A Fledgling Grant Maker Nurtures Young Jewish ‘Social Entrepreneurs’
TOOLS AND TRAINING By David Whelan Seminaries, synagogues, Zionist groups, neighborhood centers, summer camps, day schools, campus clubs, and countless other charities serve American Jews. Yet Yavilah McCoy, a black orthodox Jewish New Yorker now living in St. Louis, felt that there was room for…
By DAVID WHELAN
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How Small Charities Provide Retirement Benefits to Their Workers
JOB MARKET By Maura Webber After 14 years of doing without a pension plan, TreeUtah’s staff members will finally begin saving for their retirement later ALSO SEE:A Guide to Retirement-Plan Options for Nonprofit Employers this year with the help of their employer. Meryl Redisch, executive director…
By Maura Webber
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Charities Upset Over Lobbying Audits
Several organizations that represent charities are concerned over news that the Internal Revenue Service plans to audit numerous groups that attempt to influence federal legislation, saying they are afraid that the charities are being singled out because of the way they report lobbying expenses on…
CHAPTER V CHARITABLE USES AND PURPOSES
New York Attorney General’s response to comments received about the state’s new fund-raising regulations Title 13 New York Code of Rules and Regulations RULES AND REGULATIONS FOR REGISTRATION OF CHARITABLE TRUSTEES, INCLUDING TRUSTS, ESTATES NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATIONS AND OTHER CHARITABLE TRUSTEE…
Grant Making and the Environment
Sustainable Consumption and Production: Strategies for Accelerating Positive Change, by Joel Makower and Deborah Fleischer, describes how grant makers can promote practices and products that are not harmful to the environment. Mr. Makower, founder of GreenBiz.com, a Web site focused on corporate…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Making Grants to Improve Technology
From Obstacles to Opportunities, v.1.0: Six Interlocking Elements of Strategic Technology Grant Making, by Marc Osten, Jillaine Smith, and Rob Stuart, suggests ways that grant makers can help nonprofit organizations purchase and use technology to carry out their missions. Mr. Osten, founder of…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Legal and Financial Advice for Foundations Operating in the United States and Abroad
Foundation Management: Innovation and Responsibility at Home and Abroad
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Making Grants for Collaborative Problem Solving
Community Visions, Community Solutions: Grantmaking for Comprehensive Impact
By Jessica Kronstadt
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$12.4-Million Recovered From Bankrupt Pa. Fund
Drexel University’s College of Medicine, in Philadelphia, has received $12.4-million to replenish charitable endowments drained by a medical-research foundation that eventually went bankrupt. The money is part of a $23-million settlement reached last year by Pennsylvania’s attorney general, who…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Art Museums Face Slump in Revenue, Report Says
Many art museums saw their revenue decline as a result of last year’s tough economic climate, a new report says. Seventy-four of the 128 museums that provided data to the Association of Art Museum Directors brought in less money in 2002 than in 2001 -- another year marked by a downturn in revenue,…
By Elizabeth Greene
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