Reports Made Available on Charities’ Finances
Detailed reports on individual charities’ financial data are now available through Philanthropic Research, the Williamsburg, Va., nonprofit group that runs the GuideStar Web site. GuideStar Analyst Reports are currently available on approximately 160,000 charities, and are based on data from Forms…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Study Tracks Recipients of Technology Grants
Human-service organizations don’t fare as well as other types of nonprofit groups when it comes to securing information-technology grants, according to a new report. “Beyond Access: A Foundation Guide to Ending the Organizational Divide” also found that grant makers were much more likely to make…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Watchdog Group Proposes Changes in Evaluating Charity Operations
The nation’s major charity watchdog group, the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, this week is ALSO SEE:Charity Watchdog’s Proposed Standards: How Key Elements Compare With Previous Guidelines releasing proposed guidelines that call on nonprofit groups to devote at least 65 percent of their total…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Bipartisan Report Recommends Ways to Expand Role of Faith-Based Groups
A bipartisan committee -- which included leaders of civil liberties and religious organizations that have frequently fought with each other over church-state matters -- has released a report that lists 29 steps the government and other institutions should take to help “faith-based” and community…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Uphill Battle for Charity Tax Breaks
Recession and terrorism force nonprofit groups to pare expectations for incentives to encourage givingAs the second session of the 107th Congress begins in earnest this week, nonprofit ALSO SEE:Outlook for Philanthropy: Key Issues Pending in Congress officials are weighing how hard to push for new…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Charities Won’t Oppose Postal-Rate Increase
A coalition of for-profit and nonprofit organizations that rely heavily on the mail has agreed ALSO SEE: Proposed Rates for Bulk Nonprofit Mail Scheduled to Take Effect in June not to oppose the U.S. Postal Service’s proposal to raise rates June 30, which would be the second increase in 12 months.…
By nicole lewis
Contributor
Court Rules Against Bikeathon Company
A court in Los Angeles has denied an event-planning company’s request to stop two California AIDS groups from organizing what the company described as a copycat fund-raising event. Pallotta TeamWorks had asked the Los Angeles County Superior Court to stop the Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Center and…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
September 11 Fund Discourages New Gifts; Studies Show Tragedy’s Effects on Charities
The September 11th Fund, which has collected more than $425-million in donations since the terrorist attacks four months ago, is urging donors to stop sending gifts. The fund, created by the United Way of New York City and the New York Community Trust, is instead asking donors to send contributions…
By DAVID WHELAN
Contributor
ALSO SEE: Corporate Giving Rose in 2000, Survey Finds Where Contributions Go (Dollar figures in millions) 1999 2000 Contributions Contributions as percentage of total Contributions Contributions as percentage of total Civic and community affairs $340.0 13.3% $372.4 12.9% Culture and the arts $232.3…
Corporate Giving Rose in 2000, Survey Finds
Donations to U.S. charities by 129 of the nation’s largest corporations rose in 2000 ALSO SEE:Corporate Philanthropy, 2000 by an average of 13 percent from their 1999 level, according to a new survey by the Conference Board, in New York. Corporations that responded to the survey, which was…
By DAVID WHELAN
Contributor