Grant Makers Urged to Think Globally and Collaborate Across Their Regions
Sydney, Australia Grant makers around the world will increasingly be called upon to think globally and collaborate regionally in helping to overcome the suspicions of people living in a divided world, a former president of the Council on Foundations told an international conference here last month.…
By DAVID COHEN
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How The Chronicle’s 2002 Foundation Survey Was Compiled
The Chronicle’s annual foundation survey is based on financial information provided by 152 of the ALSO SEE:2002 Foundation Giving SurveyFoundation Assets SagCutbacks Take Toll on Programs to Improve Charity Operations2002 Foundation Giving: Related Charts nation’s largest private grant makers. The…
Cutbacks Take Toll on Programs to Improve Charity Operations
Last year’s decline in foundation assets helped shrink an already reduced pool of money for ALSO SEE:2002 Foundation Giving SurveyFoundation Assets SagHow The Chronicle‘s 2002 Foundation Survey Was Compiled2002 Foundation Giving: Related Charts organizations that conduct research on philanthropy or…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Nation’s largest grant makers see decline of 10 percentA declining stock market pulled ALSO SEE:2002 Foundation Giving SurveyCutbacks Take Toll on Programs to Improve Charity OperationsHow The Chronicle‘s 2002 Foundation Survey Was Compiled2002 Foundation Giving: Related Charts down the assets of…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Photograph by David GrossmanIt can be tough for the disabled to find and keep work. But in New York, Fedcap Rehabilitation Services has spent 67 years providing job help to people whose physical or mental abilities are limited or who are recovering from substance abuse. The organization helps such…
Group Releases Figures on Charity Deductions
By Elizabeth Schwinn Using statistics from the Internal Revenue Service, RIA -- a tax information publisher -- has calculated the average deductions for charitable contributions taken in 1999 by taxpayers in seven tax brackets: Income Average contribution 1999 $35,000-49,999 $1,758 $50,000-74,999…
By Grant Williams and Elizabeth Schwinn
Asian Neighborhood Design (San Francisco): Appointed Augusta Catalina Del Zotto, a researcher and planner for the National Endowment for the Humanities (Washington), ALSO SEE:A Mission to Build Better Neighborhoods by Design to be executive director. Association for Canadian Studies in the United…
Interest Rates for Planned Gifts
From the issue dated April 4, 2002 Following are the interest rates, provided by the Internal Revenue Service, for computing charitable deductions for charitable remainder trusts, gift annuities, charitable lead trusts, and some other deferred gifts. April 2002 5.6% March 5.4% February 5.6% January…
Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced To conclude Goal Amount raised Purpose Cathedral High School (Ind.) Sept. 2001 June 2006 $16,000,000 $6,685,800 For capital improvements, endowment, faculty, programs, and a student center…