‘Business 2.0′: Companies and Breast Cancer
Companies have helped raise millions of dollars for breast-cancer research and treatment in recent years, largely by promising to give a percentage of a product’s purchase price to charity, notes Business 2.0 (February). The cause, often symbolized by a pink ribbon or pink products -- including a…
New House Rules Let Charities Pick Up the Tab for Trips
Charities may now pay for travel and lodging for members of the House of Representatives who attend their events, under changes to ethics rules enacted by the House of Representatives this month. In addition, lobbyists are now permitted to send food, including pizza and catered meals, to congressional offices. The changes apply only to the House; the Senate’s ethics rules, which do not allow charities to pay for trips, are unchanged.
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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One in Four Americans Volunteers, Report Says
About one in four Americans age 16 and older volunteer, according to a new report from the U.S. government. Those who volunteer spend a median of 52 hours per year on volunteer activities, meaning that about half of those who reported their volunteer hours spent more time than that on volunteering…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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Median Pay at Foundations Increased 5%, Report Says
Median salaries at most types of foundations rose less than 5 percent last year, according to a new survey by ALSO SEE:Salaries and Benefits at Foundations the Council on Foundations. The raises were smaller than those reported in the council’s previous two annual surveys, but higher than the 2002…
By Harvy Lipman
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Bits: Discussion on Spam; a Human-Rights Course; and an Online Journal
TechSoup will hold an online discussion, “Scammers and Spammers,” on its Web site January 27-31. Among the topics to be discussed: ways to curb unsolicited e-mail, the difference between e-mail marketing and spam, Internet scams, and credit-card fraud. TechSoup is a Web site that provides…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Tech Foundation Offers Computer Gear
A new foundation hopes to expand access to technology by giving away $350-million worth of computers and other equipment by the end of 2006. The Beaumont Foundation of America, in Texas, was created with money that was left unclaimed from the settlement of a class-action suit against the Toshiba…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities Tally Year-End Online Gifts
Several nonprofit organizations tried new approaches to online fund raising during the year-end giving season, and some saw Internet contributions increase compared with the same period last year. The American Red Cross, in Washington, added a feature to its site -- in time for the holiday giving…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Key Jewish Group Shuts Unit, Citing ‘Budgetary Constraints’
United Jewish Communities is shutting down the Trust for Jewish Philanthropy, citing “budgetary constraints.” The trust was founded in 2000, shortly after UJC was created through the merger of the United Jewish Appeal, the Council of Jewish Federations, and the United Israel Appeal. The trust’s…
By Harvy Lipman
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Boston minister promotes vision for expanding faith-based charity Indianapolis In a United Methodist church here, nearly 1,000 miles from his home in Boston, the Rev. Eugene F. Rivers 3rd delivers a rousing speech to a group of several dozen ministers, charity leaders, and law-enforcement…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Support for Charity Remained Strong in 2002, Survey Finds
Despite the lean economy, 72 percent of respondents to a recent survey reported that they gave money in 2002 to nonprofit organizations. Wirthlin Worldwide, a consulting company in Reston, Va., which conducted last month’s telephone survey of 1,000 adults, said the research shows that Americans are…
By Ian Wilhelm
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