City Seeks Tax Payment From Local Charities
The city of Montpelier, Vt., is joining a growing list of local governments seeking revenue from tax-exempt groups, asking the city’s nonprofit groups to chip in a “voluntary” property-tax payment. Mayor Chuck Karparis sent a letter recently to all of the city’s nonprofit groups that said…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Deduction Gives Little Aid to Charities, Report Says
A proposal in Congress to allow people who don’t itemize their income-tax deductions to write off up to $100 a year for charitable contributions will have little impact on giving, according to a congressional report. The proposal is part of a broader bill aimed at helping faith-based charities…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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IRS Offers Guidance to Disaster-Relief Charities
Disaster-relief charities, including those formed to help victims of the September 11 attacks, need to be careful about whom they aid and under what circumstances in order to qualify for tax-exempt status, the Internal Revenue Service warned in new guidelines. The IRS had been planning the…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Family Foundations Look to Past, Future
Living the Legacy: The Values of a Family’s Philanthropy Across Generations, edited by Charles H. Hamilton, discusses the question of whether foundations should alter their missions over time. In an opening essay, Mr. Hamilton, executive director and secretary of the Clark Foundation, in New York,…
By Janine E. Guglielmino
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New Book Recounts Charity’s History
No Limits to Caring: A Ministry of Service Since 1896
By Janine E. Guglielmino
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Invest in Charity: A Donor’s Guide to Charitable Giving
By Janine E. Guglielmino
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How Charities Can Win Publicity
How to Get Noticed by the National Media: Your Complete Guide to High-Impact Publicity
By Janine E. Guglielmino
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Comparative Performance Measurement
By Janine E. Guglielmino
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The following awards have been presented for achievement in management, philanthropy, and volunteerism: Food and hunger. The World Food Prize Foundation (Des Moines) has named the recipient of its 2001 World Food Prize, which honors people who have advanced human development by improving the…
Foundations Report Increase in Number of Paid Staff Members
The number of people employed by major American foundations rose by more than 1,500 last year, according ALSO SEE:Staffing Trends at the Nation’s Grant Makers to a new study by the Foundation Center, in New York. The increase marked the largest annual jump in the number of staff positions that the…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
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