Company Sends Employee Expertise Overseas as Part of Its Philanthropy
In 1999, when Deborah Wafer joined the Pfizer pharmaceutical company as a product manager, she was excited ALSO SEE:DATABASE: Charitable Giving at Major CorporationsCorporate Giving: Statistical DataHow Much Companies Gave to Tsunami-Relief EffortsCorporate Giving ReboundsHow The Chronicle’s Survey…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Corporate Giving: Statistical Data
COMPANIES THAT GAVE MORE THAN $1-MILLION TO CHARITIES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IN 2004 Cash and product total Percentage change from previous year Merck & Company (Whitehouse Station, N.J.) $448,700,000 +9.2% Pfizer (New York) 384,795,000 +216.2 Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (New York) 56,630,000 -…
How The Chronicle’s Survey on Corporate Giving Was Compiled
The Chronicle’s annual survey on corporate giving offers a glimpse of the state of philanthropy ALSO SEE:DATABASE: Charitable Giving at Major CorporationsCorporate Giving: Statistical DataHow Much Companies Gave to Tsunami-Relief EffortsCorporate Giving ReboundsCompany Sends Employee Expertise…
By Cassie J. Moore
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How Much Companies Gave to Tsunami-Relief Efforts
Companies That Made 20 Percent or More of Their Gifts in Products in 2004 Value of noncash gifts What was donated Percentage of total giving Merck & Company (Whitehouse Station, N.J.) $921,000,000 pharmaceuticals 94.1% Pfizer (New York) 1,161,906,114 pharmaceuticals 92.2 Bristol-Myers Squibb…
Measuring Endowments: How the Survey Was Conducted
Database: How endowment investments fared at 210 nonprofit groupsArticles: All of the advice and commentary from this special supplement on endowments Supplement in print: Order print copies of the Endowments supplements from August 2005 and May 2004
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
American Heart Association, Houston/Gulf Coast District: Appointed Deborah Ortiz, national director of agency-fund development at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southeast Texas (Houston), to be executive director. Art & Creativity for Healing (Laguna Niguel, Calif.): Appointed Michelle Ray, director…
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…
The Internal Revenue Service has revoked the charity status of four credit-counseling organizations and is considering whether to revoke the status of several more, says Debra Kawecki, a lawyer at the tax agency. The IRS identified two of the groups as A Better Way Credit Counseling, in Greenacres,…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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