Guide Identifies Risks of Fund Raising
No Strings Attached: Untangling the Risks of Fundraising & Collaboration
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
Study Assesses Interactivity of Non-Profit Web Sites
Most non-profit organizations are not taking advantage of the Internet’s capabilities to build relationships with the people who visit their Web sites, according to a new report. The Peppers and Rogers Group, a marketing-consulting company in Stamford, Conn., analyzed the Web sites of 20 national…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
On-Line Toy Swap Benefits Cancer Center
Children are natural traders -- and now they can turn some of those Beanie Baby and Pokemon exchanges into a donation to charity. Swap.com, a new Web site that went on line the day after Christmas, lets kids across the country trade toys, games, books, and other items with one another. Parents must…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Most Michigan Charities Have Internet Access
More than 90 per cent of non-profit organizations in Michigan have access to desktop or laptop computers and fax machines, according to a new survey. The survey -- commissioned by United Way Community Services, in Detroit, and the University of Michigan School of Social Work, in Ann Arbor, and…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Disgraced United Way Chief Entitled to $2-Million Pension
For the second time in a little more than a year, a federal judge has ruled that the United Way of America owes several million dollars in pension benefits to its former president, William Aramony, who is serving time for defrauding the charity. U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin in New York…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Kamehameha Schools Faces $165-Million Tax Bill
Following a decision last month by two former trustees to stop fighting their dismissals, Hawaii’s wealthiest charity is redoubling its efforts to settle its remaining dispute with the Internal Revenue Service. The court-appointed interim Board of Trustees of the Kamehameha Schools, which educates…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
A Mississippi health-care chain contests the tax agency’s multimillion-dollar levy -- the first big penalty under a new law The first test is under way for a 1996 law designed to crack down on people who receive improper personal benefits at the expense of non-profit organizations. A Mississippi…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Young Entrepreneurs Say They Give
More than half of business entrepreneurs under age 40 say they have made a “significant” donation of time or money to charity, according to a new survey of 200 people who were instrumental in founding a company. “We tend to make a lot of the fact that these people are busy entrepreneurs, and…
$630-Million Spent on Sponsorship Deals
According to a new report, companies spent $630-million last year on marketing deals that benefit charitable causes -- 16 per cent more than they did in 1998. The report, released annually by IEG, a Chicago consulting company, tracks corporate sponsorship arrangements with both commercial entities…
State Alleges Minn. Public Radio Misled Donors About Frequency of List Sharing
Minnesota’s Attorney General has sued the state’s main public radio station, charging that it misled donors about its policies for releasing their names and contact information to other organizations. In the suit, Attorney General Mike Hatch said that Minnesota Public Radio told its donors their…
By MARINA DUNDJERSKI
Contributor