Charity Measures Get Push in Congress
Two key members of Congress last week attempted to revive legislation designed to encourage charitable giving. But they acknowledged it appears increasingly unlikely that charity measures will pass before the end of the Congressional session. If their efforts fail, it would be the fourth…
By Brad Wolverton
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Report on Open Society Institute’s Project on Palliative Care
Transforming the Culture of Dying: The Project on Death in America, October 1994 to December 2003 is an overview of the Open Society Institute’s $45-million grant-making program to improve care for dying people and their families. It traces how the nine-year Project on Death in America, one of the…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Techniques For Writing Persuasive Fund-Raising Proposals
How To Write Knockout Proposals: What You Need to Know (and Say) to Win Funding Every Time, by Joseph Barbato, is a collection of more than 50 tips for writers seeking to win money for charitable causes. Mr. Barbato, a fund-raising consultant in Alexandria, Va., shows grant seekers how to describe…
By Caroline Preston
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A History of Texas Foundations
The Foundations of Texan Philanthropy, by Mary L. Kelley, is a scholarly examination of the philanthropic movement in Texas during the half-century following the creation of the state’s first private foundation in 1920. Ms. Kelley, an assistant professor at Lamar University, in Beaumont, Tex.,…
By Caroline Preston
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New CEO Has Far-Reaching Goals for Children’s Charity
For the past six years, Paula Van Ness ran the Make-a-Wish Foundation of America, in Phoenix, a charity often credited with pioneering the concept of providing trips, computers, celebrity meetings, and other things to brighten the lives of seriously ill children. Now Ms. Van Ness is continuing in a…
By BRENNEN JENSEN
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Big Hospitals Saw Investments Grow by 14.1%
Investment assets at the nation’s largest nonprofit hospitals and medical centers rose an average of 14.1 percent last year, reversing a three-year downturn, according to a report from the Commonfund Institute. The increase occurred in part because the 204 health-care organizations surveyed --…
By Brad Wolverton
Contributor
Bits: GWU Institute for Politics, Democracy & the Internet Publishes Online Fundraising Guide
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education is conducting a survey to learn how colleges and universities use e-mail to solicit donations. Institutions that participate will receive a free copy of the results. The deadline to complete the survey is September 30. To get there: Go to…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Web Site Offers Vast Radio-Program Collection
After its first year, the nonprofit PRX Public Radio Exchange has received a clear signal that its idea of linking radio programs with stations in search of content is working. Some 1,000 digital radio stories have been licensed through the site for broadcast on public radio stations. The…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Nonprofit Groups Offer New Technology Tools
Two charities that help small to medium-size nonprofit organizations raise money online plan to expand the array of services they offer. Groundspring.org, a San Francisco organization that provides charities with tools that allow them to communicate with their supporters via e-mail and accept…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Chronicle analysis finds executive pay at many smaller charities makes up a large portion of the budgetWhen the Internal Revenue Service announced in June that it would more aggressively investigate excessive ALSO SEE:DATABASE: Executive Compensation SurveyExecutive Pay Rises ModestlyDisclosure of…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Disclosure of Charity Salaries Is a Complicated and Confusing Process
At first glance, David Troyer of Christian Aid Ministries appears to be one of a handful of unpaid chief ALSO SEE:DATABASE: Executive Compensation SurveyExecutive Pay Rises ModestlyQuestioning CompensationHow The Chronicle Conducted Its Annual Survey of Pay at Big Nonprofit Groups executives in The…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Trend could continue as IRS increases scrutinySalaries paid to the leaders of the nation’s largest nonprofit organizations in 2003 rose at their smallest rate on ALSO SEE:DATABASE: Executive Compensation SurveyDisclosure of Charity Salaries Is a Complicated and Confusing ProcessQuestioning…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Washington-Area Nonprofit Groups Adapt for Leaner Times
Thin the Soup or Shorten the Line: Washington Area Nonprofits Adapt to Uncertain Times, by Patricia Atkins, Mallory Barg, Joseph Cordes, and Martha Ross, analyzes how human-service organizations in the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area are coping as costs and demand for services outpace revenue…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Foundation Strategies To Promote Racial Equality
Short Changed: Foundation Giving and Communities of Color, by Will Pittz and Rinku Sen, examines ways in which grant makers have supported programs to advance social justice and racial equality. The report, which is based on interviews, articles, data from the Foundation Center, and summaries of…
By Caroline Preston
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Study Looks at Bush’s Faith-Based Initiative
The Expanding Administrative Presidency: George W. Bush and the Faith-Based Initiative, by Anne Farris, Richard P. Nathan, and David J. Wright, explores measures taken by the Bush administration to help religious groups get government money to provide social-services programs. The report documents…
By Caroline Preston
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