Photograph by Stan Grossfeld Many police departments and social-service agencies continue to view domestic violence as primarily a family matter, intervening only when the abuse has become too frequent or severe to ignore. But Stacey Kabat, who herself grew up in a violent home, sees physical abuse…
But double-digit growth barely keeps pace with pre-tax profitsCorporate contributions jumped by 12 percent last year and are expected to continue growing apace this year, a new Chronicle survey of the nation’s top businesses has found. Company giving budgets, which began to grow again in the…
By Debra E. Blum
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Belmont U. (Nashville): Appointed Angie Emery Henderson, a writer in the office of stewardship at Dartmouth College (Hanover, N.H.), to be director of foundation relations. Boys Harbor (New York): Appointed Thomas E. Wynn, chairman and chief executive officer of Liberty Service Corporation…
Allen Pavilion (New York): Appointed Michael Fosina, director of integration and accreditation, to be executive director. This hospital is part of the New York–Presbyterian Hospitals. Alliance for Education (Seattle): Appointed Rodney Wheeler, vice president of community campaigns at the United Way…
* Rolling Stone (July 6 and 20) spent six months conducting research on the Boy Scouts for an in-depth examination of how the group has dealt with gay members. One main conclusion, says Chuck Sudetic, who wrote the Scouts article, is that the group is secretive. No current Scout official would be…
By Domenica Marchetti
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Interest Rates for Planned Gifts
From the issue dated July 13, 2000 Following are the interest rates, provided by the Internal Revenue Service, for computing charitable deductions for charitable remainder trusts, gift annuities, charitable lead trusts, and some other deferred gifts. July 2000 8.0% June 8.0% May 7.8% April 8.0%…
Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced To conclude Goal Amount raised Purpose American Society for Technion–Israel Institute of Technology (N.Y.) Oct. 1996 Sept. 2006 $750,000,000 $250,000,000 For endowment, capital needs,…
Companies That Gave More Than 10% of Total Donations to Charities Outside the U.S.
Companies That Gave More Than 10% of Total Donations to Charities Outside the U.S. 1999 Donations outside the U.S. Percentage of total giving Merck & Companyt $224,000,000 87.5% Hewlett-Packard Company $18,500,000 32.6% Citigroup $10,812,182 26.4% Aetna $4,741,732 26.1% Chevron Corporation…