IRS Panel Says Donors Exaggerate Value of Artwork
The Internal Revenue Service’s Art Advisory Panel has reviewed and recalculated the values of hundreds 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 committee found that many people exaggerated the…
By Grant Williams
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Albertson College (Caldwell, Idaho): Appointed Julie Johnson, director of development operations at Roanoke College (Salem, Va.), to be director of development. The American Society of Association Executives (Washington): Appointed Todd Wurschmidt, executive director of the Ohio Association of…
George W. and Laura Bush’s Charitable Giving, 1991-98
Charting their donations in dollars and as a percentage of their taxable income.
George W. Bush: Charity Pledges
TAXES: * Would allow people who do not itemize deductions on their federal income-tax returns ALSO SEE: The Bush Brand of Charity Texas’s First Couple Roll Up Their Sleeves for Churches and Charities George W. and Laura Bush’s Charitable Giving, 1991-98 Causes George W. and Laura Bush Supported to…
Causes George W. and Laura Bush Supported
A list showing organizations to which the couple gave and the size of the donations.
The following awards have been presented for work in philanthropy, fund raising, volunteerism, and non-profit management: Arts. The Wexner Center Foundation has presented the contemporary artist Robert Rauschenberg its 2000 Wexner Prize for original and influential artistic work that challenges…
‘Gourmet’: a Chef with a Social Conscience
Less than a year ago, Michael O’Halloran was working in one of Philadelphia’s most fashionable restaurants, a bistro called Fork. Though he was on his way into the top ranks of the city’s chefs, Mr. O’Halloran, 32, was beginning to get bored, according to Gourmet magazine (March). “I wasn’t really…
By Constance Casey
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‘American Prospect’: Pew’s Arts Push
The Pew Charitable Trusts “got mugged” last summer when it unveiled a $50-million project to help foster a national discussion about the management and financing of arts groups, says The American Prospect (March 13). Some conservative critics scoffed at various Pew suggestions, including the notion…
By Stephen G. Greene
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‘Forbes’: Celebrities and their Causes
As part of its annual issue listing the world’s highest-paid entertainers and athletes, Forbes magazine (March 20) selected five of the best and five of the worst celebrity-associated charities. Highest praise went to the Stephen & Tabitha King Foundation, with an outlay of $4.4-million and…
By Constance Casey
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‘Worth’: The 100 Top Charity Donors
For the second year in a row, George Soros tops Worth magazine’s (April) list of the 100 Americans who have given the most in their lifetimes. Mr. Soros has given $2.65-billion in his lifetime, the magazine says. The magazine’s ranking counts all gifts made through 1999, so Bill and Melinda Gates,…
By Constance Casey
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Bits: Grants Seek to Encourage Charity Innovation on the Web
* The Ericsson Internet Community Awards will offer five prizes worth up to $100,000 each in Web development services for innovative non-profit Internet ideas. The competition is accepting applications from non-profit organizations around the world through July 17. Ericsson will also sponsor online…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
U.S. Technology Aides Assist Overseas Programs
The Global Technology Corps brings together technologically savvy volunteers and corporate contributions to tackle technology projects overseas. A program of the State Department, the corps began operating a year ago. Its first project was to set up Internet access in refugee camps in six countries…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Internet Resources Surveyed in New Report
Online resources for non-profit organizations are the subject of a new report. “E-Philanthropy, Volunteerism, and Social Changemaking: A New Landscape of Resources, Issues, and Opportunities,” published online by the W. K. Kellogg Foundation, in Battle Creek, Mich., provides summaries of and links…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Web Site Links Users to Arctic Protest
Greenpeace USA is using its Web site to link people on the Internet with a remote group of activists protesting oil exploration in the Arctic -- and to encourage visitors to the site to join the fight. A small group of Greenpeace activists has set up camp on the frozen Arctic Ocean to protest BP…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Search Engine Focuses on Grant Makers’ Sites
The Foundation Center’s Web site now features a specialized search engine that allows visitors to search the Web sites of more than 1,000 grant makers. Users of the “Grantmaker Web Search” can select which types of grant makers -- private and community foundations, corporate grant makers, or…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Art Museum and N.Y. Mayor Agree to Drop Lawsuits
The Brooklyn Museum of Art and New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani last week agreed to drop lawsuits against each other that were sparked by the museum’s controversial “Sensation” exhibit last fall. The museum sued the city in October, seeking to restore the $7.2-million in city funds it receives…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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