White House plan to transfer federal assistance programs to states’ control worries some charitiesWashington The fiscal 2004 budget President Bush submitted to Congress this month proposes hundreds of ALSO SEE:What Bush Administration’s 2004 Budget Means for Nonprofit GroupsPhilanthropy and…
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Heir to Hyatt Fortune Wants Foundation’s Assets Frozen
Lawyers for one of the heirs to the Pritzker fortune have asked a Cook County judge, in Chicago, to freeze the assets of the family’s foundation until a lawsuit that accuses her father of stealing $1-billion from her trust fund is settled. Liesel Pritzker alleges that her father, Robert Pritzker,…
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Median Pay at Foundations Increased 5%, Report Says
Median salaries at most types of foundations rose less than 5 percent last year, according to a new survey by ALSO SEE:Salaries and Benefits at Foundations the Council on Foundations. The raises were smaller than those reported in the council’s previous two annual surveys, but higher than the 2002…
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Key Jewish Group Shuts Unit, Citing ‘Budgetary Constraints’
United Jewish Communities is shutting down the Trust for Jewish Philanthropy, citing “budgetary constraints.” The trust was founded in 2000, shortly after UJC was created through the merger of the United Jewish Appeal, the Council of Jewish Federations, and the United Israel Appeal. The trust’s…
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Arthritis Foundation’s Atlanta Headquarters Makes Budget Cuts, Lays Off 17 Workers
Blaming the economic slowdown, the Arthritis Foundation has laid off 17 employees at its Atlanta headquarters and made budget cuts of nearly 40 percent in some program areas. The layoffs, announced December 3, reduce the size of the headquarters staff by 9 percent, according to Dennis Bowman, a…
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Charities Exempted From Plan for U.S. ‘Do Not Call’ List
The Federal Trade Commission has proposed exempting charities from a program that would prohibit telemarketers from calling consumers who sign on to a national registry. Under the proposal, consumers would be able to contact a national hotline to have their names and phone numbers placed on a “do…
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Museum Group Issues Guidelines on Ethics
Responding to controversies that have arisen over increasing efforts by donors to control how their gifts are used, the American Association of Museums has issued its first set of ethics guidelines governing how its 3,000 members should deal with individual contributors. “In today’s funding…
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U.S. Supreme Court Decides to Review Charity Telemarketing Case
Washington In a case that could alter the way states regulate charitable fund raising, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a lawsuit charging an Illinois telemarketing company with fraud. At issue is whether a professional solicitor can be prosecuted for fraud for not disclosing to…
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Survey Identifies Troubling Trends for Nonprofit Organizations
The percentage of Americans who have donated money to a nonprofit organization has reached its lowest level since pollsters first began measuring giving trends in the 1960s, according to a new survey. Slightly more than two-thirds of all adults -- 69 percent -- gave money to charity in the 12…
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Charity and foundation heads see 7.5% median gain in salaryIn a year that saw the economy dip into its first recession in 10 years, salaries paid in 2001 to ALSO SEE:2002 Compensation SurveyHow The Chronicle‘s 2002 Survey of Nonprofit Compensation Was CompiledChief Executives Who Received $100,000…
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