Business Leaders Have Mixed Reaction to Proposed Giving Incentives
By DEBRA E. BLUMBusiness leaders have given mixed reviews to three White House-backed ALSO SEE:Charitable Giving at 96 Major CorporationsCorporate Donations Cool OffHow Four Businesses Are Changing the Way They GiveNew Reports Focus on Business Social Investment and Corporate CitizenshipHow The…
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New Reports Focus on Business Social Investment and Corporate Citizenship
By DEBRA BLUMA new report demonstrates how American companies can benefit from being ALSO SEE:Charitable Giving at 96 Major CorporationsCorporate Donations Cool OffHow Four Businesses Are Changing the Way They GiveBusiness Leaders Have Mixed Reaction to Proposed Giving IncentivesHow The Chronicle’s…
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How Four Businesses Are Changing the Way They Give
By DEBRA E. BLUMAmerican companies are reshaping their philanthropy this year as they face an uncertain economy and, in some instances, their own financial woes. Following are four examples of how companies are changing their approaches: ALSO SEE:Charitable Giving at 96 Major CorporationsCorporate…
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Economic slowdown blamed for lack of increases in giftsAfter five years of double-digit growth, corporate charitable contributions are expected to remain largely flat this year, according to a Chronicle survey of the nation’s largest companies. Companies cite the nation’s sluggish economy. ALSO…
Theater Survey Indicates Improved Financial Health
Nearly 70 percent of nonprofit theaters that responded to a survey operated in the black last year, up from 62 percent in 1999, a new report says. ALSO SEE: Nonprofit Theaters: a Statistical Profile The report by the Theatre Communications Group, a New York organization that represents nonprofit…
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Hospital Fund Raisers Report Rise in Compensation of 4.5%
By DEBRA E. BLUMFund raisers at hospitals and other health-care institutions earned a median of $80,000 last year, up 4.5 percent from 1999, according to a new survey. ALSO SEE: Health Care Fund Raisers’ Pay The compensation figure, which reflects salary, cash bonuses, and deferred compensation,…
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Second Solicitation Lawsuit Filed Against Florida County
By DEBRA E. BLUM and GRANT WILLIAMSA Florida county’s law requiring charities across the country to register with local officials before soliciting donations from county residents has been challenged in federal court for the second time. The new lawsuit, among other things, attacks a Pinellas…
Fund-raising success masks drop in number of contributorsFor its on-air fund-raising drive in March, WHYY/Channel 12, Philadelphia’s public-television station, erected an eight-foot-high tote board to keep track of the campaign’s progress. But instead of tallying dollars raised -- the traditional…
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Florida Church Leaders Convicted of Fraud
By DEBRA E. BLUMFive leaders of a religious organization in Florida have been convicted in federal court of conspiracy, money laundering, and fraud in one of the nation’s largest scams involving a nonprofit group. A Tampa jury found the leaders of Greater Ministries International -- Haywood Eudon…
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Boy Scout Debate Tears at the Heart of a United Way in Florida
By DEBRA E. BLUMWhen the Heart of Florida United Way, in Orlando, decided last fall to ALSO SEE:Divided in Support of Scouts institute an antidiscrimination policy for the charities it supports, it found itself in the center of a tempest. Like many of its counterparts in other cities, the Heart of…
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