‘Editor & Publisher’: Arts Giving
Press coverage of arts philanthropy too often “gets caught up in a numbers game, focusing on how much money was donated, and the timing of payment, at the cost of a sound grounding in the cultural and social benefits of the gift,” writes the philanthropist and technology financier Alberto Vilar in…
The state of Jewish philanthropy used to be measured by the local Jewish federations that raised money in cities across the country, notes Moment magazine (February). While the 156 federations continue to be a “central pillar of Jewish philanthropic life,” the federations are no longer the largest…
IRS Declines to Rule on Some Charity Matters
The IRS has identified a number of areas of the tax code, including some related to charities, for which taxpayers may no longer request a special ruling. Taxpayers may pay a fee to receive rulings, known as private-letter rulings, that clarify tax laws as they apply to specific situations.…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
IRS Plans Free Workshops for Tax-Exempt Groups
The Internal Revenue Service is offering free one-day workshops in 11 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…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Some Charities Can Skip Filing Tax Forms
Charities in U.S. possessions -- American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands -- that raise no more than $25,000 a year in the United States and have no significant activity there need not file an annual federal Form 990…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
$1-Billion Proposed to Train Mentors and Help Drug and Alcohol Addicts
By Grant Williams Washington In his State of the Union address last week, President Bush asked Congress to pass a pair of new proposals, at a cost of more than $1-billion, that would help religious and other groups further one of his chief goals -- applying “the compassion of America to the deepest…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
United Ways Approve New Financial Standards
Chief executives of the nation’s United Ways have overwhelmingly approved new accountability, disclosure, and financial standards that will apply to their organizations and result in a stepped-up role for their national umbrella organization. The practices are designed to make sure that donors get…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Community Foundations Plan to Spend More on Advertising
Three in four community foundations expect to spend as much or more money this year to market and advertise their organizations, according to a survey by the Cleveland Foundation and Marcus Thomas, a Cleveland advertising agency. The survey, which was conducted by e-mail last summer, received…
By Brad Wolverton
Contributor
Maps Help Charity Win Changes for California Schools
For more than two decades, enrollment in the Los Angeles Unified School District has skyrocketed -- often ALSO SEE:Putting Charity on the MapSatellite Imagery Allows Charity to Map Changes in ForestsSources of Information on How Charities Can Use Mapping SoftwareMaps Show Mismatch Between Locales…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Maps Show Mismatch Between Locales of a City’s Food Pantries and Their Clients
The Hunger Task Force, a food bank in Milwaukee, had suspected for some time that the city’s emergency-food ALSO SEE:Putting Charity on the MapSatellite Imagery Allows Charity to Map Changes in ForestsSources of Information on How Charities Can Use Mapping SoftwareMaps Help Charity Win Changes for…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor