Two members of Congress want to force foundations to give more to charities annuallyWashington In what could be the most significant federal legislative proposal affecting foundations in decades, a bipartisan pair ALSO SEE:Proposed Legislation Worries Many Who Attended Meeting of Grant Makers of…
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Support for Charity Remained Strong in 2002, Survey Finds
Despite the lean economy, 72 percent of respondents to a recent survey reported that they gave money in 2002 to nonprofit organizations. Wirthlin Worldwide, a consulting company in Reston, Va., which conducted last month’s telephone survey of 1,000 adults, said the research shows that Americans are…
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Federal Agency Urged to Help Relief Charities
The problems surrounding charities’ response to September 11 should prompt the Federal Emergency Management Agency to help national nonprofit organizations develop strategies for disaster relief, said the General Accounting Office in a new report. While nonprofit disaster-relief groups, such as the…
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Bush’s executive order loosens federal restraints on religious charitiesPresident Bush’s decision last month to order the federal government to loosen restraints on religious charities that seek and obtain federal money means that Mr. Bush has accomplished with the stroke of a pen much of what…
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Muslim Charities Accuse Government of Harming Their Fund Raising
Long Beach, Calif. Donations to U.S. Muslim charities have fallen by 20 percent since the Bush administration started cracking down on Islamic nonprofit groups accused of providing support to terrorists, Aslam Abdullah, editor of The Minaret magazine, a monthly publication on Islam in the United…
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Growing Up as a Volunteer: Influence of Charity Work Is Long-Lasting
When Laura E. Lockwood started attending Manatee Community College two years ago, she couldn’t ALSO SEE:Charity’s Youth MovementThe Young and the Generous: Related articles leave behind her first love: the ManaTeen Club, a program in Bradenton, Fla., she and her sister had founded in 1994 to…
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New Service Screens Charities for Prospective Donors, for a Fee
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More and more organizations are evaluating nonprofit groupsTim D. Johnson, who works at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, contributes about $2,500 to ALSO SEE:Love Him or Hate Him, Charity Watchdog Garners Lots of AttentionNew Service Screens Charities for Prospective Donors, for a FeeThe…
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Technology Charity Decides to Pull the Plug on Its Work
PowerUp, a nonprofit group established in 1999 by corporations, private grant makers, and charities to increase needy youngsters’ access to technology, shut its doors last month. Board members and benefactors made the decision after concluding that the organization’s mission had been fulfilled,…
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