Court Backs IRS in Revocation Case
In a long-awaited decision, the U.S. Tax Court has ruled that the Internal Revenue Service was right to revoke the tax-exempt status of an Indianapolis health charity that had a contract with a controversial fund-raising consultant, the Watson and Hughey Company. The court concluded that part of…
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Catalogue Aims to Sell People on Giving
A new publication being distributed to a quarter-million Massachusetts residents may help spur charitable giving in a state that lags badly in that area. “The Catalogue for Philanthropy” is a collaborative effort by some of the state’s leading grant makers and philanthropists to stimulate giving by…
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Consultants’ Group to Broaden Its Membership
The American Association of Fund-Raising Counsel has opened its membership to consultants who help charities in many ways besides fund raising, such as refining their missions, strengthening their boards, managing their grants, and publicizing their achievements. In addition, the A.A.F.R.C. has…
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Young Britons Giving Less to Charity
Fewer British households are giving to charity now than in the past two decades, although the average donation continues to increase faster than inflation, according to the latest statistical yearbook on Britain’s non-profit world. “Successive generations of young people are decreasingly likely to…
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Executor Accused of Diverting Money Left to 2 Charities
A Boston lawyer has been charged with swindling two charities by diverting to his own use the bulk of a $1.4-million bequest. John P. Conroy was indicted last month for allegedly stealing $880,000 that had been bequeathed to the American Cancer Society and to Children’s Hospital in Boston. Both…
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Foundation Hopes to Make a Bigger Contribution by Narrowing Its Focus
The Northwest Area Foundation has scuttled its longstanding grant-making programs to devote most of its resources to comprehensive long-term efforts to improve a few poor communities. “We are getting out of the project-by-project, grant-request-by-grant-request business,” says Karl N. Stauber, the…
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A Campaign to Sweep Away Danger
Hundreds of charities share glory as international effort to ban use of land mines captures Nobel prize When the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded this month, hundreds of non-profit organizations in dozens of countries considered themselves to be co-winners, claiming a share of the credit -- if not the…
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George Soros plans to donate up to $500-million to support a range of programs intended to promote a more open society Last week’s announcement by George Soros that he plans to spend $300-million to $500-million on philanthropic ventures in Russia during the next three years shows he has not lost…
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International conference outlines struggle between concern for common good and the ever-expanding global market As countries around the world move pell-mell toward a single global market and social culture, private citizens must join together to insure that the poorest and weakest do not get left…
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State and federal regulators probe Hawaii’s wealthiest charity amid charges of mismanagement and financial abuse Trustees of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, Hawaii’s wealthiest charity, are under investigation by federal and state regulators amid allegations that they have mismanaged the estate…
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