A handful of grant makers hope their efforts will spur more support of programs to engage older adults As nonprofit organizations look for ways to finance programs to encourage older Americans to volunteer, ALSO SEE:Special Report: A Boom in Volunteers they are confronted with a dilemma: How will…
By Michael Anft
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An Expert on Boomers, In His Prime
Author and nonprofit leader has devoted his career to changing the way people think about retirement Marc Freedman estimates he’s traveled two million miles in the last 15 years as part of his quest to change ALSO SEE:Special Report: A Boom in Volunteers the way people think about aging and…
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Seeking Older Volunteers: Cleveland Charities Experiment With Approaches
After Jim Hilliard, 57, was laid off from his job as a records manager at a Cleveland bank in 2003, he ALSO SEE:Special Report: A Boom in Volunteers concluded he’d had enough of the corporate world. He decided to get a degree in public administration and look for work at a nonprofit group, academic…
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Maryland Volunteer Program Aims to Attract Retired People With Skills to Share
Rockville, Md. When officials at Mercy Health Clinic, in Germantown, Md., wanted to start a new health and exercise ALSO SEE:Special Report: A Boom in Volunteers program for immigrants, their initial thought was to get grant money to help cover the cost of investigating the idea. But when that plan…
By Leah Kerkman
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Charities look to engage a generation about to turn 60 When Chris Klose was 16, he was electrified by President John F. Kennedy’s famous appeal: “Ask not what ALSO SEE: America’s Graying Population: by the Numbers Special Report: A Boom in Volunteers your country can do for you — ask what you can…
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (New York): Appointed Josie Di Chiara, senior director of marketing at BMG Entertainment (New York), to be director of marketing. Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture (Washington): Appointed Camille Akeju, president and chief…
Alliance for Healthy Homes (Washington): Appointed Robert O. Zdenek, a consultant for government agencies and nonprofit organizations, based in Washington, to be executive director. Arab American Institute (Washington): Appointed Christine Saah Nazer, assistant news director at USA Today (McLean,…
Following are summaries of recent reports by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance. This private group reports on whether charities meet standards for fund raising, governance, financial management, and public information. The alliance does not approve or disapprove of charities, and urges potential donors…
A Mission to Make Social-Justice Groups More Effective
As a fresh-faced graduate of Duke University, 21-year-old Jerry Hauser got a firsthand tutorial in inequality as one of 500 charter teachers in the Teach for America program. For two years during the early 1990s, he taught math and history to high-school students in Compton, Calif., one of the…
By PETER PANEPENTO
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Increased Regulation of Nonprofit Groups Is Unnecessary, New Report Says
An “overwhelming majority” of nonprofit boards are highly involved in monitoring financial and ethical practices at their organizations, and their oversight means that Congress has little reason to increase the federal government’s regulation of charitable institutions, says a new report by…
By Harvy Lipman
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Senate Committee Starts Investigation of American University’s Board
Washington American University and its Board of Trustees are under investigation by the Senate Finance Committee over the severance pay and compensation paid to the institution’s former president, Benjamin Ladner. In a four-page letter to the board last week, Sen. Charles E. Grassley, the Iowa…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Tax Agency Announces Enforcement Crackdown
TAX WATCHAtop official of the Internal Revenue Service says that the agency will take a hard look at charities over the next year to try to catch any organizations that give officials improper benefits or allow donors to take charitable deductions that are worth more than the gifts themselves.…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Presidential Committee Suggests Tax-Law Changes
TAX WATCHAn advisory committee to the Bush administration has recommended that the government make big revisions to the way the federal tax code treats charitable donations. The President’s Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform, formed by Mr. Bush to suggest ways to overhaul and simplify tax laws,…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Senator Plans Push to Curb Tax Abuses
TAX WATCHSen. Charles E. Grassley, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, plans to introduce new rules aimed at curbing tax abuses involving charities — as well as several proposals to stimulate charitable giving — as part of a tax bill the committee is drafting. An aide to Mr. Grassley said…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Report Evaluates Benefits of Boys & Girls Clubs
Beyond Safe Havens: A Synthesis of 20 Years of Research on the Boys & Girls Clubs, by Amy J.A. Arbreton, Jessica Sheldon, and Carla Herrera, assesses the impact of the clubs on young people over the last two decades. The report examines not only how well they have achieved their stated goals, such…
By Caroline Preston
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