Red Cross Sees Jump in Internet Donations
The American Red Cross has seen on-line donations soar during the past year. The organization estimates that it received $2.5-million in Internet contributions from July 1998 through June 1999. Only $172,000 was collected on line during the same period the previous year. The American Red Cross says…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Census Struggles to Get Accurate Count of a Key Group: Charity Workers
In the 1990 Census, some 1.1 million Latinos weren’t counted. ALSO SEE:Counting on Charities Some 2 million children were missed. And, researchers say, some 1.6 million non-profit workers were overlooked as well. While many charities have been working to insure that the people they serve aren’t…
By Meg Sommerfeld
Contributor
Census Bureau uses non-profit help to recruit workers, promote tally Kenneth Prewitt has spent much of his life in the philanthropic world -- ALSO SEE:Census Struggles to Get Accurate Count of a Key Group: Charity Workers both as a grant maker at the Rockefeller Foundation and as the leader of…
By Meg Sommerfeld
Contributor
Baptist Charity Under Scrutiny in Arizona for Deals It Offered to Thousands of Investors
The Baptist Foundation of Arizona, the fund-raising and endowment arm of the state’s Southern Baptist Convention, is under investigation for allegedly misrepresenting its financial condition in the sale of up to $500-million in investment products to more than 13,000 investors. State authorities…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
States Are Split on How to Protect Donors From On-Line Fraud
State officials are divided about how best to protect donors from fraud as on-line solicitations grow more popular, according to preliminary findings from a new study of charity regulators in the 50 states. In a presentation at a conference here on fund raising and technology, Michael Johnston, a…
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Getting Entrepreneurs to Give: a Sampling of Resources
Following are four recently released resources ALSO SEE:Fund Raisers Drum Up New Business about entrepreneurs and their participation in philanthropy: * Entrepreneurs and Philanthropy: Giving Patterns and Trends at Michigan Technological University, a master’s thesis completed in July by Lisa…
Foundations Award More Big Grants
Grant makers awarded a record number of multimillion-dollar grants in 1997, ALSO SEE:Foundation TrendsFoundation Yearbook Reports Big Gains in Giving, Assets according to a new Foundation Center report on grant-making trends. Foundations made 226 grants of $2.5-million or more, up from the previous…
By MARINA DUNDJERSKI
Contributor
President Honors Volunteers With Points of Light Awards
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…
Bequest to DePauw U. Tops $128-Million; Other Gifts
An Indianapolis couple who attended DePauw University, in Greencastle, Ind., have left the institution $128.5-million for scholarships. The bequest came from Philip Forbes Holton, who died in 1995, and Ruth Clark, who died two years later. The gift represents a little more than half of the couple’s…
Few Charities Likely to Get Tobacco-Settlement Funds
Non-profit groups may not benefit as much from a $206-billion deal between states ALSO SEE:4-H Defends Anti-Smoking Program Financed by Tobacco Company and companies that sell tobacco as once thought, if a new report detailing state lawmakers’ plans to spend the money holds true. The report,…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor