Companies’ Charitable Gifts Follow Their Revenue and Go Overseas
Before 1996, less than 1 per cent of the Eastman Kodak Company’s charitable gifts went to organizations overseas. ALSO SEE:Charitable Giving at 91 Major Corporations: View list, additional charts, and related articles This year, the Rochester, N.Y., company, which sells film worldwide, expects to…
By Debra E. Blum
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Photograph by Rob Klein Since 1917, the International Center for the Disabled, in New York, has been helping people improve their lives and find jobs. The charity, which is the nation’s oldest outpatient rehabilitation center, offers a comprehensive array of services for disabled people, including…
Corporate Giving’s Growth Slows
Rise in 1999 donations can’t match double-digit increases of recent years Charitable giving by many of the nation’s largest companies will grow at a much slower rate this year than in the recent past. Among 62 companies that reported their 1999 giving budgets to The Chronicle, total cash…
By Debra E. Blum and Harvy Lipman
Top 20 Corporations, Ranked by Giving as a Percentage of Previous Year’s Pre-Tax Profits
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Following are summaries of recent reports by the National Charities Information Bureau. That private organization reports on whether charities meet standards for fund raising, governance, financial management, and public information. The organization does not approve or disapprove of charities, and…
American Civil Liberties Union (New York): Appointed Janet Edwards Scott, senior director of major donors and director of individual giving at the American Red Cross (Arlington, Va.), to be national director of development. American Farmland Trust (Washington): Appointed Nancy Enzler, a development…
Top 20 Corporations, Ranked by Giving as a Percentage of Previous Year’s Pre-Tax Profits
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The Clintons Use Bully Pulpit to Encourage Giving
President Clinton, speaking today at the first-ever White House conference on charitable giving, said he would ask the federal government to take several steps that could give a boost to philanthropy in America. Mr. Clinton said that government officials need to think about “whether we can do more…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Federal Judge Orders New York City to Restore Financing to Museum
A federal judge has temporarily ordered New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and the city government to continue providing city support to the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Last month, Mr. Giuliani stopped the city’s regular monthly payment to the museum because he objected to a controversial art…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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