Photograph by Ken Martin/Impact VisualsWhat was once a building so dilapidated that the Veterans Administration abandoned it today is home to a charity that serves homeless and unemployed veterans. Under a federal law that allows nonprofit organizations to convert derelict federal property into…
Top Charities See Donations Surge Again
13% jump represents third year in a row of double-digit growthThe nation’s largest charities continued to benefit last year from the longest economic ALSO SEE: Philanthropy 400 Survey Results How the Philanthropy 400 Was Compiled The 400 at a Glance Groups Where Non-Cash Gifts Account for More than…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
American Federation of Arts (New York): Appointed Julia Brown, curator of special exhibitions at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (New York), to be director. She succeeds Serena Rattazzi, who retired. Asbury Theological Seminary (Wilmore, Ky.): Appointed Michael Krupa, ministry associate at King’s…
How the Philanthropy 400 Was Compiled
By HARVY LIPMANThe Philanthropy 400 uses financial data gathered from nonprofit organizations to determine ALSO SEE:Philanthropy 400 Survey ResultsTop Charities See Donations Surge AgainThe 400 at a GlanceStanford University: Teaching Students to Be GiversBoys & Girls Clubs of America: Taking Up a…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
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. October 2000 7.4% September 7.6% August 7.6% July 8.0% June 8.0% May 7.8% April…
Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced To conclude Goal Amount raised Purpose Bellevue Art Museum (Wash.) March 1997 Sept. 2000 $23,000,000 $23,054,000 To build a new museum, and for endowment, furnishing, and fund raising…
State-by-State Requirements for Charitable Solicitors
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Report on an Arts-Marketing Program in Charlotte, North Carolina
Marketing the Arts: Lessons from a Community Marketing Collaboration reports on the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation’s five-year program to help four struggling performing-arts organizations in Charlotte, N.C., improve their marketing efforts. In 1994, the foundation awarded a grant to the…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Case Study of a Foundation’s Closure
Closing a Foundation: The Lucille P. Markey Charitable Trust, by John H. Dickason and Duncan Neuhauser, details how the Miami fund, as specified in Mrs. Markey’s will, closed out its activities after 15 years of grant making. The authors also examine the debate over whether it is better to create…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor