Art Museum and N.Y. Mayor Agree to Drop Lawsuits
The Brooklyn Museum of Art and New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani last week agreed to drop lawsuits against each other that were sparked by the museum’s controversial “Sensation” exhibit last fall. The museum sued the city in October, seeking to restore the $7.2-million in city funds it receives…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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Report Looks at Risks and Rewards of Venture Philanthropy
Venture Philanthropy: Landscape and Expectations examines the benefits and the risks of applying investment-management practices to charitable giving. The Morino Institute, in Reston, Va., commissioned the Washington consulting firm Community Wealth Ventures to analyze efforts nationwide to create…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Scholar Extols Benefits of Programs for Kids
Community Counts: How Youth Organizations Matter for Youth Development, by Milbrey W. McLaughlin, argues that kids who attend clubs and other programs outside of school earn higher grades and demonstrate more self-confidence than kids who do not. From 1987 to 1999, Ms. McLaughlin, a professor of…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Directory Lists 10,000 Large Grant Makers
The Foundation Directory, 2000 Edition
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Author Dispenses Advice to Gift Planners
Family Wealth Counseling: Getting to the Heart of the Matter
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Charity’s Ex-Chief Admits to Stealing
The founder of the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation has pleaded guilty in federal court in Buffalo, N.Y., to stealing $1.8-million from the foundation. Jerry L. King deposited money from the foundation into a bank account in Hong Kong from 1991 to 1993, when he was president of the organization,…
More Charges Filed in Pa. Health Case
Three top officials of the Allegheny Health Education and Research Foundation have been indicted on theft and conspiracy charges for allegedly misspending more than $52-million in charitable donations. Allegheny was the non-profit parent company of a string of hospitals in Philadelphia and…
IRS Did Not Put Conservative Groups Under Special Scrutiny, Panel Concludes
A key Congressional committee has concluded that the Internal Revenue Service has not unfairly singled out conservative non-profit organizations for audits or other actions. The Joint Committee on Taxation’s three-year review followed news reports in 1997 that the I.R.S. was examining several…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Texas’s First Couple Roll Up Their Sleeves for Churches and Charities
Sarah Wilke, executive director of the Wesley-Rankin Community Center, in Dallas, ALSO SEE:The Bush Brand of CharityGeorge W. and Laura Bush’s Charitable Giving, 1991-98Causes George W. and Laura Bush SupportedGeorge W. Bush: Charity Pledges says she learned a lot about the philanthropic style of…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Venture Capitalists Are Changing the Capital-Campaign Rules, Fund Raisers Told
The growing number of newly wealthy entrepreneurs and venture capitalists who have made their fortunes from high-technology companies are forcing charities to change the way they run capital campaigns, said a speaker at last week’s annual conference of the National Society of Fund Raising…
By Holly Hall
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