Commercial Solicitors Keep Most of Donations, 2 State Studies Find
By HARVY LIPMANTwo new state reports show that charities that use professional solicitors often do not receive most of the funds solicited in their behalf. According to reports filed with New York’s state attorney general, commercial solicitors kept more than 70 percent of the money they raised to…
By Harvey Lipman
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Giving in Washington Area 46% Above U.S. Average
Taxpayers in the Washington area gave nearly 4 percent of their income to charity in 1998, according to a new study by the Washington Regional Association of Grantmakers. The rate of giving was 46 percent higher than the national average, a report on the study says. The number and size of private,…
Crime-Busting Taxi Drivers Among ‘Points of Light’
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’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…
Church Giving by Protestants: Report Cites 30-Year Trends
By DEBRA E. BLUMProtestants have been making bigger and bigger donations to their churches over the past few decades, but the gifts are accounting for an increasingly smaller share of their incomes, a new report says. The report, by Empty Tomb, a research and social-services group in Champaign,…
By Debra E. Blum
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American Foundations Increase Giving to Support International Projects
By DEBRA E. BLUMOverseas giving by American foundations is expected to increase ALSO SEE:International Giving by American Foundations in coming years as thousands of grant makers try to figure out how best to distribute endowments that are swelling fast, a new report says. The report, by the…
By Debra E. Blum
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Three Large Foundations Give $30-Million to Create Small Schools in New York City
By NICOLE LEWISThree of the nation’s largest foundations will donate a total of $30-million to support a school-reorganization plan in New York that is aimed primarily at dividing some of the city’s large, overcrowded high schools into more-efficient smaller ones. The Bill & Melinda Gates…
By nicole lewis
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Furman University Receives Multimillion-Dollar Bequest; Other Big Donations
Numerous nonprofit groups have received big gifts, including several worth more than $100-million: John D. Hollingsworth Jr., of Greenville, S.C., has left a bequest that is estimated to be worth more than $400-million to benefit Furman University and several Greenville-area charities. A trust…
Giving by Biggest Companies Rose 18% in 1999, New Study Finds
By DEBRA E. BLUMDonations to American charities by 117 of the nation’s biggest companies rose ALSO SEE: Corporate Philanthropy, 1999 by an average of 18 percent in 1999, according to a new study by the Conference Board, in New York. But a report on the study estimated that when the final numbers…
By Debra E. Blum
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Nonprofit Organizations and Using Technology: Sources of Information
Web Sites Arts Wire SpiderSchool A project of the New York Foundation for the Arts, Arts Wire helps artists and arts organizations make better use of technology. The project’s Web site offers online versions of Arts Wire’s workshops on subjects such as how to build a Web site, develop a technology…
‘Circuit Riders’ Travel to Spread the Gospel of Technology and Training
By STEPHEN G. GREENERosa María Ruiz spends much of her time in remote reaches of Bolivia’s ALSO SEE:Astride the Digital DivideNew Fund Exposes Charities to the Outer Limits of TechnologyTechnology Helps Small Environmental Group Get Big ResultsProgram Helps Charities Develop Savvy Plans for Getting…
By Stephen G. Greene
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