Interest Rates for Planned Gifts
Following are the interest rates, provided by the Internal Revenue Service, for computing charitable deductions for charitable remainder trusts, gift annuities, charitable lead trusts, and some other deferred gifts. February 2006 5.2% January 5.4% December 2005 5.4% November 5.0% October 5.0%…
Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced Closing date Goal Amount raised Purpose Art League Houston Jan. 2006 Dec. 2008 $1,000,000 $100,000 For capital improvements, endowment, and a new art school Children’s Hospital and…
Alabama Public Television (Birmingham): Appointed John Brady, vice president of development at New Jersey Public Television (Trenton), to be vice president for development; Peggy Haywood Hair, associate vice president for development and director of alumni affairs at Birmingham-Southern College…
How The Chronicle’s Survey of Last Year’s Top Donors Was Compiled
The Chronicle‘s sixth annual list of the nation’s biggest donors is based on gifts and pledges of ALSO SEE:DATABASE: America’s Most-Generous DonorsRELATED STORIES: Top Donors of 2005 cash and stock to charitable institutions, as well as donations of artworks and land for which it was possible to…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
America’s Top Donors: at a Glance
WHAT GROUPS RECEIVED THE BIG GIFTS 44 colleges and universities 18 hospitals and medical centers 16 foundations 15 human-services groups 12 schools 11 children and youth groups 11 museums and libraries 9 public-affairs groups 8 environmental and animal-related groups 7 arts groups 6 community…
A charity founded by U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, Republican of Pennsylvania, spent about 36 percent of the nearly $1-million it raised on charitable grants to fight social problems, while spending 56.5 percent on salaries, travel, and other expenses, according to a review of the organization’s 2001,…
The Microsoft Corporation is donating $41-million in software and cash to support charities that respond to disasters, reports The New York Times. The grants will help NetHope and the International Working Group on Emergency Capacity Building, two coalitions of nonprofit groups, to upgrade…
In an unusual move, Hallmark Cards last month donated much of its prestigious photography collection to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, in Kansas City, Mo., transforming the museum into an international resource for photography, reports The New York Times. Hallmark Cards donated a significant…