New law forces charities to rethink fund raising by phoneIndianapolis’s public-broadcasting station, WFYI-TV, used to count on getting about $120,000 a year from phone ALSO SEE:New Telemarketing Rules: a Primer appeals to potential donors. This year, it has raised only $30,000 from such…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Hawaii Woman Leaves $122-Million
A real-estate heiress, Maude Woods Wodehouse, has left a total of $122-million to 16 organizations and schools in Hawaii. Ms. Wodehouse owned a ranch on the Island of Hawaii and was the widow of Cenric N. Wodehouse, whose grandmother founded Victoria Ward, a real-estate company in Honolulu. Ms.…
$300-Million Art Collection Promised to National Gallery; Other Gifts
Five organizations have received big gifts and pledges: The National Gallery of Art, in Washington, has been promised an art collection worth an estimated $300-million from Jane and Robert Meyerhoff, both 79, of Phoenix, Md. The collection, which will be transferred to the gallery after Mr. and…
By Julia Green
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Charity Legislation Faces New Hurdle in Congress: Budget Realities
Washington By Brad Wolverton As members of the U.S. House of Representatives prepare to vote on proposed charity legislation that was stripped of a controversial foundation provision last week by the House Committee on Ways and Means, the bill faces new budgetary obstacles that might prevent it…
By Brad Wolverton
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How Much Big Foundations Pay Trustees
Foundation Assets Total fees paid to trustees Total administrative costs Total grants Number of trustees Minimum fees for trustees Maximum fees for trustees Lilly Endowment (Indianapolis) $14,238,193,778 $333,000 $21,745,220 $428,188,708 8 $40,000 $44,000 Ford Foundation (New York) $11,960,279,629…
Kauffman Board Members Resign Amid Growing Controversy Over Leadership
Amid a swirl of controversy over the leadership and direction of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, in Kansas City, Mo., three board members this month resigned from their posts. The controversy has aroused the curiosity of the Missouri attorney general’s office, which has begun a review of…
By Michael Anft
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Majority of Private Foundations Pay Their Trustees, Survey Finds
More than two-thirds of the private foundations included in a newly released survey pay fees to their trustees. The 238 foundations ALSO SEE:How Much Big Foundations Pay Trustees in the survey paid $44.9-million in trustee fees in 1998, of which $31.1-million went to individual board members.…
By Harvy Lipman
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U.S. Nonprofit Groups Report Sluggish Donations for Iraqi Relief Efforts
The aftermath of the United States’ invasion of Iraq has taken its toll on the fund-raising efforts of several ALSO SEE:Inching Toward Relief international charities. As a result, many groups have scaled back their aid programs and ceased actively soliciting funds for Iraq’s redevelopment. Some…
By Daniel del Castillo
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Security and other concerns hamper the rebuilding of IraqBasra, Iraq About 20 miles south of Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city, the landscape changes from dense, lush palm groves ALSO SEE:U.S. Nonprofit Groups Report Sluggish Donations for Iraqi Relief Efforts and brackish canals to vast expanses…
By Daniel del Castillo
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Pushing the Boundaries of Learning
Photograph by Paul PrescottShackleton Schools, named after the famous Antarctic explorer, uses educational expeditions to tap the potential of young people who have failed to thrive in traditional high schools and to teach them to be leaders. Since the organization opened a school in 1998, students…