IRS, Charity Settle Long-Standing Dispute
A high-profile, nine-year battle between the Internal Revenue Service and the United Cancer Council -- a small Indianapolis charity with ties to a controversial fund-raising company -- has ended with an out-of-court settlement. The agreement requires the organization to donate its assets only to…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Clinton, Gore, Bush Release Charitable-Giving Records
President Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton, Al and Tipper Gore, and George W. and Laura Bush have released information about their 1999 charitable giving. President and Mrs. Clinton gave a total of $39,200 to charity last year, while Vice President and Mrs. Gore gave $15,000. Those figures were…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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‘George’: Celebrities and Charity Activism
The magazine George (April) has announced its first Save the World Awards honoring 10 celebrities “who are fighting for their causes -- no matter what.” The article ranks Bono, lead singer of the rock group U2, as the “most persuasive.” He has been working on a campaign called Jubilee 2000, which…
By Constance Casey
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‘Forbes’: Reinventing Traditional Giving
Pierre Omidyar, who started the online auction site eBay, is pouring his money into philanthropy -- but not before trying to reinvent it, says Forbes magazine (May 1). Mr. Omidyar and his wife, Pamela, are trying to use the principles of venture capitalism to “demolish” traditional models of grant…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
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Report on New Health-Conversion Foundations
Philanthropy’s Newest Members: Findings From the 1999 Survey of New Health Foundations ALSO SEE:Health-Conversion Funds Hold $16-Billion in Assets provides asset figures and other data for 122 foundations created in the wake of non-profit hospitals’ or health systems’ conversion to for-profit…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Report on 3 Welfare-to-Work Programs That Offer Cash Incentives
Encouraging Work, Reducing Poverty: The Impact of Work Incentive Programs, by Gordon L. Berlin, reports encouraging results for three programs designed to keep former welfare recipients working. The Minnesota Family Investment Program, the Canadian Self-Sufficiency Project, and Milwaukee’s New Hope…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Directory of Foundations and Their Officials
Guide to U.S. Foundations, Their Trustees, Officers, and Donors: 2000 Edition
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Reference Book on Laws Governing Non-Profit Fund Raising
The First Legal Answer Book for Fund-Raisers
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Guide to Educating Board Members Emphasizes Mission
Creating Caring & Capable Boards: Reclaiming the Passion for Active Trusteeship
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Tight Job Market Lifts Pay at New York Area Charities
A tight job market is forcing many non-profit organizations to raise salaries for mid-level staff members, ALSO SEE:Non-Profit Pay: Salary Ranges at Social-Services and Arts Groups says a new report on compensation in the New York metropolitan area. The salary survey, based on 1999 data from 600…
By Stephen G. Greene
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