Bruce Eckelberry could not resist the magazine advertisement he saw a couple of years ago touting “free cash grants” from foundations across the country. He mailed $19.95 to the company that promised to match him with grant makers that might give him the…
Charity Gets a Seat Near the Oval Office
President Bush’s ambitious charity-tax proposals win praise, but his faith-based plans stir controversyWashington President Bush last week made good on his campaign promise to make ALSO SEE: Bush’s Charity Aide: In His Own Words White House Proposes Tax Breaks to Spur Giving to the Nation’s…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Fund-Raising Researchers Issue Guidelines Designed to Protect Privacy of Charity Donors
By NICOLE LEWISThe Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement, which represents fund raisers who collect background information about donors and potential donors, for the first time has issued guidelines on what its 2,000 members should do to protect donor privacy. The guidelines,…
By nicole lewis
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A ‘Teen Court’ Is Among New ‘Points of Light’ Winners
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…
Johns Hopkins U. Receives $58.5-Million for Cell Research; Other Large Gifts
Two universities have received big gifts: The Johns Hopkins University’s medical school has received $58.5-million from an anonymous donor to establish an Institute for Cell Engineering. The center will conduct basic stem-cell research and will study the ways in which re-engineered cells can be…
Share of Foundations That Report on Their Grants Is Dropping, Study Finds
By ZIYA SERDAR TUMGORENOver the past decade a declining proportion of foundations has issued ALSO SEE: Foundations: How They Report to the Public annual reports or other publications that detail their giving, according to a new study by the Foundation Center. The study, which is based on surveys of…
By Serdar Tumgoren
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Group Urges Foundations to Make More Grants Abroad
A new group is encouraging U.S. grant makers to do more giving overseas. The organization, Grantmakers Without Borders, contends that the United States should be doing far more to help the developing world. Less than 2 percent of all U.S. philanthropic giving supports international programs, it…
Venture Funds Examined in New Study
By HARVY LIPMANOrganizations that promote “venture philanthropy” continue to proliferate, ALSO SEE:Venture-Philanthropy Funds but many are new and thinly staffed, according to a new report. Venture philanthropy is a movement that seeks to apply some of the techniques of venture capitalism to the…
By Harvy Lipman
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New attention is being focused on efforts to encourage collaboration between Jews and ArabsJerusalem Israel’s Palestinian citizens do not yet know whether the past five months of violent conflicts in the Middle East will bring them political gains, but they have already begun to profit in an…
By Haim Watzman
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