Donations Reported by 426 United Ways for 2005-6
United Ways across the country last year raised $4.04-billion ALSO SEE: Article: United Ways Increased Gifts by Nearly 3% Last Year in donations from private sources, a gain of 0.4 percent from the previous year but not enough to match the 3.4-percent inflation rate. Fifty-six percent of the…
Community Foundations’ Assets, Gifts, and Grants in 2005
Market Value of Assets In billions 1999 $29.90 2000 $31.50 2001 $31.40 2002 $29.70 2003 $34.90 2004 $39.40 2005 $44.80 TOP 50 1. Tulsa Community Foundation (Okla.) $2,293,370,700 * 2. New York Community Trust 1,897,604,374 3. Cleveland Foundation 1,716,136,165 4. Chicago Community Trust…
A Defense of Nonprofit Health Care
Why Nonprofits Matter in American Medicine: A Policy Brief, by Mark Schlesinger and Bradford H. Gray, examines the debate about nonprofit health care and argues that despite their flaws, nonprofit groups have an important role to play in providing medical care. Drawing on more than 250 studies of…
By Caroline Preston
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How Women Are Transforming Society Through Philanthropy
Women, Philanthropy, and Social Change: Visions for a Just Society
By Caroline Preston
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How Sarbanes-Oxley Can Boost a Charity’s Performance
Sarbanes-Oxley for Nonprofits: A Guide to Building Competitive Advantage
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Passing the IRS Test for Establishing a Nonprofit
IRS Form 1023 Tax Preparation Guide
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Kellogg Foundation Taps Community-Fund Leader as New CEO
For Sterling K. Speirn, the past few weeks have been busy. Not only did Mr. Speirn get married, but he also ALSO SEE:Zowie! A Philanthropist Is Memorialized in a Comic Book announced that at the end of this year he will depart as president of the Peninsula Community Foundation to lead one of the…
By Ian Wilhelm
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‘New York’: Clinton’s Global Gathering
On September 15, the William J. Clinton Foundation will bring heads of state, business leaders, and activists to New York to debate global issues and -- it hopes -- to sign pledges marking a commitment to bettering the world. The effort, dubbed the Clinton Global Initiative, is the latest by the…
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‘Time’: Boy Scouts and Diversity
The Boy Scouts of America does not have a reputation for inclusiveness -- largely because it rejects gay people and atheists -- but the charity insists that it cares about diversity, particularly when it comes to religion, reports Time (August 29). People of every faith have become Scouts, the…
By Caroline Preston
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As more wealthy people turn their attention to managing their wealth rather than increasing it, some universities are starting to offer courses to meet the growing demand for financial and philanthropic knowledge, reports Worth magazine (September). “Making money intelligently is easier than giving…
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