Making Sponsorship Arrangements With Companies
Made Possible By: Succeeding With Sponsorship
By Jessica Kronstadt
Contributor
Advice on Volunteering as a Family
The Busy Family’s Guide to Volunteering
By Jessica Kronstadt
Contributor
Packard’s Worldwide Search for New CEO Leads Home
The David and Lucile Packard Foundation conducted a five-month, worldwide search for a new chief executive, vetting dozens and dozens of candidates, only to discover that the person with the qualities the board members sought already worked for them. Last month, the foundation appointed Carol S.…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Revenue Service Releases Guidelines on Charity Ads
The IRS has released guidelines for charities and other tax-exempt groups that explain when such organizations must pay taxes on advertisements about political and social issues. The guidance, known in tax parlance as a revenue ruling, uses six examples to explain when such spending is taxable.…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Christian Group Asks IRS to Audit Churches
A Christian watchdog group has asked the Internal Revenue Service to investigate seven preachers who give televised sermons and to consider revoking the tax-exempt status of the churches where the ministers work. Wall Watchers, a group in Matthews, N.C., that evaluates Christian charities, says it…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
IRS Takes Hard Look at Patent Donations
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that it plans to crack down on improper charitable deductions claimed for donations of patents and other types of intellectual property. Taxpayers who claim such deductions, the revenue service warned, could be subject to penalties. The tax agency’s move…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Bits: ePhilanthropyFoundation.org Add Ethics Test
A nonprofit organization that offers charities advice on Internet fund raising, ePhilanthropyFoundation.Org, has added an ethics test to its Web site. The self-assessment asks charities 15 questions about the way they conduct their online fund-raising activities, and then provides feedback based on…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Technology Conferences Merge Into One
Two popular technology meetings are being combined into the Nonprofit Technology Conference, which will be held March 25-27 in Philadelphia. In 2003, the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network Roundup and the e-Philanthropy Conference were held consecutively at the same hotel in Oakland, Calif.,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Federal Grant Information Available Online
A new Web site, Grants.gov, provides information about how to find and apply to federal grant programs. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services led the development of the Web site, which includes information about more than 800 grant programs run by 26 federal grant-making agencies that…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Youth Group’s Web Site Offers Architectural Tips
Placing a game room near the entrance of a Boys & Girls Club can help convey a sense of fun from the moment a child walks in the door, while comfy couches, beanbag chairs, and rugs can make a club’s homework and study areas more appealing. These and other tips and information can be found on…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor