FBI Reviewing Food Charity After Chief’s Resignation
By HARVY LIPMANThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating Food for the Poor, a charity that provides food and monetary aid to Latin American countries, following the resignation of the group’s president. Ferdinand Mahfood resigned as president of the Deerfield Beach, Fla., group last…
By Harvy Lipman
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Group That Encourages Charities to Lobby Is Gaining Independent Status
By GRANT WILLIAMSCharity Lobbying in the Public Interest, a project formed two years ago by ALSO SEE:Determined to Raise Its Voice Independent Sector to educate nonprofit organizations about the role lobbying can play in achieving their goals, is about to separate from its parent and become a…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Nonprofit Winners of Annual Echo Award Contest
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Direct-Marketing Awards Honor Fund-Raising Creativity, Success
Eight fund-raising appeals by charities have won honors in the 71st Annual Echo Awards Competition, sponsored by the Direct Marketing Association, in New York. The winners, who will receive their awards at the association’s annual meeting this week, ALSO SEE:Nonprofit Winners of Annual Echo Award…
Pennsylvania Accuses Children’s Charity of Financial Improprieties
By DEBRA E. BLUMAn Atlanta charity that distributes toys, airline tickets, and other gifts to terminally ill children and their families has grossly overstated the value of some of the gifts, and the group’s leaders -- a husband-and-wife team -- have used the charity’s money to support “an…
By Debra E. Blum
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A New Front in Fund-Raising Battle
Decision by Supreme Court not to review Utah case could lead to fresh challenges of solicitation rulesAs one fund-raising regulation case came to a close in Utah this month, and another in Kentucky appears headed for resolution, ALSO SEE:State-by-State Requirements for Charitable Solicitors the war…
By Debra E. Blum
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‘Points of Light’ Awards Go to Volunteers Who Help Youngsters
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’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…
Library of Congress Receives $60-Million Donation; Other Recent Gifts
Numerous nonprofit groups have received large gifts: The Library of Congress has received $60-million from John W. Kluge, a telecommunications and media executive, to establish two programs to encourage scholarship in human sciences such as history, sociology, and anthropology, and to find ways to…
Report Outlines Role of Family Foundations
By STEPHEN G. GREENEFamily foundations account for 40 percent of the assets held by all types of grant makers ALSO SEE:Family Foundations: A Profile and 37 percent of all foundation giving, according to a new report. Such foundations, in which the donor or his or her family members continue to play…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Private nonprofit groups take root despite government ambivalence and huge obstacles to raising moneyBeijing Tian Huiping took an unusual step when she found no school willing to enroll her son, who is autistic. She started her own. The Xingxingyu Institute -- the name “Star Star Rain” is taken…
By Kyna Rubin
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