Colleges devise new ways to meet students’ desire to volunteerThe Salvation Army in Charlottesville, Va., is one of thousands of charities nationwide ALSO SEE:Maine College Forges Community Ties Through Students’ Service WorkPercentage of Colleges That Offer Students Opportunities to Volunteer in…
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Teach For America turns around its operation after financial crisisMost college students turn in their senior theses, heave massive sighs of relief, and rarely think of their topics again. But 11 years after Wendy S. Kopp submitted hers to Princeton University, she continues ALSO SEE:Alumni of…
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‘Business 2.0′: Marketing Deals
By MEG SOMMERFELDDot-com companies have embraced marketing deals with charities as eagerly as their “bricks and mortar” counterparts, raising money for good causes while simultaneously promoting their own products and services, reports Business 2.0 (October 24). “In an attempt to differentiate…
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Alumni of Teaching Charity Pursue Variety of Public-Service Career Paths
By MEG SOMMERFELDWhen Wendy S. Kopp started Teach For America, she fully anticipated that many of the ALSO SEE: A Lesson in Charity Survival Nonprofit Groups Created By Teach For America Participants
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A Close Look at Ways to Increase Giving by Women and to Instill the Habit in Girls
By MEG SOMMERFELD Boston The giving gap between men and women is beginning to close, experts told a meeting of 500 nonprofit, education, and business leaders here, but charities still have much to learn about how best to raise money from women. Sponsored by the National Coalition of Girls’ Schools,…
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Making Sure Their Art Stays Alive
Foundation promotes the work of little-known, nonliving artistsFor little-known artists who want to win attention to their work, the Judith Rothschild Foundation is just the place to turn. But there is one caveat: They must be dead. ALSO SEE: The Judith Rothschild Foundation Few philanthropies…
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‘Moment’: on Birthright Israel
Once a skeptic when it came to Birthright Israel, Gil Troy is now a convert: The McGill University history professor writes in the August issue of Moment that the organization has the potential to revitalize young American Jews’ interest in their religion and heritage. Birthright Israel provides…
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New Student Wave: Service Over Sunbathing
Just as “volunteer vacations” have become more popular with working adults and retired people, ALSO SEE:The Pause That Refreshes‘Volunteer Vacations': Sources of InformationVolunteer Vacations and Charitable Deductions they are also gaining ground among students looking for a new way to spend their…
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Volunteer Vacations and Charitable Deductions
As more and more people pursue volunteer activities on vacation, many have questions about whether ALSO SEE:The Pause That RefreshesNew Student Wave: Service Over Sunbathing‘Volunteer Vacations': Sources of Information they can deduct the expenses incurred during such trips. The basic rule,…
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Vacation time is volunteer time for more and more AmericansSince 1994, Beth Van Gorp, 32, has spent three of her vacations in El Salvador. But the ALSO SEE:New Student Wave: Service Over Sunbathing‘Volunteer Vacations': Sources of InformationVolunteer Vacations and Charitable Deductions North…
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