Assets at Community Funds Climb 20%, Survey Finds
By HARVY LIPMANDriven by the booming stock market and an influx of new donations, ALSO SEE:Community Foundations’ Assets, Gifts, and Grants in 1999 combined assets at community foundations across the nation grew to nearly $30-billion last year, an increase of almost 20 percent from 1998, according…
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Top Charities See Donations Surge Again
13% jump represents third year in a row of double-digit growthThe nation’s largest charities continued to benefit last year from the longest economic ALSO SEE: Philanthropy 400 Survey Results How the Philanthropy 400 Was Compiled The 400 at a Glance Groups Where Non-Cash Gifts Account for More than…
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How the Philanthropy 400 Was Compiled
By HARVY LIPMANThe Philanthropy 400 uses financial data gathered from nonprofit organizations to determine ALSO SEE:Philanthropy 400 Survey ResultsTop Charities See Donations Surge AgainThe 400 at a GlanceStanford University: Teaching Students to Be GiversBoys & Girls Clubs of America: Taking Up a…
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FBI Reviewing Food Charity After Chief’s Resignation
By HARVY LIPMANThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating Food for the Poor, a charity that provides food and monetary aid to Latin American countries, following the resignation of the group’s president. Ferdinand Mahfood resigned as president of the Deerfield Beach, Fla., group last…
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Retirement Perks Help Keep Workers
As non-profit boards have realized in recent years that they must compete with businesses for executive talent, ALSO SEE:Keeping the Best on BoardPay for Leaders at Biggest Charities Rises 6.2%, Chronicle Survey FindsResults of 2000 Compensation SurveyAdditional Salary Survey ChartsHow the…
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Pay for Leaders at Biggest Charities Rises 6.2%, Chronicle Survey Finds
Editor’s Note: In the print version and an earlier Web version of this article, an incorrect organization was cited as having paid its top officials more than 2 percent of its total income. The correct group is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, not the United Negro…
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By HARVY LIPMANGrant making by the nation’s foundations grew by an estimated 17.2 percent in 1999, ALSO SEE:Foundation TrendsState and Regional Data, 1998New Report on Grant-Making Trends slowing from a record 21.7 percent increase the year before, according to a new report by the Foundation…
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How The Chronicle Determined Each State’s Generosity Rating
By HARVY LIPMANComparing the relative generosity of residents of different parts of the country is a complicated ALSO SEE:Rise in Giving Tracks Growth in Americans’ Income, IRS Data ShowTax Deductions for Charitable Giving, State by StateState Rankings of Charitable Deductions task because…
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Rise in Giving Tracks Growth in Americans’ Income, IRS Data Show
By HARVY LIPMANThe $10-billion rise in charitable giving from 1997 to 1998 reflects the growing incomes of Americans who itemized their tax returns rather than any increase in their generosity, ALSO SEE:Tax Deductions for Charitable Giving, State by StateState Rankings of Charitable DeductionsHow…
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Giving Trends in the Midwest Analyzed
By HARVY LIPMAN Affluent residents of five Midwestern states are about as generous as most other well-off Americans ALSO SEE: Charitable Bequests in Five States, 1997 when it comes to charity, according to a new report by a national organization of fund raisers. In the first of what it expects to…
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