Court Upholds Group’s Firing of Gay Worker
In a case watched closely by supporters and critics of President Bush’s effort to help religious groups, a federal judge has ruled that a state-supported Baptist foster home in Kentucky did not illegally discriminate when it fired a gay counselor. U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Simpson III…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Trustees, donors, staff members faulted for group’s demiseWashington By all appearances, Children’s Express had the sort of good fortune that many small charities crave. Founded in 1975 by a charismatic Wall Street lawyer to train children ages 8 to 18 as journalists, Children’s Express gained the…
By Janet L. Fix
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State Ranking of Charitable Deductions, by Taxpayer-Income Categories
ALSO SEE:Cost of Living Makes Big Difference in State Giving Rankings, Study Finds Tax Deductions for Charitable Giving, State by State How The Chronicle Calculated Generosity of State Residents STATE RANKINGS OF CHARITABLE DEDUCTIONS BY TAXPAYERS WITH INCOMES OF $75,000 TO $100,000 Charitable…
The following awards have been presented for achievement in fund raising, management, and philanthropy: Education fund raising. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (Washington) has announced its 2001 Annual Research Awards in the categories of outstanding doctoral dissertation and…
Report Summarizes Results of Research on Social-Service Programs
What We Know Works: An Overview of Research About What Works (and What Doesn’t) in Social Service Organizations is a report from the Pew Partnership for Civic Change that summarizes current research in four broad areas of interest to grant makers and nonprofit organizations: children, youths and…
By Janine E. Guglielmino
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Public Attitudes Toward Charities Measured
Taking the Pulse of Americans’ Attitudes Toward Charities, edited by Susan K.E. Saxon-Harrold, reports the results of a 1999 Independent Sector survey that measured public confidence in nonprofit organizations. Sixty-two percent of survey participants agreed that charities today provide…
By Janine E. Guglielmino
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Foundations Should Work With Racial, Ethnic Groups, Guide Says
Engaging Diverse Communities for and Through Philanthropy surveys philanthropic practices among blacks, Asian Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. This guide, which offers advice to nonprofit groups to broaden the types of people who donate, was prepared for people who work for family,…
By Janine E. Guglielmino
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Adolescents Need More Attention, Programs, Essays Say
Youth Development: Issues, Challenges, and Directions
By Janine E. Guglielmino
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Foundation Group Won’t Change Estate-Tax Stance
By JANET L. FIXThe Council on Foundations is sticking with a policy that kept its lobbyists on the sidelines during the estate-tax debate, even though some of its members argued that charitable giving and foundations would be hurt should the tax be repealed. The decision by the council’s board of…
By Janet L. Fix
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Charitable Deductions Rose 10% in 1999, IRS Says
By GRANT WILLIAMS New statistics released by the Internal Revenue Service show that deductions claimed by Americans for charitable contributions rose from $109.2-billion in 1998 to an estimated $120.3-billion in 1999, an increase of 10.1 percent. The jump would mark the fourth straight year that…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Charity’s Advocacy Work Under Fire in Complaint
By ELIZABETH SCHWINNA recent complaint to the Internal Revenue Service about a charity’s efforts to persuade companies to change their environmental policies could have a chilling effect on similar work by other charities, some experts say. Frontiers of Freedom Institute, a Fairfax, Va.,…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Former United Way Chief Denied Benefits by Court
By MICHAEL ANFTA federal appeals court has ruled that United Way of America does not owe William Aramony, the organization’s former president, $2.4-million in pension benefits. Mr. Aramony was convicted in 1995 of stealing more than $1.2-million from the organization. He is scheduled to be released…
By Michael Anft
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A Former Debt Collector Finds Many Ways to Give Back
The path that Herman Art Taylor has taken to the top spot at the Better Business Bureau’s nonprofit watchdog group, the Wise Giving Alliance, has been winding and marked with the occasional curiosity. A South Philadelphia native, Mr. Taylor, who prefers to be called Art, started his professional…
By Michael Anft
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Lutheran Groups Merge Amid Growing Legal Troubles
By JANET L. FIXAfter ruling that perhaps hundreds of thousands of people who bought life-insurance policies from Lutheran Brotherhood can be part of a lawsuit accusing the nonprofit fraternal group of fraud, a federal judge put the case on hold to give the insurer time to challenge his ruling. The…
By Janet L. Fix
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A Low-Tech Message Board Offers Access to High-Tech Experts
By NICOLE WALLACEHelping.org and TechSoup -- two of the most savvy organizations on the ALSO SEE:Nonprofit Organizations Are Starting to Put Online Events to the TestBringing Home the Pain of Homelessness With a Webcast to Schools in 35 StatesCARE Turns to Interactive Technology to Link Donors to…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Kaiser Foundation Broadcasts Health-Policy Debates –Â Even the Boring Ones
By NICOLE WALLACEDrew Altman, president of the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, doesn’t ALSO SEE:Nonprofit Organizations Are Starting to Put Online Events to the TestBringing Home the Pain of Homelessness With a Webcast to Schools in 35 StatesCARE Turns to Interactive Technology to Link Donors to…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor