Technology Conference Highlights Internet Tools and Spam Headaches
Philadelphia The Internet has transformed the way that political candidates raise money and mobilize supporters, and charities can draw some important lessons from those changes, Mike McCurry told 650 participants here at the Nonprofit Technology Conference. With technology, “you can ask people to…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities Urged to Follow Disclosure Rules Proposed at Land Group
If the Nature Conservancy wants to improve its management practices and operations, it should make its finances and programs more transparent, enforce new conflict-of-interest policies, and strengthen board governance at the national and local levels, a new report urges. While the report was…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
IRS Plans Workshopsfor Tax-Exempt Groups
By Elizabeth Schwinn The IRS is offering free one-day workshops in six cities to small and midsize tax-exempt organizations. The workshops will cover the procedures nonprofit organizations must follow to maintain their tax exemptions and comply with other tax laws. They are designed for board…
Congress to Investigate Statue of Liberty Group
By Elizabeth Schwinn The heads of the Senate Finance Committee are seeking information on the Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation, a mark of the lawmakers’ continued interest in the way charities govern themselves. Sen. Charles Grassley, chairman of the Finance Committee, and Sen. Max Baucus,…
IRS Warns Charities to Avoid Tax Shelters
By Elizabeth Schwinn The Internal Revenue Service has declared illegal a tax scheme under which charities and other tax-exempt groups helped companies avoid taxes through fraudulent charitable donations. At the same time, Congress has announced that it will take a closer look at the charities that…
A Bruising Board Fight: Campaign Statements by Sierra Trustee Candidates
To see just how contentious the fight over the future leadership of the 114-year-old Sierra Club ALSO SEE:Hostile Takeover or Rescue? has become, one need only look at the official statements offered by this year’s slate of board candidates that were mailed to club members. Seventeen candidates are…
Sierra Club’s board candidates fight to shape the group’s futureThe bruising battle over the election of new board members to the Sierra Club has exposed deep fault lines ALSO SEE:A Bruising Board Fight: Campaign Statements by Sierra Trustee Candidates in the nation’s largest environmental advocacy…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
New Standards Issued on Calculating Worth of Planned Gifts
To help nonprofit organizations determine the value of charitable annuities and other planned gifts, the National Committee on Planned Giving introduced new gift-valuation standards last week. The standards, which are designed to help organizations determine the charitable impact in today’s dollars…
By Brad Wolverton
Contributor
One group’s appeals to midlevel donors tries to bring them closer to the organization’s purpose rather than on plying them with trinkets and perks.
By DAVID WHELAN
Contributor
Founder of eBay Announces New Approach to His Giving
Pierre M. Omidyar, the 36-year-old founder of eBay, the giant online marketplace, has always said he wanted to take an uncoventional approach to giving away the bulk of his fortune, estimated to be worth at least $10-billion. Last month he made that clear by announcing he would fold his foundation…
By Brad Wolverton
Contributor