A Sampler of Resources on Suburban Sprawl
The American Farmland Trust (http://www.farmland.org) identifies the 20 agricultural areas in the United States most threatened by suburban sprawl, and also lists information about its Competition for Land project and links to many of its publications. ALSO SEE:Stemming the Tide of SprawlU.S.…
Big Donations Shine on Arizona Fund, U. of Florida; Other Gifts
Donors have made big gifts to a community foundation and a university. * A family wishing to remain anonymous has given $25-million to the Arizona Community Foundation, in Phoenix. The money will be used to set up a “support foundation” that will operate under the umbrella of the community…
U.S. Cities Most Affected by Sprawl
ALSO SEE:Stemming the Tide of Sprawl A Sampler of Resources on Suburban Sprawl
Photograph by Michael Ventura T he Fishing School teaches needy youngsters in Washington, D.C., how to cast a line, but that is only one of the many ways that the charity aims to improve the lives of the inner-city poor. Started in 1990 by Tom Lewis, a retired Washington police officer, the Fishing…
Rampant growth is no longer seen as just an environmental issue Grant makers and charities in growing numbers are joining forces to combat a problem that affects nearly every community in the country: the haphazard commercial and residential development that creates suburban sprawl. ALSO SEE:U.S.…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Allied Jewish Federation of Colorado (Denver): Appointed Douglas G. Laub, former associate vice-president at City of Hope National Medical Center-Beckman Research Institute (Los Angeles), based in Denver, to be director of endowment and planned giving. American Associates, Ben-Gurion U. of the…
Toll-Free Tax Help for Non-Profit Groups
Non-profit organizations with questions for the I.R.S. can now call a toll-free telephone number -- (877) 829-5500 -- to get answers. The new number connects callers to customer-service representatives at the revenue service’s Cincinnati office, which handles all applications from groups that seek…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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IRS to Revoke Exemption of Major Utah Health Insurer
The Internal Revenue Service has decided to rescind the charity status of what is believed to be Utah’s largest health-maintenance organization. The health-insurance provider, IHC Health Plans, initially received tax-exempt status from the revenue service in 1985. But the I.R.S. has been in the…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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‘Worth’: Investor Finances Charity Businesses
The financier George Roberts had one requirement when he decided to step up his philanthropy in the late 1980s: “What I was looking for was something that wouldn’t be done if we didn’t do it,” he told Worth magazine (February). Mr. Roberts, a founder of the leveraged-buyout firm Kohlberg Kravis…
By Stephen G. Greene
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