IRS Handbook Offers Advice on Health Clubs, Internet
The Internal Revenue Service is providing its agents with new advice on how to handle a range of issues that may arise during charity audits and other reviews. Among the hot topics: charities that run health clubs and organizations that raise money through the Internet. The advice appears in the…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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The following awards have been presented for work in philanthropy, fund raising, volunteerism, and non-profit management: Community services. The Community Foundation of St. Joseph County (South Bend, Ind.) has presented its inaugural Leighton Award for Nonprofit Excellence to LOGAN (South Bend),…
‘The Nation’: Soros at War With War on Drugs
George Soros, the peripatetic American philanthropist best known for his giving in Eastern Europe, has been pouring millions of dollars into a controversial cause here at home: changing the U.S. government’s approach to dealing with illegal drug users, says The Nation (September 20). In the past…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
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‘Forbes’: Giving’s Dangerous Games
Aggressive “charity hustlers” are marketing planned-giving schemes that have much less to do with philanthropy than with shielding assets from taxes, says Forbes magazine (September 20) in a collection of articles on giving. “Capitalizing on Americans’ generosity and aversion to taxes,” the…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
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Effort to Improve Libraries in Public Schools Leaves Its Mark
Findings from the Evaluation of the National Library Power Program: Executive Summary evaluates four years of a $40-million project started in 1988 by the DeWitt Wallace-Reader’s Digest Fund to improve libraries in public schools. The study, undertaken by the U. of Wisconsin at Madison, contains…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Report: Access to Health Care Is in Critical Condition
Can’t Afford to Get Sick: A Reality for Millions of Americans, by John Budetti, Lisa Duchon, Cathy Schoen, and Janet Shikles, previews key findings from The Commonwealth Fund 1999 National Survey of Workers’ Health Insurance, due in December. This preliminary report is based on a survey of 5,002…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Corporations Must Help Stem Society’s Ills, Authors Say
Promoting Corporate Citizenship: Opportunities for Business and Civil Society Engagement
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Guide Details the 1,000 Wealthiest Grant Makers
The Foundation 1000: In-Depth Profiles of the 1000 Largest U.S. Foundations, 1999/2000 This directory is designed to help grant seekers find suitable sources of funds from among America’s 1,000 wealthiest foundations. According to the Foundation Center, which produces the guide, those foundations…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Book Sums Up Budgeting for Leaders of Non-Profit Groups
Budgeting for Not-for-Profit Organizations
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Author Charges That Animal-Rights Groups Mislead Donors
Animal Rights: The Inhumane Crusade
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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