Georgia Charities to Benefit From $192-Million Bequest
Four non-profit institutions in Georgia, all affiliated with the United Methodist Church, will receive income from two trusts that hold approximately $192-million worth of stock in the Coca-Cola Company. The death last year of Margaret Adger Pitts, of Waverly Hall, Ga., daughter of William I. H.…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Federal Rules Discourage Many Foundations From Making Direct Grants to Labor Unions
Foundations have made few grants to labor unions over the years, partly because giving money to a labor organization involves jumping over a pair of imposing regulatory hurdles. ALSO SEE:Organizing Better Links to Labor‘Unlikely Partners': the Long History of Ties Between Foundations and Unions One…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
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‘Unlikely Partners’: the Long History of Ties Between Foundations and Unions
Soon after Richard Magat began work on a history of relations between organized labor and philanthropy, he told a colleague that he hadn’t been able to turn up any research on the subject. ALSO SEE:Organizing Better Links to LaborFederal Rules Discourage Many Foundations From Making Direct Grants…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
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Photograph by John A. Lacko There are no barnyard animals in the Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra’s Instrument Petting Zoo. But there are plenty of things that make lively noises -- violins, cellos, flutes, trombones, and snare drums, to name a few. The traveling zoo, a collection of about 30 musical…
Organizing Better Links to Labor
Foundations begin to see unions as allies on social-policy fronts After eight years as executive director of the Arca Foundation, a small grant maker in the District of Columbia, Janet Shenk switched hats last summer and went to work for the A.F.L.-C.I.O. as its first-ever liaison to the foundation…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
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Following are summaries of recent reports by the Council of Better Business Bureaus’ Philanthropic Advisory Service and the National Charities Information Bureau. Those two private organizations report on whether charities meet standards for fund raising, governance, financial management, and…
Agnes Scott College (Atlanta): Appointed Lewis Evitts Thayne, director of individual gifts at Mount Holyoke College (South Hadley, Mass.), to be vice-president for institutional advancement. American Theological Library Association (Evanston, Ill.): Appointed Pradeep M. Gamadia, administrator of…
STORY Foundation Investment and Governance Policies Detailed in New Report FACTS Foundation Finances and Management Foundations’ Board Composition and Compensation Policies
* U.S. Sen. Michael B. Enzi, a Wyoming Republican, has introduced a bill that would give taxpayers more time to obtain receipts for certain charitable contributions. Under a federal law that took effect in 1994, donors must obtain receipts from charities for gifts of $250 or more by the date they…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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