FBI Reviewing Food Charity After Chief’s Resignation
By HARVY LIPMANThe Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating Food for the Poor, a charity that provides food and monetary aid to Latin American countries, following the resignation of the group’s president. Ferdinand Mahfood resigned as president of the Deerfield Beach, Fla., group last…
By Harvy Lipman
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Group That Encourages Charities to Lobby Is Gaining Independent Status
By GRANT WILLIAMSCharity Lobbying in the Public Interest, a project formed two years ago by ALSO SEE:Determined to Raise Its Voice Independent Sector to educate nonprofit organizations about the role lobbying can play in achieving their goals, is about to separate from its parent and become a…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Independent Sector reassesses goals, vows to be leader on charity policyWashington When the membership group Independent Sector speaks, its words carry the ALSO SEE:Independent SectorGroup That Encourages Charities to Lobby Is Gaining Independent Status weight of more than 700 nonprofit groups,…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Allentown College of Saint Francis de Sales (Center Valley, Pa.): Appointed Marianne Salcedo, director of foundation and corporate relations at Cedar Crest College (Allentown), to be director of corporate and foundation relations. The ArtsCenter (Carrboro, N.C.): Appointed Colin Bissett, senior…
American Lung Association (New York): John R. Garrison, chief executive officer, has announced his resignation, effective when his contract expires on July 15, 2001. American Red CrossHawaii State Chapter (Honolulu): Appointed Roger Dickson, vice president of volunteers, youth, and nursing at the…
The following awards have been presented for work in fund raising, nonprofit management, philanthropy, and volunteerism: Arts. The Business Committee for the Arts (New York) has awarded its 2000 Business in the Arts Awards: --The Founders Award was given to Bank of America (Charlotte, N.C.) for its…
By nicole lewis
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Update on Income Tax Law Offered in IRS Publication
By GRANT WILLIAMSThe I.R.S. has published a revised version of its handbook “Tax on Unrelated Business Income of Exempt Organizations.” Nonprofit groups must pay the tax, known as UBIT, on income from activities that are not “substantially related” to their charitable missions. The booklet,…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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IRS Helps Put Value On Days-Old Bread
By GRANT WILLIAMSThe I.R.S. has released “field service advice” to agents that says an unidentified chain of grocery stores should not value four-day-old unsold bread that it donates to food banks at full retail price when the company takes charitable-contribution deductions. The grocery chain…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Tax Court Backs Donors In Property-Gift Dispute
By GRANT WILLIAMSThe U.S. Tax Court has overruled the Internal Revenue Service and decided that two Texas residents were entitled to a charitable-gift deduction for a year in which they made a deal to sell property to a church for less than the property was worth. Kenneth L. Musgrave and Etta D.…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Lieberman Releases Details of His Charitable Giving
By GRANT WILLIAMSThe Democratic Nominee for vice president, Joseph I. Lieberman, and his wife, Hadassah, donated $75,793 to charity from 1990 through 1999. That´s 3.7 percent of their adjusted gross income of about $2-million for that period, according to tax returns that the couple made public.…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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United Way Leader to Depart Earlier Than Expected
By NICOLE LEWISThe president of United Way of America, Betty Stanley Beene, has announced that she will step down January 31, 2001, about a year earlier than she had planned to depart. Her announcement came as several large local United Ways withheld dues this summer to show their displeasure with…
By nicole lewis
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Nonprofit Coalition Promotes Changes in Public Policies
By GRANT WILLIAMSIndependent Sector, a national coalition of charities and grant makers, has issued a set of policy recommendations that it urges presidential and Congressional candidates to adopt. The report, “Towards a More Vibrant Society: Strengthening the Role of Nonprofits,” asks candidates…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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New York Charity Wins VictoryBut No Moneyin Case Against Trust
By GRANT WILLIAMSIn a case of national significance, a New York appeals court has handed a charity a victory and a defeat in its long-running fight with the New York Community Trust that involves the amount of control community foundations can exercise over donors’ gifts. The Appellate Division of…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Bits: An New E-Mail List and a Conference on Nonprofit Technology
By NICOLE WALLACE Sue Ellen Smith, at the Caribbean Conservation Corporation, has started the Environmental Fundraisers Discussion List. Participation is restricted to fund raisers who work for environmental groups. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to sesmith@cccturtle.org that includes your…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Surplus Items Matched With Needy Charities
By NICOLE WALLACEExcessAccess.com is an online service that matches individuals and businesses that have items to give away -- anything from furniture to building materials -- with charities that can put them to good use. Businesses and individuals who join the for-profit service post on the Web…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Technology Experts Volunteer Overseas
By NICOLE WALLACETechnology-savvy volunteers are working on projects in developing countries through a number of new programs. The United Nations Information Technology Service (http://www.unites.org) encourages both international volunteers and volunteers in the countries it serves to sign up for…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor