How the Fund-Raising Companies Were Ranked
By HARVY LIPMANThe Chronicle‘s analysis of the performance of commercial fund-raising companies ALSO SEE:Calling Solicitors to AccountHow Commercial Solicitors Rank on the Amount of Income Provided to CharityFor Small Charities, the Options Are Few and the Risks Are HighGovernment Regulation of…
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For Small Charities, the Options Are Few and the Risks Are High
By HARVY LIPMANEven when small charities work diligently to negotiate the best possible ALSO SEE:Calling Solicitors to AccountHow Commercial Solicitors Rank on the Amount of Income Provided to CharityHow the Fund-Raising Companies Were RankedGovernment Regulation of Fund Raisers: Far Trickier Than…
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Chronicle ranking of companies assesses value to charitiesAmericans donate at least $1-billion annually to charitable fund-raising ALSO SEE:How Commercial Solicitors Rank on the Amount of Income Provided to CharityHow the Fund-Raising Companies Were RankedFor Small Charities, the Options Are Few…
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Bush Defends Plan on Faith-Based Groups
By HARVY LIPMANPresident Bush and his top advisers on charity issues spent much of last ALSO SEE:In Defense of a New Partnership Between Government and Faith-Based Groups week defending the administration’s plans to help religious groups obtain federal money to pay for their social-service…
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Commercial Solicitors in California Kept Over Half of Donations
By HARVY LIPMANCommercial solicitors registered in California raised nearly $200-million in 1999, and gave slightly less than half of that to charities, according to a report by state Attorney General Bill Lockyer. Charities received 48 percent of the money solicited on their behalf in 1999; in…
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Lawmakers’ Dispute With Clinton Library Seen as Test of Donor Privacy
By HARVY LIPMANLegal experts and charity officials are expressing concern over the implications of the battle between former President Bill Clinton’s presidential-library foundation and a congressional committee over disclosure of donors’ names. Under several U.S. Supreme Court rulings, donor…
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Venture Funds Examined in New Study
By HARVY LIPMANOrganizations that promote “venture philanthropy” continue to proliferate, ALSO SEE:Venture-Philanthropy Funds but many are new and thinly staffed, according to a new report. Venture philanthropy is a movement that seeks to apply some of the techniques of venture capitalism to the…
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‘Public Interest’: Nonprofit Salaries
By HARVY LIPMANThe journal The Public Interest (Winter 2001) examines the question of whether top executives at nonprofit organizations are paid too much and discusses how their salaries could be regulated. Peter Frumkin, assistant professor of public policy at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy…
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Large Bequest to Hewlett Fund to Make It Among the Wealthiest in United States
By HARVY LIPMANThe William and Flora Hewlett Foundation could soon become one of the nation’s five wealthiest foundations, with assets of $9-billion, due to the death this month of its founder. The foundation, created by the co-founder of the Hewlett-Packard Company, was worth $3.7-billion as of…
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No Relief for Nation’s Food Banks
Demand for aid surges in wake of welfare overhaulNonprofit food banks and soup kitchens are changing their operations to cope with swelling demand from needy Americans. ALSO SEE:One Man’s Hunger to Change the Way Food Charities Operate Many are expanding the types of services they provide, such as…
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