Troublesome AIDS activist blasts charities; they say he’s off base Michael A. Petrelis stands in the middle of Pennsylvania Avenue on a recent humid afternoon, surrounded by a crowd of more than 100 reporters, AIDS activists, and bewildered tourists. Beside him is the corpse of his friend and…
By Paul Demko
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Group Sues Postal Service Over Charity Rate Hike
A coalition of 200 non-profit groups has sued the Postal Service in an attempt to persuade the courts to cancel postage increases that are due to take effect on January 10. The Alliance of Nonprofit Mailers filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of Appeals here, arguing that the Postal Service has acted…
By Holly Hall
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Resources for Charities That Pursue Joint Marketing Ventures With Companies
PUBLICATIONS The Cause Related Guidelines Produced by Business in the Community, a London charity that promotes corporate social responsibility, these guidelines are designed to provide both charities and companies with a road map of various considerations that should be taken into account in joint…
Tips for Charities on How to Get the Most Out of Marketing Deals With Companies
To help charities get the most out of marketing promotions with companies, non-profit officials and experts who are experienced in brokering such deals offer the following tips: Distinguish between marketing and fund raising. Fund raisers like to stress the similarities between raising money and…
By Susan Gray
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Cashing In on Charity’s Good Name
Groups gain from marketing deals, but do they sell themselves short? Last year, Boys & Girls Clubs of America won a $60-million marketing contract with the Coca-Cola Company. Widely believed to be one of the most lucrative marketing deals ever negotiated by a charity, the decade-long agreement…
By Susan Gray
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Silicon Valley Firms Outpace Other Big Companies in Giving
Silicon Valley’s largest companies may not necessarily deserve their reputation for parsimony: They gave charities a higher percentage of their pretax profits in 1996 than the typical big American business, says a new report. A survey of 57 companies in northern California, most of which were…
By MARINA DUNDJERSKI
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Indiana Community Foundation Receives $90-Million Gift; Other Recent Donations
A community foundation and two universities have received large gifts. * The Central Indiana Community Foundation, in Indianapolis, has received a $90-million commitment from the Moriah Fund and the family of Daniel R. (Dan) Efroymson of Indianapolis. The gift was initiated by Mary Ann Stein,…
Brownie Troop, Cancer Educator Among 24 Honored as ‘Points of Light’
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…
Postal Stamp Honors Foundation Donors
The U.S. Postal Service this month issued a first-class stamp honoring Lila and DeWitt Wallace, founders of Reader’s Digest, for their work as philanthropists. “The Wallaces’ legacy of kindness and generous contributions to the arts make them without question two of our nation’s foremost…
Survey Points to Dip in Corporate Giving
Businesses last year were slightly less likely to make donations to charity than they were in 1996, according to a survey of companies by the Boston College Center for Corporate Community Relations. Ninety-six per cent of the 227 companies surveyed last year reported making charitable gifts…