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. October 2005 5.0% September 5.0% August 4.8% July 4.6% June 4.8% May 5.2% April…
Access Living of Metropolitan Chicago: Appointed Sarah Triano, associate director of programs, to be director of programs. American Lung Association of Maryland (Hunt Valley): Appointed Claire R. Mullins, communications director at the Baltimore Museum of Industry, to be vice president of…
Following are summaries of recent reports by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance. This private group reports on whether charities meet standards for fund raising, governance, financial management, and public information. The alliance does not approve or disapprove of charities, and urges potential donors…
How The Chronicle Compiled Its Annual Philanthropy 400 Rankings
The Chronicle’s 15th annual Philanthropy 400 uses financial data gathered from nonprofit ALSO SEE:DATABASE: The Philanthropy 400Special Report: The Philanthropy 400 organizations to determine which charities raised the most from individuals, foundations, and corporations. Cash and donations of art,…
By Cassie J. Moore and Leah Kerkman
Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced Closing date Goal Amount raised Purpose College of Saint Benedict and Saint John’s U. (Minn.) Oct. 2005 Dec. 2009 $230,000,000 $140,000,000 For academic programs, endowment, facilities,…
Board members pull together to help a charity raise money and expand programs Betty Masi, president of the board of SOS Children’s Villages-Florida, has an ambitious list of goals for the child-welfare charity, which provides housing and other services to 55 foster children in Coconut Creek, Fla.…
By Caroline Preston
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Museum’s new mission spurs big increase in donors and visitorsThe Fuller Museum of Art had a reputation for playing it safe. The museum, located about 25 miles south of Boston in Brockton, Mass., had followed a tried-and-true approach for most of its nearly four-decade history -- playing host to…
By PETER PANEPENTO
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Globetrotting Executive Lands Dream Job at Pittsburgh Museums
As the son of a diplomat, David M. Hillenbrand spent his youth hopscotching Europe, living in Paris and Munich, studying in southern Wales and Berlin. As an executive for nearly three decades with Bayer AG, he was again a world traveler, as his career took him to Leverkusen, Germany; New York; and…
By PETER PANEPENTO
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