Lawmakers Propose New Fund-Raising Disclosure Requirements at Hearing
Lawmakers propose new disclosure requirements at hearing
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Red Cross to Lay Off Large Numbers of Employees Due to Budget Woes
Red Cross layoffs stem from fund-raising troubles
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Fund-Raising Costs and Marketing Deals Get New Attention in Congress
By Suzanne Perry and Elizabeth Schwinn Washington Members of Congress are expressing increasing concern about charities that spend too much money on ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: IRS Unveils Final Version of New Informational Tax Form for Charities their fund raising, and are raising the possibility that they…
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Charities Lobby Congress on Two Giving Incentives
While charities of all kinds are focused on efforts to extend and expand a tax break that encourages people to donate money from their individual retirement accounts, arts and environmental groups are paying attention to two other charitable-giving measures that were passed at the same time as the…
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Charities Scramble to Persuade Donors to Make Retirement-Account Gifts
With the future uncertain for a law that allows older Americans to transfer money from their individual retirement accounts to charities tax-free, nonprofit groups are rushing to get as many gifts as possible by year’s end. Nearly two years ago, Congress passed a law, set to expire on December 31,…
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Banks Offer New Effort to Spur United Way Gifts
Banks offer new effort to spur United Way gifts
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Fund Raising and Lack of Diversity Are Key Challenges for Trustees
Trustees of nonprofit organizations aren’t doing enough to raise money for their groups or to make ALSO SEE: TABLE: Percentage of Boards That Require Trustees to Perform Various Tasks TABLE: Percentage of Boards With Accountability Policies CHART: View of Trustees and CEO’s on the Key Issues Facing…
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Fraud Case Ending in Settlement Gives Pennsylvania a Partial Victory
When things get slow at work, Edward H. Shevenock Jr., Pennsylvania’s top charity investigator, goes to ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Nonprofit-Abuse Sleuths the file room and reads the financial records of some of the 10,000 nonprofit groups that raise money in the state, looking for possible problems. That’s…
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Pennsylvania bureau takes lead in rooting out charity schemes By Elizabeth Schwinn Tucked away in an office building next to the state capitol, the Pennsylvania Bureau of Charitable ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Fraud Case Ending in Settlement Gives Pennsylvania a Partial Victory Organizations doesn’t attract…
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Trustees Don’t Do Enough to Help Charities Raise Money, Study Finds
Trustees fall down on fund-raising duties, report says
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