CARE Turns to Interactive Technology to Link Donors to Charity’s Programs
By NICOLE WALLACEWhen 10 Atlanta high-school students traveled to Guatemala last month to visit CARE USA projects, the charity offered a way for other people to tag along through a “virtual field trip” on its Web site. Computer users could see digital photographs from the trip, read daily journal…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bringing Home the Pain of Homelessness With a Webcast to Schools in 35 States
By NICOLE WALLACEEfforts to lobby members of Congress often take place behind closed doors ALSO SEE:Nonprofit Organizations Are Starting to Put Online Events to the TestCARE Turns to Interactive Technology to Link Donors to Charity’s ProgramsKaiser Foundation Broadcasts Health-Policy Debates --…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Nonprofit Organizations Are Starting to Put Online Events to the Test
By NICOLE WALLACEWhile many charities hope the Internet will eventually provide an inexpensive way to broadcast video and bring people together from different parts of the globe for lively online chats and discussions, only a few organizations have started to hold such events. Among the approaches…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Senator Seeks Review to Find Out Whether Charities ‘Defraud Taxpayers’
By HARVY LIPMANThe investigative arm of Congress is examining how charities spend and raise funds, along with how good a job the Internal Revenue Service does monitoring those activities. The General Accounting Office began its inquiry this month at the request of Sen. Charles E. Grassley, an Iowa…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
Controversy erupts over the rules for tax-financed religious groups and the hiring of gays and lesbiansWashington As President Bush’s effort to help faith-based groups receive more federal funds continues on its uncertain path through Congress, a central question dogs both supporters and critics of…
By Janet L. Fix
Contributor
Allegheny Lutheran Social Ministries (Hollidaysburg, Pa.): Appointed Diane Octavio, director of advancement at South Kent School (Conn.), to be director of annual giving. ALSO SEE:A Former Debt Collector Finds Many Ways to Give Back Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association (Chicago):…
IRS Panel Says Donors Exaggerate Value of Artwork
By GRANT WILLIAMSThe Internal Revenue Service’s Art Advisory Panel has reviewed and recalculated the value of thousands of pieces of artwork for which deductions were claimed by taxpayers who donated them to charities or left them to heirs. As it has in the past, the panel found that many people…
By Grant Williams
Contributor
American Heart Association (Dallas): Appointed Bill Achenbach, vice president for human resources at Sears, Roebuck and Company (Hoffman Estates, Ill.), to be vice president of human resources, and Nancy Brown, executive vice president of the New England affiliate in Framingham, Mass., to be…
The following awards have been presented for work in management, philanthropy, and volunteerism: Community health. The Robert Wood Johnson Community Health Leadership Program (Boston) has announced the 2001 recipients of its annual awards, which recognize individuals who have “overcome daunting…
Charitable Deductions Denied by Tax Court
By GRANT WILLIAMSThe U.S. Tax Court has issued an opinion that serves as a reminder to donors that they can’t simply claim charitable-contribution deductions without having adequate proof that they made the gifts. Marshall and Nancy Gardner, who lived in Philadelphia, reported on their 1995 joint…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Environmental Pacts Studied in Report
As more and more companies make public pledges to be environmentally sensitive in their work, charities have new opportunities to form partnerships with them, according to a report from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Kenan-Flagler Business School. The report cited 16 nonprofit…
Study Helps Nonprofit Groups Measure Results
Outcome Measurement in Nonprofit Organizations: Current Practices and Recommendations, by Harry P. Hatry, Elaine Morley, and Elisa Vinson, provides a status report on how private nonprofit groups measure the results of the work they do. Based on findings from a 1998 Independent Sector survey, the…
By Janine E. Guglielmino
Contributor
Bush Proposal Would Hurt the Poor, Report Says
Charity Tax Credits: Federal Policy and Three Leading States, by Margy Waller, discusses the consequences of carrying out President Bush’s proposal to create state charity tax credits for donations to antipoverty programs by allowing states to pay for the cost of the credit with money from their…
By Janine E. Guglielmino
Contributor
Energy Costs Soar for California Groups
Nonprofit groups in Silicon Valley are struggling to cope with soaring energy costs by conserving electricity and seeking additional funds, according to a new report by the Community Foundation Silicon Valley and United Way Silicon Valley. The Community Foundation Silicon Valley said that it had…
AIDS Charity Sued Over Client Records
A government-supported private charity in Little Rock, Ark., that serves people with AIDS is fighting in court to keep from revealing records concerning its clients. If the charity loses the case, experts say, other nonprofit groups that receive government funds could come under pressure to make…
Professor Nominated to Lead AmeriCorps
President Bush has announced plans to nominate Leslie Lenkowsky to be C.E.O. of the Corporation for National and Community Service, a federal agency that administers AmeriCorps and other volunteer programs. FROM THE ARCHIVES:Leslie Lenkowsky’s columns He currently serves as a member of the board of…