The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas: Community service. Volvo Cars of North America (Rockleigh, N.J.) has presented its 2007 Volvo for Life Awards, which honor “unsung heroes” working to improve the…
A Former Police Chief Focuses on Preventing Social Ills
During nearly three decades as a police officer, Jerome K. Madden saw firsthand the toll ALSO SEE:TEXT: About Jerome K. Madden, Executive Director, Friends Program that social problems and crime took on young people. Now Mr. Madden, who spent the last five years of his law-enforcement career as…
By Scott Westcott
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The Face of Humanitarian Aid Around the World
Interaction, a coalition of 160 international aid groups, had an ambitious goal for a photography contest it just concluded: to capture the meaning of international relief and development in a single picture that would both transcend cultures and translate easily to an American audience. In past…
By Sue Hoye
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A Different Approach to Grant Making for Philanthropic Families
NEW BOOKS Legacy & Innovation: A Guidebook for Families on Social Change Philanthropy, by Stephanie Yang and Changemakers, looks at how family foundations can pursue social-justice work. In particular, the book focuses on ways for grant makers to provide “people in need with the means to solve…
By Anne W. Howard
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Helping Ex-Prisoners Find Work and Community Support
NEW BOOKS Call to Action: How Programs in Three Cities Responded to the Prisoner Reentry Crisis, by Paul VanDeCarr, details successful efforts in Jacksonville, Fla., Memphis, and Washington to help recently released prisoners return to society. In the Jacksonville program, ex-prisoners helped build…
By Anne W. Howard
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A Study of Pakistani-Americans and Their Philanthropy
NEW BOOKS Portrait of a Giving Community: Philanthropy by the Pakistani-American Diaspora
By Anne W. Howard
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Senator Expands Inquiries on Hospitals and Colleges
A powerful Republican senator has asked the Government Accountability Office, Congress’s investigative arm, to examine how much free care and other services nonprofit hospitals provide to the regions in which they are located. Sen. Charles E. Grassley, of Iowa, said he is concerned that hospitals…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Charity Promotes Tax Fraud, Government Says
The Justice Department has sued the leader of the We the People Foundation for Constitutional Education, charging that he has been using his nonprofit group to promote a tax-fraud scheme that has cost the federal government more than $21-million. The government alleges that Robert L. Schulz, of…
By PETER PANEPENTO
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