Cancer Executive Admits to Stealing
A former top executive of the American Cancer Society’s Ohio Division has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $7.8-million from the charity. Daniel S. Wiant, chief administrative officer in the society’s Ohio headquarters, admitted that, dating back to 1997, he had engaged in bank fraud, money…
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Bits: Internet Philanthropy Conference, Tool for Donors, and the Digital Divide
By NICOLE WALLACE A conference to discuss the role of technology in philanthropy, “Expanding Philanthropy through the Internet,” will be held in San Jose, Calif., September 25-26. The meeting is a follow-up to a forum, “E-Philanthropy: Technology and the Nonprofit Community,” held last October as…
2004 Olympics Organizers Seek Advice on Internet
By NICOLE WALLACEAs Sydney gears up for this year’s Olympic Games, the host of the 2004 Games is using the Internet to seek advice from volunteers at previous Olympics. The Greek Deputy Ministry of Sports has created a Web site, Volunteer 2004, where volunteers at past Olympic Games and other elite…
Gifts of Computing Power Aid Cancer Research
By NICOLE WALLACEThe Compute Against Cancer campaign lets computer users donate their machines’ unused processing power to cancer-research efforts. Parabon Computation is a company in Fairfax, Va., that takes large research problems and divides them into much smaller tasks that individual computers…
New Technology Group Sets Future Agenda
By NICOLE WALLACEA new membership group, the Non-Profit Technology Enterprise Network, has announced its plans for bringing together non-profit organizations and consultants who provide technology assistance to charities. The organization, also known as N-TEN, was formed last fall and grew out of…
Israeli-born activist runs Web site that links idealists around globeNew York Ami Dar says the idea for his charity, which now runs one of the most popular ALSO SEE: Action Without Borders
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IRS Issues Proposed Ruling on Lobby Groups
By GRANT WILLIAMSThe I.R.S. has released a proposed ruling that provides questions and answers about new reporting and disclosure requirements for certain types of tax-exempt lobbying groups, known as 527 organizations because of the section of the Internal Revenue Code under which they are…
No Deduction for Estate, Tax Court Rules
By GRANT WILLIAMSThe U.S. Tax Court has decided that a Florida estate is not entitled to a charitable tax deduction for the remainder interest in a trust that was initially set up as a charitable remainder annuity trust. In such a trust, a popular form of planned giving, a donor transfers cash or…
San Francisco Chief Quits Catholic Unit
After an investigation by Catholic Charities of San Francisco concluded that its chief executive officer, Frank C. Hudson, had “exercised poor judgment” in charging personal expenses to the non-profit organization, Mr. Hudson has resigned. Archbishop William J. Levada, who is chairman of the…
Museum Group Issues Guidelines
After several controversies over museum displays of art borrowed from donors and corporate sponsors, the American Association of Museums has issued a set of ethical guidelines designed to help its members avoid trouble. The guidelines advise museums to develop written policies on matters such as…
Bits: KickStart.com Shuts Down
By NICOLE WALLACE KickStart.com, a Web site that allowed shoppers to designate a portion of their online purchases to charity, discontinued its service August 10. In an e-mail message sent to people who had registered with the site, the Denver company said: “The ability of Internet companies to…
World War II Memories Captured on Web Site
By NICOLE WALLACEA San Francisco charity has created a Web site that allows people who lived through World War II to share their memories of that time -- with one another and with younger generations. The Ameritech World War II Living Memorial is a project of SeniorNet, an organization that teaches…
Online News Service Helps Charities
By NICOLE WALLACEAScribe, a news wire dedicated to distributing press releases from non-profit organizations, hopes to help charities reach both traditional and online news organizations. More than 50 daily and weekly publications, such as The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Business Week, and…
$6-Million for Grants to Close ‘Digital Divide’
By NICOLE WALLACEThe Community Technology Foundation of California has awarded $6.2-million in its inaugural round of grant making. The San Francisco fund awarded the money to 86 California charities to help bring the benefits of information technology to poor people, members of minority groups,…
Democratic Platform Extols Power of Faith-Based Groups
The Democratic Party and its presidential nominee, Vice President Al Gore, say the time has come for government to “find ways to harness the power of faith-based organizations in tackling social ills such as drug addiction, juvenile violence, and homelessness.” The statement is part of the…
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