Bush’s Efforts to Help Religious Charities Stalled, Critics Say
President Bush has shown signs that the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives is not a high priority, says The Washington Post. Jay F. Hein, who begins work this week, is the third person in six years to head President Bush’s effort to help religious groups win government…
Charity Struggles Under New Security Rules
Heightened airport security has increased the challenges for the already strained Travelers Aid International, a nonprofit group that assists people in airports, train stations, and other travel terminals, reports The Wall Street Journal. The group is attempting to help passengers deal with…
Uzbek Court Closes U.S. Aid Group
A court in Uzbekistan ordered a U.S. aid group, Crosslink Development International, to shut down its operations in the Central Asian nation for violating local regulations governing foreign charities, reports Reuters. Uzbekistan has grown increasingly hostile toward Western organizations since…
A battle has broken out because a public-school district in Mamaroneck, N.Y., wants to to move a park donated by a couple as a memorial to their son and other Mamaroneck residents who died in World War II, reports The Wall Street Journal. The deed to the property, however, says the land was to be…
Katrina Report: Groups Needed Better Coordination
Report: Small charities needed better coordination after Katrina
British Monitoring of Charities Comes Under Scrutiny
British approach to monitoring charities comes under scrutiny
U.N. Likely to Reduce Appeal for Lebanon Aid
The United Nations is likely to reduce its $150-million appeal for emergency aid to Lebanon now that about 97 percent of the 900,000 people displaced by the recent war have returned home, reports Reuters. The organization will announce a new figure in the next few weeks. So far, it has received…
Judge Scolds Two Arts Groups for Suing Bank
Judge John Baker, of the Indiana Court of Appeals, scolded two charities that sued the National City Bank of Indiana for allegedly reducing the value of gifts from the pharmaceutical-company heiress Ruth Lilly by delaying stock transactions, reports the Associated Press. The Poetry Foundation, in…
Online Volunteering Grows in Popularity
As access to the Internet increases worldwide, more charities are providing online volunteering opportunities, reports the Associated Press. The virtual activities, which are particularly popular among African and Latin American organizations, include volunteers creating Web sites, translating…
Impromptu Gift Saves Yiddish Theater Materials
Eli Broad, the Los Angeles philanthropist, said on Tuesday that he had given $186,000 to the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research, in New York, to restore photographs, costumes, music manuscripts, and other materials from the golden age of Yiddish theater, reports The New York Times. Mr. Broad said…