Summary of Report by Attorneys General on Charity-Business Marketing Deals
Following is the executive summary of “What’s In a Nonprofit’s Name?,” a report on marketing deals between charities ALSO SEE:16 Attorneys General Voice Concern Over Charity-Business Ad Deals and companies that was issued this month by the attorneys general of 16 states and the District of…
16 Attorneys General Voice Concern Over Charity-Business Ad Deals
The attorneys general of 16 states have jointly issued a statement expressing serious legal and other concerns about marketing deals between companies and charities. ALSO SEE:Summary of Report by Attorneys General on Charity-Business Marketing Deals In so doing, the state officials made clear they…
By Jennifer Moore
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Creative Recruiting Can Help Charities Attract Fund Raisers, Experts Say
Les Garner initially turned down the presidency of North Carolina Wesleyan College. ALSO SEE:Wanted: Big-Gift Fund RaisersCharities Offer New Incentives to Find and Keep Fund Raisers One big concern, he recalls, was the fund-raising demands he would face. Then he got the videotape. Created by a…
By Holly Hall
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Charities Offer New Incentives to Find and Keep Fund Raisers
To offset escalating problems in finding and keeping senior-level fund raisers, charities have begun to offer generous financial bonuses, ALSO SEE:Wanted: Big-Gift Fund RaisersCreative Recruiting Can Help Charities Attract Fund Raisers, Experts Say sabbaticals, country-club memberships, and other…
By Holly Hall
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The Heinz Endowments, in Pittsburgh, have appointed Maxwell King, former editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, to serve as executive director. The Heinz Endowments comprise two foundations: the Howard Heinz Endowment, created in 1941, and the Vira I. Heinz Endowment, created in 1986. Together, they…
Michigan Sees Foundation Growth
The state of Michigan now has 1,468 foundations -- 257 more than it did two years ago, according to the new edition of The Michigan Foundation Directory. The state’s foundations awarded more than $1.1-billion in grants during their most recent reporting year, up from $860-million in 1997, when the…
Disney: $6-Million for Education
The Walt Disney Company, in Burbank, Cal., has started a $6-million grant program to help elementary schools use creative teaching strategies to focus on the “basics” in reading, writing, and mathematics. The “Creative Learning Communities” program will select 35 elementary schools or groups of…
Report Urges Donors to Give Billions More
Americans could “comfortably” give $240-billion more to charity in 1999 than they probably will, according to estimates released by a San Francisco group that is trying to encourage wealthy people to give more. The financial calculations were released by the Newtithing Group, an organization formed…
Former Pizza Tycoon Donates $50-Million to Create Law School; Other Gifts
Thomas S. Monaghan, the billionaire founder and former chairman of Domino’s Pizza, has donated $50-million to create a Catholic law school. Mr. Monaghan, who had transformed a small pizza store in Ypsilanti, Mich., into the world’s largest pizza-delivery chain, sold his empire last year for about…
Grants Focus on Religion, Public Policy
The Pew Charitable Trusts, in Philadelphia, has committed $10-million for a new program intended to encourage religious congregations to get more involved in shaping public policy. The grants program, called “Religious Communities and the Public Square,” has been authorized for three years and the…