Donations to Charities Slow, New Study Finds
Donations to charities slowed last year, study finds
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Wealthy People Increasingly Give Online, Study Finds
Wealthy people stepping up their online gifts, study finds
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Americans Say Charities Spend Too Much on Overhead, Poll Finds
Sixty-two percent of Americans think that charities spend too much money on overhead costs such as fund raising and administration, according to a new study. On average, people believe that charities spend about 36 cents of every dollar they receive on overhead, substantially more than the 22 cents…
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Novelist Takes Out Ads in National Newspapers to Defend Gift
Crime novelist takes out newspaper ads to defend $1-million gift
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Many Americans Say Charity Overhead Costs Are Too High, Study Finds
Americans say charity overhead costs are too high, study finds
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Senate Expert on Charities Plans to Step Down
Dean A. Zerbe, who has been instrumental in leading the Senate’s efforts to fight charity abuses, says he will leave his job at the end of February. Mr. Zerbe, the senior counsel to Sen. Charles E. Grassley, an Iowa Republican, will join the Washington office of the Alliant Group, a Houston…
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Lawmakers Consider Whether to Require Charities to Detail Spending
Lawmakers are showing increased interest in finding ways to require charities to tell donors what percentage of their revenue they spend on programs related to their missions. At a hearing last month, members of a House committee grilled a leader of several veterans charities in a follow-up to a…
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Red Cross to Lay Off One-Third of Its Staff
Red Cross to lay off one-third of its staff
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Budget Woes Force Red Cross to Lay Off Many Employees
Faced with a budget deficit of $200-million, the American Red Cross, the nation’s largest disaster-relief organization, says it will soon start laying off a large percentage of the 3,000 employees at its national headquarters. The charity said the deficit is largely the result of expanding its…
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Key Senate Aide on Nonprofit Issues Resigns
Key Senate aide on nonprofit issues resigns
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