Charities Tackle Emerging Questions in Aftermath of Terrorist Attacks
More than a month after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, donations are continuing to pour in to disaster-relief organizations. More than $934-million has been raised by charitable organizations working on relief and recovery efforts, according to the latest…
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Red Cross Fund Raiser Takes On Unforeseen Challenges
Washington In late August, when Michael D. Farley started his new fund-raising job at the ALSO SEE:Picking Up the PiecesCharities Brace for Lean Fund-Raising Season in Tragedy’s WakeHow Charitable Giving Fared During Crises in U.S. HistoryHundreds of Displaced N.Y. Charities Face Financial, Other…
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Reeling In Rebates for Charity
Groups encourage taxpayers to donate their federal refundsPresident Bush is hoping people will jump-start the economy by spending their federal tax rebates on consumer goods, but Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Sacramento, in California, had another idea. It recently put on a fund-raising event…
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White House shifts focus of program promoting government grants for religious charitiesWashington Facing opposition in the Senate over its efforts to steer government aid to religious charities ALSO SEE:Small Religious Groups Face Tough Time Getting Aid and the abrupt resignation of a top adviser,…
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Charitable Tax Break Bill Heads to Senate
A bill containing several charitable tax incentives affecting charities and foundations faces an uncertain future in the Senate after it was passed last month by the House of Representatives. By a vote of 233 to 198, the House approved the tax incentives as part of President Bush’s effort to help…
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Income Gaps Cause Decline in Volunteering, Study Finds
Americans are less likely to volunteer today than in years past, in part because the disparity in incomes has grown and because so many women now hold full-time jobs, according to a new study. Economists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tufts University have estimated that people ages…
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Web Sites Urge Taxpayers to Donate Their Rebates
A growing number of Web sites have sprung up to urge Americans to donate FROM THE ARCHIVES:Nonvirtual Reality Hits Giving Sites (6/14/2001)Online Companies Merge Operations (3/22/2001)Online-Giving Company to Cease Operations (3/8/2001)Financial Turbulence Hits Charity Sites (1/11/2001)A Hunger for…
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Financial Woes Continue to Dog Charity Sites
Several companies that run major charity sites are facing financial troubles. GreaterGood.com, one of the first charity online shopping malls, has shut down after its board of directors voted last month to halt further investment in the company and put it up for sale. The online site raised about…
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Court Upholds Group’s Firing of Gay Worker
In a case watched closely by supporters and critics of President Bush’s effort to help religious groups, a federal judge has ruled that a state-supported Baptist foster home in Kentucky did not illegally discriminate when it fired a gay counselor. U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Simpson III…
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Charities Might Become Major Beneficiaries of Settlement in Vitamin Price-Fixing Case
Charities in New York will soon become the beneficiaries of millions of dollars in fines paid by international vitamin companies found to have engaged in price fixing, and charities in other states may get similar windfalls. ALSO SEE: Funds Available From Vitamin Settlement Twenty-one states, as…
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