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. November 2003 4.0% October 4.4% September 4.2% August 3.2% July 3.0% June 3.6% May…
Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced Closing date Goal Amount raised Purpose Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater (N.Y.) Nov. 2001 Open $72,500,000 $69,500,000 For a new building and the endowment Children’s Medical Center…
Groups Whose Non-Cash Gifts Accounted for More Than Half of Donations
Total private support Percentage of non-cash gifts Philanthropy 400 rank National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources $140,908,007 100.0% 88 Gifts In Kind International 793,151,513 99.7 3 Brother’s Brother Foundation 159,771,470 99.4 78 AmeriCares Foundation 412,689,073 99.3 18…
Outside Organizations Helping Grant Makers
Toward More Effective Use of Intermediaries, by Peter L. Szanton, discusses the ways foundations use other organizations to strengthen their grant programs. Mr. Szanton, president of Szanton Associates, a consulting firm in Washington that works with government and nonprofit groups, writes that…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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List of Nonprofit Volunteer Opportunities
Make a Difference: America’s Guide to Volunteering and Community Service, by Arthur I. Blaustein, provides information about volunteer opportunities at more than 185 nonprofit organizations throughout the United States. In this revised edition of the book, Mr. Blaustein, a professor of urban…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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2003 Kids Count Data Book ranks states on 10 indicators designed to measure the well-being of children and youths. The Annie E. Casey Foundation, in Baltimore, produces this report annually and provides information both nationally and by state. According to the report, eight of the measures --…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Profiles of Successful Annual-Giving Programs
Innovations in Annual Giving: 10 Departures That Worked
By Jessica Kronstadt
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How to Reduce Harm to Elderly Clients and Minimize Liability
A Golden Opportunity: Managing the Risks of Service to Seniors
By Jessica Kronstadt
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A Politician and Fund Raiser Returns to the Ministry
When William H. Gray III left his job as Democratic majority whip in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1991, many black leaders shook their heads. He was, after all, a rarity in national politics -- a black man who had risen up the ranks to become one of the most powerful leaders in the country.…
By Michael Anft
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Opposition Forms to Charity Tax Bill
Thirty-four nonprofit groups are opposing a Senate bill on charitable giving, saying a tax break in it to promote greater use of land trusts would be too costly and would put religious groups seeking to purchase land at a disadvantage. In a letter sent last week to chairmen of the House and Senate…
By Debra E. Blum
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