Giving kiosks offer convenience to donors, but critics question their effectivenessOn her way to church most Sundays, Meagan Cummins used to have to make a detour to an automated teller machine to withdraw money for her weekly donation. But sometimes she would be running too late or forget to stop…
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Colleges, Hospitals, and Museums Receive Biggest Share of Large Gifts, Study Finds
Colleges, hospitals, and museums, long at the top of the list for America’s biggest donors and grant makers, are receiving a growing slice of multimillion-dollar gifts, according to a new study. The study, by the Institute for Jewish and Community Research, in San Francisco, focused on donations of…
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Religious Groups Denied State Aid in Court Ruling
The State of Iowa violated the Constitution by granting aid to an evangelical Christian rehabilitation program at a state prison, a federal appeals court ruled last week. The ruling mostly affirmed a lower court’s view, but the appeals panel said the lower court had gone too far in directing the…
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Roughly 90% of Charities Have Made Policy Changes
Nearly nine out of 10 nonprofit groups have changed their governance policies in the five years since Congress passed stricter rules on corporate responsibility, according to a new survey. While the 2002 law, known as Sarbanes-Oxley after the lawmakers who sponsored the measure, applies mostly to…
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Seemingly Generous Pledge Attracts Interest and Suspicion, but No Takers
The telephone message was the first hint that something wasn’t quite right. Jennie Peabody, director of planned giving at Mercy Corps, an international aid and development organization in Portland, Ore., thought it was odd to get a voice-mail message from a friend of a prospective donor who wanted…
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Congress Considering $1-Billion Gift for Parks’ Centennial
The National Park Service turns 100 years old in 2016, and Congress is considering a unique birthday present: ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: To Protect and to Preserve the promise of $100-million a year in federal funds to match $100-million a year privately raised. But prospects for the passage of legislation…
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Millions of people each year visit the Grand Canyon, Gettysburg’s battlefields, the Statue of Liberty, and the 388 other sites that are part of America’s National Park Service. ALSO SEE: ARTICLE: Congress Considering $1-Billion Gift for Parks’ Centennial TEXT: About the National Park Foundation…
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Growing Share of ‘Megagifts’ Goes to Colleges, Hospitals, and Museums, Study Finds
Growing share of ‘megagifts’ goes to colleges, hospitals, and museums, study finds
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Boards Change Governance Policies in Response to Congress
Boards change governance policies in response to Congress
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Appeals Court Rules in Religious-Charity Prison Case
Appeals court rules in religious-charity prison case
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