Growth in Non-Profit Employment, 1990-95
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By Jasmine Stewart
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Spending by non-profit groups in 22 nations exceeds $1-trillion -- and is growing rapidly, says a global team of researchers As complex social problems around the world challenge the capacities of governments and businesses, non-profit organizations are growing rapidly in number and influence,…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Federal Agency and 10 States Act to Curb Deceptive Charity Telephone Appeals
Ten states have filed a total of 34 legal actions in recent weeks in cases involving deceptive charity appeals by professional solicitors. In addition, the Federal Trade Commission has filed five federal lawsuits alleging deceptive practices by telemarketers. The actions were announced last week as…
By Debra E. Blum
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Lawsuit Leads Bank to Drop Policy of Required Giving to United Way
A lawsuit by an employee who says he was fired because he refused to give to United Way has prompted a regional bank chain to drop its 10-year-old policy of requiring all its workers to donate at least 1 per cent of their salaries to the annual drive. Colonial BancGroup, a Montgomery, Ala., company…
By Susan Gray
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Fund-raising drives win donors and volunteers with new tactics The robust economy has brought record gifts to many capital campaigns -- and that success has prompted a growing number of charities to run increasingly ambitious fund-raising drives. YOU CAN ALSO:Download a demonstration of the…
By Holly Hall
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White House Names 16 ‘Points of Light’ Honorees
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’s Daily Points of Light Award. The awards, which are given to those who have done exemplary volunteer work, take their name from President Bush’s description of people who do community service…
TV Tycoon Pledges $28.5-Million to U. of Nevada at Las Vegas; Other Gifts
Several higher-education institutions have received big gifts. * The University of Nevada at Las Vegas is the latest organization to benefit from a pledge by James E. Rogers, a lawyer and owner of Sunbelt Communications, in Las Vegas. Mr. Rogers, his wife, Beverly, and their family have committed…
New Group Formed to Fight Eye Ailment
The Pfizer pharmaceutical company has provided medication worth $60-million to fight a bacterial infection of the eye that afflicts more than 150 million people worldwide. Pfizer is also providing $3-million in cash to battle trachoma, a disease that has blinded six million people in developing…
$25-Million Pledged for Disease Research
The Wellcome Trust -- Britain’s largest philanthropy -- has committed $25-million to a program to promote collaborative work by scientists from developed and developing countries in fighting infectious diseases in the tropics. The new Infectious Diseases Initiative, to be administered jointly with…
Packard Unveils Plans for $750-Million
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, in Los Altos, Cal., has announced that it will spend at least $375-million to slow population growth and another $375-million for conservation efforts over the next five years. The foundation, with $8.6-billion in assets, is the country’s third largest…