Charities Win Honors in Web-Awards Program
By NICOLE WALLACENonprofit organizations made a strong showing at the 2001 Webby Awards with charity Web sites taking top honors in seven categories. Given by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, an association for online-communication professionals, the Webbys honor Internet…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Football Star Helps Raise Money Online
Emmitt Smith has his work cut out for him. This season the Dallas Cowboys running back will be chasing the National Football League’s all-time rushing record, and he has also set a goal of helping schools, sports teams, and other youth organizations raise more than $22-million over the Internet in…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Federal Agency Sues Fund’s Accountants
The Securities and Exchange Commission is charging that three employees of a major accounting firm helped a now-bankrupt Pennsylvania health foundation conceal its poor financial shape. In a suit filed in federal court in Philadelphia, the S.E.C. alleges that employees of PricewaterhouseCoopers, a…
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Smiles Reborn, Lives Transformed
Since 1969, the nonprofit group Interplast has helped 37,000 youngsters in developing countries receive free reconstructive surgery to treat cleft lips or palates and severe burns or other crippling injuries. The charity, in Mountain View, Calif., manages a network of 1,200 medical volunteers from…
Canada’s United Way to Start Telephone-Referral System
Canadian regulators have given approval to United Way of Canada to set up a national network of phone referral centers to provide information about community, health, and social services to anybody who dials 211. The system is similar to one approved by regulators in the United States a year ago.…
By Karen Birchard
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Silicon Valley’s United Way Hopes It Has Recovered From Crisis
Two years ago, the United Way of Santa Clara County, in California’s Silicon Valley, was floundering in debt, and its donors were awash in doubt about the organization’s future. It had emptied its reserve fund, spent $11-million more than it had raised from 1994 to 1999, and sought a $1-million…
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Donations Reported by 388 United Ways for 2000-01
United Ways across the country raised $3.91-billion in their 2000-01 campaigns, an increase of 3.8 percent over the previous year, but just 0.4 above the 3.4 percent inflation rate. ALSO SEE: United Way Donations Barely Rise Silicon Valley’s United Way Hopes It Has Recovered From Crisis Following…
15-Year-Old Volunteer Among ‘Points of Light’ Recipients
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Bush’s Daily Points of Light Award. The Points of Light Foundation, a Washington charity, assists the president in making the choices and carrying out the award program. More information about the…
Unicef Gets Big Art Donation; Other Gifts
The United Nations Children’s Fund, or Unicef, has received a bequest of artworks worth an estimated $40-million. Jeanne Gaffé, who died last year, donated a collection of 25 paintings and sculptures, including works by Braque, Léger, Miró, Magritte, Picasso, and Renoir, to benefit the children’s…
Seven Foundations Band Together to Fight Poverty in Rural America
Seven U.S. foundations have joined forces to combat rural poverty through a new organization called the National Rural Funders Collaborative. The funds plan to increase the investment capital available to residents of rural areas, support the creation of so-called living-wage jobs, and improve…
By Laura Hruby
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