Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Foundation (Frederick, Md.): Appointed Sarah Wilson, a pilot based in Frederick, to be director of development. Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (Washington): Appointed Alexander T. Graham, executive director of the…
International Aid Groups Balk at Latest Federal Antiterror Screening Plan
By Ian WilhelmAfter loud protests by charities, the U.S. Agency for International Development said this week that it has not started a controversial plan to screen nonprofit organizations for ties to terrorists and is meeting with critics to ameliorate their concerns. Under the proposal, the agency…
By Ian Wilhelm
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American Friends of Tel Aviv U. (New York): Appointed David A. Chodrow, senior executive director for capital gifts at the U. of Miami Miller School of Medicine, to be executive vice president for the Southeast region, based in Miami Beach. American Jewish World Service (New York): Appointed Rabbi…
Congress could soon create a commission to study the tax laws that govern hedge funds and private equity. Senate Finance Committee aides have already been looking at the structure of offshore hedge-fund investments by major universities such as Harvard, Stanford, and Yale. Under current laws,…
By Peter Panepento
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The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas: Community service. Campus Compact (Providence, R.I.) has presented its 2007 Frank Newman Leadership Awards, which honor students who have demonstrated civic leadership…
Charity Leader’s American Dream Is Aiding Kids Worldwide
Ahuma Adodoadji first discovered his calling nearly 30 years ago in the tiny Somali village of Las Durah. Then a novice ALSO SEE: TEXT: About Ahuma Adodoadji aid worker, Mr. Adodoadji dug wells, set up tents, and helped to run a therapeutic feeding program that saved the lives of hundreds of…
By Caroline Preston
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Bits: MacArthur Foundation Announces Competition for Grants
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, in Chicago, announced it will hold a competition to give away $2-million for technology-related ideas. Part of the money will be awarded in sums of $100,000 to $250,000, to support creative online-education efforts. The rest will provide awards of…
By Sam Kean
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Blackbaud Buys Competing Charity-Software Company
Blackbaud, a company in Charleston, S.C., that provides accounting, fund-raising, and other financial software for nonprofit groups, will purchase eTapestry, an Indianapolis company, for $24.8-million, with possible additional payments of up to $1.5-million, depending on the performance of…
By Sam Kean
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IRS Seeks to Punish Two Donor-Advised Funds
The Internal Revenue Service has proposed that two large national donor-advised fund operators lose their tax-exempt status because they allegedly have been using some of their funds for donors’ personal benefit. Acting IRS Commissioner Kevin M. Brown, in a letter to Sen. Charles E. Grassley, said…
By PETER PANEPENTO
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Lawyers Urge IRS to Clarify Election Rules
Several prominent lawyers who specialize in nonprofit issues are calling on the Internal Revenue Service to be clearer about the types of political discussions charities may participate in — and the ones they must avoid — before the 2008 election intensifies. The IRS has been cracking down on…
By PETER PANEPENTO
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No Senate Effort to Curb Charity Abuses Expected
Sen. Max Baucus, the Montana Democrat who took over the reins of the Senate Finance Committee in January, said he does not give high priority to cracking down on charitable abuses or imposing new regulations on nonprofit groups. “That’s not at the top of my list,” he said in an interview with The…
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Founder of Camp for Kids Aims to Reach Thousands More
A table full of teenage girls shouts at him in singsong unison: “Good morning, Noodle!” “Noodle” is Neil Willenson, the founder and chief executive officer of Camp Heartland, a national nonprofit organization ALSO SEE: TEXT: About Neil Willenson that for the past 14 years has provided programs for…
By Denise Kersten Wills
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Legal Experts See Tough Fight Ahead in American Red Cross Trademark Suit
The American Red Cross is weighing its legal options and considering suing Johnson & Johnson in response to the pharmaceutical company’s decision this month to pursue legal action against the Red Cross, charging the charity with trademark infringement. But some legal experts who have reviewed the…
By PETER PANEPENTO
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Settlement Requires Animal Charity to Return $4-Million in Katrina Gifts
A California animal-rescue charity that raised $8.4-million to care for animals left behind following ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Struggling Toward RecoveryARTICLE: Blueprint for RebuildingARTICLE: Legal WranglingARTICLE: Young People Capture Horrors--and Hope--After KatrinaARTICLE: Charities in New Orleans…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
‘More Needs to Be Done Than We Can Do’: Reflections From a Katrina Volunteer
The Rev. Richard E. Barton, pastor at Marcellus United Methodist Church, in Marcellus, N.Y., spent two ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Struggling Toward RecoveryARTICLE: Blueprint for RebuildingARTICLE: Legal WranglingARTICLE: Young People Capture Horrors--and Hope--After KatrinaARTICLE: Charities in New Orleans…