But on-the-job drives continue to draw a shrinking share of donors United Ways nationwide raised $3.58-billion in their 1998-99 fund-raising campaigns, ALSO SEE:Donations Reported by 351 United Ways for 1998-99The 10 Companies That Give the Most to United Ways a 5.1-per-cent increase over the…
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Ship’s Crew Among Those Honored with Points of Light Award
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…
How The Chronicle Analyzed IRS Giving Data
Figuring out how residents of one state compare in generosity with those of another ALSO SEE:Residents of Utah Are the Most Generous of People Who Itemize is a complicated task because comprehensive data are not available. For its analysis, The Chronicle used data from the Internal Revenue…
By Harvy Lipman
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Residents of Utah Are the Most Generous of People Who Itemize
Americans who itemized deductions on their federal income-tax returns gave a little more than 3 per cent of their earnings to charity in 1997, ALSO SEE:Tax Deductions for Charitable Giving, State by StateState Rankings of Charitable Deductions by Taxpayers With Incomes of $100,000 to $200,000State…
By Harvy Lipman
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Anonymous Donor Leaves $22.5-Million to LaGrange College; Other Gifts
Four higher-education institutions and a symphony have received large gifts. * LaGrange College, in Georgia, has received a bequest valued at $22.5-million from an anonymous donor who died in February. Three-quarters of the gift consists of stock in a company whose name the college would not…
One-Third of Donated Medicine Found to be Useless, Study Finds
Nearly one-third of the medicines donated by U.S. pharmaceutical companies to relief agencies for use in poor countries are too old or inappropriate to be of much help, a new study has found. About 70 per cent of such products given through two large charities from 1994 to 1997 did meet World…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
ALSO SEE:Gift Makes Gates Fund No. 1 in U.S. History: Established this month by the founder of the Microsoft Corporation and his wife as a way to consolidate their giving. The new foundation assumes the activities and assets of the William H. Gates Foundation, which began operations in 1994, and…
Photograph by Hal Yeager, The Birmingham News When 12-year-old Chelsea Karpowicz of Alexander City, Ala., comes home from school, she doesn’t kick back and turn on the TV, or go out to play, or even start her homework. She counts hats -- dozens and dozens of hats. In December, Chelsea, shown here,…
Gift Makes Gates Fund No. 1 in U.S.
$6-billion donation pushes value of assets to more than $17-billion The world’s richest man has created America’s wealthiest philanthropy. Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his wife, Melinda, this month upgraded the assets of their Seattle foundation by $6-billion, bringing its total worth to…
By Jennifer Moore
Contributor
Following are summaries of recent reports by the Council of Better Business Bureaus’ Philanthropic Advisory Service. The service reports on whether charities meet standards for fund raising, governance, financial management, and public information. The service cautions that it does not approve or…