Charities reward employees who recommend job candidates Linda LaPoint is a walking advertisement for using personal contacts to recruit nonprofit employees. In 1997, a friend encouraged Ms. LaPoint to apply for a job at YAI/National Institute for People With Disabilities, a social-services group in…
By Scott Westcott
Contributor
One-Third of the $1.6-Billion Raised by U.S. Charities Has Been Spent
American charities raised more than $1.6-billion to help people in South Asia recover from the devastating ALSO SEE:Tsunami Donations: Money Raised and SpentA Year of Progress, a Year of SetbacksCaught in the Crossfire of Disaster and WarRebuilding, Brick by BrickIndonesians’ Hopes for Rebuilding…
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Indonesians’ Hopes for Rebuilding Recede
Unexpected challenges stymie charities’ efforts to construct homes lost in last year’s tsunamisBanda Aceh, Indonesia Nearly a year after the tsunamis flattened Indonesia’s Sumatra coast, the only reminder that one Muslim neighborhood ever ALSO SEE:A Year of Progress, a Year of SetbacksCaught in the…
Local and international groups working to reclaim India’s devastated coastline still face many hurdlesSonankuppam, India Within view of the sea, women in brightly colored saris and aprons toil in the hot afternoon sun. Some lean over low vats ALSO SEE:A Year of Progress, a Year of SetbacksCaught in…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Caught in the Crossfire of Disaster and War
Charities in Sri Lanka struggle to meet the needs of tsunami victims and those affected by civil conflict Tiriyai, Sri Lanka Arunachalam Sundararajah looks east to the Sri Lankan coastline with a feeling that resembles envy. Many families on the shore live in new houses or own new fishing boats…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
A Year of Progress, a Year of Setbacks
Many challenges, from lack of coordination to an overabundance of aid, have hampered recovery efforts in tsunami-stricken regionsThe Indian Ocean tsunamis that struck South Asia last December triggered one of the largest charitable ALSO SEE:Caught in the Crossfire of Disaster and WarRebuilding,…
By NICOLE WALLACE and Ian Wilhelm
Grants to Engage Older Volunteers: a Sampling
The Atlantic Philanthropies (New York): $950,000 over five years to the Gerontological Society of America (Washington) to support research by policy makers and scientists on civic engagement among older people. The Cleveland Foundation: $60,000 to Asian Services in Action (Cleveland) to encourage…
Report Profiles Good Corporate Citizens
Corporate Citizenship Reporting: Best Practices, by Amy Kao, profiles five companies that have been successful at communicating to stockholders and the public their commitment to causes not directly related to the bottom line. Produced by the Conference Board, a membership organization of…
By Caroline Preston
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Once a Wanderer, Hotel Heir Is at Home at the Family Foundation
Steven M. Hilton wasn’t thinking about a career in philanthropy when he quit the family business a quarter century ago. A grandson of the Hilton Hotels magnate Conrad N. Hilton, he had spent five years working for his grandfather’s company and simply wanted to explore the world outside the confines…
By PETER PANEPENTO
Contributor
IRS Investigates Church for Possible Politicking in 2004 Campaign
The Internal Revenue Service is investigating an Episcopal church in California for possibly breaking federal law on political activities. The move by the tax agency prompted Rep. Adam B. Schiff, a California Democrat, to write the IRS last week to defend the church, demand that the revenue service…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Senate Committee Approves Tax Incentives for Donors, New Restrictions
Washington The Senate Finance Committee last week passed legislation containing incentives designed to encourage ALSO SEE: Key Provisions of Tax Measure Passed by Senate Finance Committee charitable giving while also taking steps to ensure that donors are not inflating their tax write-offs. Among…
By Harvy Lipman
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Big Ad Campaigns Will Urge Boomers to Volunteer
In January, the baby-boom generation will start getting wooed by television ads urging them to volunteer. The Harvard School of ALSO SEE:Special Report: A Boom in Volunteers Public Health and the MetLife Foundation, as part of a project on civic engagement, are planning a major print and TV…
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Attracting Baby Boomers: a Resource Guide
Following are some reports and other publications on baby boomers as volunteers or nonprofit workers: “The Boomers’ ALSO SEE:Special Report: A Boom in Volunteers Guide to Good Work,” written by Ellen Freudenheim, a retirement expert, and published by the MetLife Foundation and Civic Ventures, a…
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Few Employers Recruit Retired Workers to Volunteer With Charities
Few companies actively encourage their retired or soon-to-retire employees to volunteer, a new report says. ALSO SEE:Special Report: A Boom in Volunteers That is in sharp contrast to the efforts many companies make to get the rest of their work force involved in community activities, the report…
By Leah Kerkman
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