Paper Urges Oversight of Data Bases on Charities
State Nonprofit Databases: Current Conditions and Future Directions, by Russy D. Sumariwalla, assesses the progress of efforts to build computer data bases of non-profit organizations, and calls for establishing a committee to steer the development of such compilations state-by-state. This paper,…
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Booklet Offers Tips for Annual-Fund Success
Profitable Annual Gift Strategies is a guide to running a yearly fund-raising campaign, published by the editors of Successful Fund Raising and The Volunteer Management Report. Sections cover persuading employees to give, expanding an organization’s pool of donors, using direct mail, coordinating…
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Guide Explains Tax Regulations for Churches, Secular Organizations
The Zondervan Church and Nonprofit Organization Tax & Financial Guide: 2000 Edition
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Author Touts the Use of Retirees as Volunteers
Prime Time: How Baby Boomers Will Revolutionize Retirement and Transform America
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Guide Identifies Risks of Fund Raising
No Strings Attached: Untangling the Risks of Fundraising & Collaboration
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Grant Makers Offer Views on Arts
Arts Funding 2000: Funder Perspectives on Current and Future Trends
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$1-Billion Estate Pledged to Charity by Colorado Cable Entrepreneur
Bill Daniels, a Denver cable-television mogul, has promised to leave the bulk of his $1.1-billion estate to a foundation he began in 1997. The Daniels Fund will use 30 per cent of the windfall to finance a college-scholarship program for students from low-income families and the remainder to…
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Guide Lists High-Tech Sources of Funds
Tech Support: Corporate Giving Programs of America’s Top High-Tech Firms profiles the corporate-giving programs of 46 high-technology companies and offers a guide to conducting corporate-grants research on the Internet. Each entry includes contact information, geographic regions where the companies…
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More Money Raised From Fewer Donors, Educational Survey Reports
Educational Fund-Raising Campaigns 1997-1998 summarizes the results of a survey to monitor recent trends in capital campaigns. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education received responses from roughly 200 higher-education institutions and private schools. Most of the respondents reported…
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New Biography of Philanthropist Robert Wood Johnson
Robert Wood Johnson: The Gentleman Rebel By Lawrence G. Foster When Robert Wood Johnson died in 1968, the foundation he had created 32 years earlier stood poised to inherit $300-million of his company’s stock. The philanthropy adhered to the high moral scruples of its namesake by avoiding any…
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