Tax Agency Vows to Improve Checking of Charity-Terrorism Ties
The Internal Revenue Service promised to improve its efforts to check charities for possible ties to terrorists after a government report lambasted the tax agency’s ability to ferret out nefarious donors or groups. The Treasury Department’s inspector general for tax administration said in a report…
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MacArthur Foundation Explores Virtual Reality
Philanthropy and virtual reality
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Can Charities Under Promise, but Over Deliver?
Should charities ever promise to accomplish less?
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Has Microfinance’s Potential Been Overblown?
Has microfinance’s potential been overblown?
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How to Balance the Needs of Generation X and Baby Boomers
How to balance the needs of competing generations of nonprofit workers
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Writer Questions Choice for Gates Award
Did Gates Foundation prize winner deserve the award?
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‘Nature’: Philanthropy Tops Government and Business
With a growing number of philanthropic dollars supporting medical research, some nonprofit officials argue that philanthropists and foundations have more success producing scientific breakthroughs and notable scientists than do corporations and governments, says Nature (May 17). While there is no…
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Corporate Giving Increased 2.7% Last Year, Study Finds
Corporate foundations gave a record $4.2-billion to charity last year, and the majority expect to donate a larger amount in 2007, says a new report. From 2005 to 2006, philanthropy by corporate foundations rose 2.7 percent after adjusting for inflation, says the report by the Foundation Center, in…
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Knight Foundation Awards $12-Million for Digital News Projects
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation announced this month the first winners of an unusual contest to foster blogs and other digital efforts that seek to bring together residents of a city or town in ways that local newspapers historically have done. The foundation awarded $12-million to…
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