Lions Clubs, Jaycees Join Forces
Concern about a decline in memberships has prompted two prominent civic groups to collaborate. Lions Clubs International and Junior Chamber International -- whose members are also known as “Jaycees” -- plan to encourage their local chapters to work together on community-service projects, run joint…
Members of Congress Score Internet Group
The Schools & Libraries Corporation has come under fire from members of Congress who say the charity’s officials earn too much money and that the organization may have been set up improperly. The non-profit corporation was established last year by the Federal Communications Commission to administer…
New Hampshire Says Hospitals Broke Charity Laws
A non-profit organization that oversees two hospitals in Manchester, N.H., violated state law governing charities by radically changing the missions of both facilities, according to a report issued by the state Attorney General. Optima Health, which has controlled Elliot Hospital and the Catholic…
‘Forbes’: A Crusader Seeks to End Alcohol Abuse
When John Hanley retired at age 61 as chief executive of Monsanto in 1983, he faced a question, says Forbes magazine (March 23): “What should he do with his still-abundant energy?” Drawing on the experiences of his wife’s personal battle with alcoholism, Mr. Hanley answered the question by…
By Vince Stehle and Paul Demko
Bits: a Volunteerism Newsletter and Financial Help
* Impact Online, a Palo Alto, Cal., non-profit group that hopes to use the Internet to spur volunteer service, has created a free monthly newsletter to publicize opportunities that allow people to use their computers to help a charity. To subscribe: Send an e-mail message to…
Foundation Uses Internet to Discourage Smoking
The Kansas Health Foundation is sponsoring a computer giveaway sweepstakes to encourage schoolchildren to visit its Web site and learn about the dangers of secondhand smoke. The site offers an informational tour led by an animated character called Professor Healthsinki, whose rhyming messages…
Young People Urged to Do Good Works
A new non-profit group is hoping that young people will look to Heaven to find out about good works on earth. Heaven is an Internet effort started by America Online and New Line Cinema to promote volunteerism among people ages 18 to 34. Since the group put its information on America Online in July,…
Food Banks Can’t Keep Up With Huge Demand, Study Finds
Second Harvest, the country’s largest chain of food banks, fed almost 26 million people last year -- nearly 10 per cent of America’s population. Even so, it had to turn away an estimated 2.3 million hungry people because of a lack of food. Those figures were contained in “Hunger 1997: The Faces &…
By Paul Demko
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Excerpts From IRS Ruling on Deals Between Companies and Hospitals
Following are excerpts from the Internal Revenue Service’s Revenue Ruling No. 98-15, which explains how the agency plans to treat deals in which non-profit hospitals and for-profit businesses join together to form limited liability companies. Under such arrangements, the hospital gives all of its…
How IRS Will Decide on Hospital Partnerships
The Internal Revenue Service, in a new ruling, has spelled out how it plans to evaluate joint ventures between non-profit hospitals and for-profit corporations. In such an arrangement, a non-profit hospital creates a limited-liability company with a for-profit corporation and then transfers all of…