Ga. Church Receives Bequest of $60-Million; Other Gifts
Several nonprofit organizations have received large gifts: St. Marys United Methodist Church, in St. Marys, Ga., has received $60-million in an unrestricted bequest from Warren Bailey, former mayor of St. Marys and a co-owner of Camden Telephone Company, which served the region where the church is…
Israel’s Ties to Nonprofit Groups and Services Run Deep
By HAIM WATZMANIt’s no surprise that Israel’s nonprofit groups are a major force. The country began as a nonprofit conglomerate that turned into a state. Israeli nonprofit groups employ 9.2 percent of the labor force, ranking it fourth ALSO SEE:Philanthropy Takes Root in IsraelGroups Apply…
By Haim Watzman
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Web Site Links Donors to Data on Israeli Charities
By HAIM WATZMANAs Israelis are increasingly being encouraged to give to charity, new tools are making it easier for them to learn about the organizations seeking help. Eliezer D. Jaffe, a long-standing investigator of Israeli nonprofit organizations ALSO SEE:Philanthropy Takes Root in IsraelGroups…
By Haim Watzman
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Groups Apply Principles of Organized Philanthropy to Israel’s Culture of Giving
By HAIM WATZMAN“A young Torah scholar is critically ill and needs money to fund treatment overseas!” blared the loudspeaker from a car that drove through a residential neighborhood of Jerusalem one recent evening. The number of neighbors who got out of ALSO SEE:Philanthropy Takes Root in IsraelWeb…
By Haim Watzman
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Photograph by Chris TakagiMaggie Tidwell spends her days working to bring stability to families whose lives have very little. As executive director of the Colfax Community Network, Ms. Tidwell runs a charity that provides after-school care and a host of other services to children who live with…
Groups try new strategies as donors turn to financial-services companiesLast year, fund raisers from Providence Health System of Oregon, in Portland, began showing up on the doorsteps of some of the group’s biggest donors, ALSO SEE:Fees Paid to Donors’ Financial Advisers Stir Debate in the…
By Debra E. Blum
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Report Urges Nonprofit World to Participate in Welfare-Policy Discussions
Welfare Reform: Next Steps Offer New Opportunities--A Role for Philanthropy in Preparing for the Reauthorization of TANF in 2002, by Mark Greenberg and Michael C. Laracy, urges nonprofit organizations to get involved when Congress takes up the extension of Temporary Assistance for Needy Families in…
By Gwen A. Williamson
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Federal Funds for After-School Programs
Finding Funding: A Guide to Federal Sources for Out-of-School Time and Community School Initiatives, by Nancy D. Reder, shows how to obtain federal funds for after-school and community-education efforts. Such programs, Ms. Reder writes, are essential to the healthy development of children whose…
By Gwen A. Williamson
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Handbook for Nonprofit Board Members
Inside the Nonprofit Boardroom
By Gwen A. Williamson
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Critique of the Environmental Movement
Earth Rising: American Environmentalism in the 21st Century
By Gwen A. Williamson
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