America Online Starts a Site for Donors
The AOL Foundation -- the giving arm of America Online -- has started a new Web site that brings together information for donors, volunteers, and charities. The site, called Helping.org, allows visitors to learn about the activities of any of the more than 650,000 charities listed in the GuideStar…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Jewish Group Picks Its Top Leader
United Jewish Communities, the organization formed from three major Jewish fund-raising organizations, has named its new chief executive officer. Stephen D. Solender, who has been serving as the group’s acting president, will now become its permanent president. United Jewish Communities, in New…
Court Rejects Appeal by New Era Founder
The U.S. Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the founder of the Foundation for New Era Philanthropy, which collapsed in 1995 after being exposed as a pyramid scheme. Without comment, the court refused to hear an argument by John G. Bennett, Jr., that the federal judge who sentenced him to 12…
Congress Agrees on AmeriCorps Plan
Members of Congress have agreed to a compromise that would provide $423.5-million for AmeriCorps and related national-service programs in the fiscal year that began on October 1. AmeriCorps received $472-million in federal appropriations during the past fiscal year, and President Clinton had asked…
Non-profit groups rally behind museum after Mayor withholds funds and threatens to oust board over controversial art show Numerous non-profit groups and foundations have joined together to help the Brooklyn Museum of Art, which stands to lose all $7-million of its New York City aid in a dispute…
By Meg Sommerfeld
Contributor
Group Issues Standards for On-the-Job Giving
Following are new standards that must be followed by members of the National Alliance for Choice in Giving, a Washington association of more than 50 local and statewide federations that run on-the-job fund-raising campaigns. The alliance issued the standards, it said, to make sure all its…
Fund Raisers Worried by New Law
President Clinton has signed into law a measure that many charity fund raisers fear will impede their efforts to get information about donors. As of June 1, charities, businesses, and other organizations will no longer be easily able to obtain information that people provide to states when they…
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Telemarketers Keep Most of the Money They Raise for Charity, 2 States Report
Two new reports by state regulators show the share of proceeds that charities receive when they hire professional solicitors to seek donations in their behalf: * In Connecticut, telemarketers that ran fund-raising campaigns in behalf of Connecticut charities last year kept two out of every three…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Harvard Fund-Raising Campaign Sets Record But Columbia Is Fast Catching Up
Harvard University has announced that its capital campaign has raised $2.33-billion -- ALSO SEE:Billion-Dollar Campaign Update setting a record for money raised by a single institution in a single campaign. However, the campaign, which will continue until December 31, may not remain the most…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
Non-profit groups urge state charity regulators to clarify the rules governing fund raising over the Internet The number of fund-raising appeals on the Internet has exploded in recent years, with little oversight from state or federal officials, non-profit representatives told a gathering of state…
By Jennifer Moore
Contributor