Congressman Seeks Tax-Form Change
Rep. Ernest J. Istook Jr., an Oklahoma Republican, is asking the Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service to make a “modest change” in the Form 990 federal informational tax return filed by charities. Mr. Istook says the modification is needed to help the public get a better picture of the…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
The following awards have been presented for achievement in fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas: Community service. The Chicago Community Trust has presented its 2002 James Brown IV Award of Excellence for Outstanding Community Service to Housing Opportunities and…
Lessons on Increasing Youth Participation
What Works in Youth Participation: Case Studies From Around the World, edited by Sylvia Golombek, takes a look at factors that encourage or inhibit the involvement of young people in efforts to build community ties. These issues are explored through case studies of existing youth-participation…
By Katy Marquardt
Contributor
Steering Clear of Self-Dealing Violations
Company Foundations and the Self-Dealing Rules, by Jane C. Nober, offers guidance for steering clear of violations of the self-dealing rules, which have caused particularly “knotty problems” for corporate foundations since they were added to the tax code in 1969, says Dorothy S. Ridings, chief…
By Katy Marquardt
Contributor
Reaching Out to Diverse Communities in Fund Raising
Opening Doors: Pathways to Diverse Donors
By Katy Marquardt
Contributor
Exploring the Effect of the Internet on Advocacy and Activism
Advocacy, Activism, and the Internet: Community Organization and Social Policy
By Katy Marquardt
Contributor
Groups Sue New York Officials Over Blue Cross Conversion
A consumers’ group and several health-care organizations have filed a lawsuit to block New York State from taking most of the approximately $1-billion that will become available as a result of the conversion of the nonprofit health insurer Empire Blue Cross and Blue Shield into a for-profit…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
‘American Prospect’: Concern About Bush Plan
The American Prospect magazine’s Internet edition criticizes a terrorism-prevention program included in the Bush administration’s proposed volunteerism effort, the USA Freedom Corps. “Carefully tucked away among innocuous sounding proposals, such as tutoring inner-city children,” the article says,…
By Meg Sommerfeld
Contributor
‘New York’: Museum Board; Celebrity Charity
The Whitney Museum of American Art thought it had “landed the richest prize in town” when Tyco International’s chief executive, Dennis Kozlowski, joined its board in 2001, New York magazine reports (August 19). But one year and one corporate-accounting scandal later, museum officials are wondering…
By Meg Sommerfeld
Contributor
Charity Lobbying in the Public Interest’s revamped Web site features a list of election-year dos and don’ts for nonprofit organizations, examples of successful nonprofit lobbying efforts, and a new service that allows visitors to e-mail their advocacy questions to the Washington organization’s…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor