Free Fax Service Offered to Charities
A new program allows charities to send free fax messages to large numbers of people by using the Internet -- and bypassing expensive long-distance telephone lines. Fax4Free.com is a Los Angeles company that allows people to use the Internet to send and receive free fax messages within the United…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
State Solicitation Rules Posted on the Internet
Fund raisers can turn to a new on-line compendium to check charitable-solicitations requirements in the 50 states. Raffa & Associates, an accounting firm in Washington, has added a section to its Web site that explains registration requirements for charities that want to solicit residents of…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Non-Profit Internet Pioneer Changes Course
The Institute for Global Communications is getting out of the business of providing Internet-access services to focus on developing its Web sites and providing Internet training and consulting to activists and non-profit organizations. A project of the Tides Foundation, in San Francisco, the…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
On-Line Shopping Site Offers Deductions to Donors
An on-line charity shopping site, iGive.com, has made changes in the way it processes purchases and donations -- mainly in the hopes that doing so will allow customers to take a tax deduction for the portion of their purchases that are donated to charitable organizations. The iGive.com company, in…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Use of Tax-Exempt Bonds on Rise at Non-Profit Groups, Report Says
Foundations, museums, and other non-profit institutions are increasingly using tax-exempt bonds to finance major capital improvements, according to a new report by Standard & Poor’s. The reason: Organizations with a strong financial base (and therefore eligible for favorable bond ratings, which…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
More States Making Hospitals Justify Tax Breaks
Since 1990, eight states have passed laws that require non-profit hospitals to document how they are serving their communities’ health-care needs, a new report says. And in three of those states, hospitals are now required by law to spend a minimum percentage of their revenue on care for the…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
Contributor
Boy Scouts to Appeal Ruling in New Jersey Case
The Boy Scouts of America will appeal this month’s ruling by the Supreme Court of New Jersey, which held that the charity violated the state’s antidiscrimination law when it expelled a homosexual Eagle Scout in 1990. The Boy Scouts is also seeking to keep the ruling from taking effect until the…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
Contributor
IRS Issues Regulations on Tax Law
The Internal Revenue Service has issued its proposed regulations on how private foundations must comply with a new law designed to give the public greater access to their annual informational tax returns. Last year, Congress passed legislation to make foundations follow the same disclosure…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
In Canada, Gaming Revenue Keeps Charity Coffers Flush
Many Canadian charities receive a big chunk of their budgets from government-run or charity-run gambling operations, according to a new study. The study, sponsored by the Canada West Foundation, in Calgary, Alberta, found that nearly seven out of 10 charities say that gambling revenue is an…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Donations Reported by 351 United Ways for 1998-99Largest Percentage GainsLargest Percentage Losses
United Ways across the country raised $3.58-billion in their 1998-99 campaigns, SEE: Regional Results Metro 1 Metro 2 Metro 3 Metro 4 Largest Percentage Gains Largest Percentage Losses ALSO SEE: United Way Donations Up 5.1% The 10 Companies That Give the Most to United Ways an increase of 5.1 per…