‘Money for Women’: Tips for Raising Money
More and more, women are being asked to raise money for good causes, says the magazine Money for Women (May-June). The magazine asked two women who are full-time fund-raising professionals to offer advice to volunteers who are working on small projects. Toni Goodale, a fund-raising consultant in…
‘Forbes’: a Charity Pitch for Divorced Donors
A few charities have started to offer a new twist on charitable remainder trusts: They are suggesting to donors that the trusts can provide a way to obtain significant tax benefits, support good causes, and pay alimony at the same time, says Forbes magazine (April 30). “Often a husband can’t make…
Charities Fear Limitations in Campaign-Finance Bills
By ELIZABETH SCHWINNSome charities fear campaign-finance legislation being considered by Congress would go too far in limiting their ability to advocate for their causes. The groups are fighting to change provisions in two campaign-finance bills pending in the House of Representatives that would…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Bits: A Technology-Assistance Group Expands Support; Grants for Internet Access
By NICOLE WALLACE CompuMentor, in San Francisco, has received more than $350,000 in new grants for its TechSoup Web site from the AOL Time Warner Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Microsoft Corporation, the Morino Institute, and the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. TechSoup…
Nonprofit Online Activities Surveyed in 2 Reports
By NICOLE WALLACETwo new reports published by foundations survey the nonprofit information-technology landscape. Published by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, in Battle Creek, Mich., “e-Philanthropy v.2.001: From Entrepreneurial Adventure to an Online Community” provides a snapshot of online…
Foundation Site Hit by Pro-China Hackers
By NICOLE WALLACEEarly this month a prominent American foundation found its Web site the target of pro-China hackers angry about the mid-air collision of an American surveillance plane and a Chinese fighter jet. When employees of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, in Chicago,…
Charities Could Gain From Cisco Layoffs
By NICOLE WALLACEAt a time when many charities are worried that decreased earnings and turbulence in the stock market will dampen corporate philanthropy, organizations in Silicon Valley are poised to benefit from layoffs at Cisco Systems. Last month, Cisco announced that it was eliminating 8,500…
Religious groups already receive billions in federal aid, analysis findsSupporters of the Bush administration’s proposal to funnel millions of dollars in federal money to faith-based groups hail it as a revolutionary way to deliver social services. But the idea is more an extension of existing…
By Harvy Lipman
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AIDS Service Center (Pasadena, Calif.): Appointed Dia Anthony, manager of housing and transportation, to be director of programs and services; Ines Casados, fiscal administrator for the youth department at the LA Gay & Lesbian Center (Los Angeles), to be director of finance and administration; and…
Bushes, Cheneys Release Giving Information
The Bushes gave nonprofit organizations $143,300 of their reported net taxable income of $744,682 in 2000.
By Grant Williams
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IRS Releases Study on Charitable Trusts
By GRANT WILLIAMSThe Internal Revenue Service says that it received 85,060 informational tax returns in 1998 from charitable remainder trusts, a popular form of planned giving. The data was released in the tax agency’s first study of the charitable trusts. Of the total returns received by the…
By Grant Williams
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Following are summaries of recent reports by the Council of Better Business Bureaus’ Philanthropic Advisory Service. This private organization reports on whether charities meet standards for fund raising, governance, financial management, and public information. The service does not approve or…
Brevard College (N.C.): Appointed Jeanne Plowden Hall, executive director of the South Carolina Council for Conflict Resolution (Columbia), to be director of gift planning, and Brett L. Woods, a development officer at Spring Hill College (Mobile, Ala.), to be a resource-development officer.…
Winners of the Wilmer Shields Rich Awards
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House Committee Presses for Review of Health Clubs
By GRANT WILLIAMSThe chairman of the House Committee on Small Business has asked the Treasury Department to file a long-awaited report on charities that offer health and fitness activities that may compete with those offered by businesses. Rep. Don Manzullo, an Illinois Republican who became…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Education Group Seeks Estate-Tax Changes
The Council for Advancement and Support of Education is urging Congress to “reject outright repeal” of the estate tax in favor of increasing the dollar amount of estates exempted from the tax. In a letter to key senators, Vance T. Peterson, president of CASE, which represents college and…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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