Minnesota Court Rules Gifts Not Deductible
In a case that some observers fear could dampen charitable giving, Minnesota’s tax court has ruled that a couple can’t deduct from their state income taxes gifts they made through a donor-advised fund that benefited local charities. The couple, R. Austin and Nadine Chapman, gave $1.6-million to the…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Wildlife Group’s New Fund Raiser Seeks to Capture Baby Boomers
When Suzanne Mink received a call from Hollins University, in Roanoke, Va., asking her to join her alma mater’s development department in 1978, she almost replied, “What’s that?” That phone call came shortly after she had earned a master’s degree in teaching, and led her to change her career plans…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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Issues at the Intersection of Religion and Public Life
Lift Every Voice: a Report on Religion in American Public Life explores religious matters that have gained relevance in light of the last year’s events, including the debate over stem-cell research and the September 11 attacks. The report begins by examining the tradition of religious and public…
By Katy Marquardt
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A Guide for Advancing Housing Policy
A Grantmaker’s Guide to Housing Policies: a Foundation for Social Policy Investments, by Paul A. Leonard, asserts that the need for foundations to focus on low-cost housing has never been greater, in large part because the recession has made it harder for many people to afford shelter. What’s more,…
By Katy Marquardt
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Ads on Causes Aired Rarely, Study Finds
Broadcast and cable networks donate 15 seconds an hour, on average, to showing ALSO SEE:Public-Service Advertisements: Financing, Airtime, and Causes free public-service advertisements, according to a new study sponsored by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, in Menlo Park, Calif. The donated…
By nicole lewis
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White House Missteps Stalled Bill to Help Religious Groups, Report Says
Missteps by the White House hobbled President Bush’s effort last year to funnel more federal money to religious charities for social services, according to a new report. The report, by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, a Washington group supported by the Pew Charitable Trusts, says that…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Charity’s First Project Puts Digital Books in Hands of Disabled
Bookshare.org was inspired by Napster, but with one big difference. Unlike the embattled ALSO SEE:High-Tech Tooling Around music-sharing service, Bookshare expects no legal fights over its use of copyrighted materials. The new service, which allows people who have impaired vision or other…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Entrepreneur wants to help those ignored by for-profit world Palo Alto, Calif. The smart bomb was what gave Jim Fruchterman his start in the nonprofit world. In an applied physics class at the California Institute of Technology, he ALSO SEE:Charity’s First Project Puts Digital Books in Hands of…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
AACSB International-the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (St. Louis): ALSO SEE:Wildlife Group’s New Fund Raiser Seeks to Capture Baby Boomers Appointed Jim Bast, assistant dean and director of graduate programs in the College of Business Administration at the U. of Cincinnati,…
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…
Retired Texas Oil Executive Pledges $150-million Estate to His Alma Mater
A retired oil executive from Dallas has pledged $150-million to the University of Texas at Austin to endow studies in earth sciences. The gift is one of the largest ever to a public university. John A. Jackson, 88, who founded the Katie Petroleum Company, said he would bequeath to the university an…
By Laura Hruby
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How Environmental Work Led to Teaching Businesses About Web Accessibility for the Disabled
ENTRY LEVEL Sharron Rush Age: 50 Current job: Executive director of Knowbility, Austin, Tex. First job: Consultant for Easter Seals-Central Texas, Austin After many years as an entrepreneur and manager in restaurants and other small businesses, I went back to college in my late 30s and graduated…
September 11 Donations: How Much Charities Have Raised and Distributed
RELIEF CHARITIES AMERICAN RED CROSS
September 11 Donations: How Much Charities Have Raised and Distributed
RELIEF CHARITIES AMERICAN RED CROSS
Nonprofit Managers and Recruiters Offer Tips for Interviewing Job Candidates
The interview is the best chance to predict a candidate’s potential future performance, but the interviewer must proceed cautiously, taking care not to step over legal boundaries or invade the applicant’s privacy unnecessarily.
By Alison Stein Wellner
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Massachusetts Charities Band Together to Help Human-Services Workers Seek Higher Education
BRAINSTORMS By Domenica Marchetti When Stan Connors began his career in human services in 1971, the field was filled with people like himself -- college graduates who, despite low wages, were eager to put their 60’s idealism into practice by helping those with mental illnesses, mental retardation,…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
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