Civil-Rights Groups Get Help With Technology
The technology efforts of civil-rights organizations will soon get a lift from a new coalition of grant makers and companies. The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the Leadership Conference Education Fund, in Washington, and the AOL Foundation, in Dulles, Va., have formed the Digital…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
‘Kiplinger’s’: Fund Raising by Volunteers’
Taking on the role of volunteer fund raiser can be an awkward business for those who are more used to giving donations than asking for them. But there are basic steps that volunteer fund raisers can take to prepare for the daunting task of asking people or companies to part with large sums, says an…
By Domenica Marchetti
Contributor
‘Slate’: Ranking Charity Donors
Ever since Ted Turner suggested in 1996 that philanthropists should have their own equivalent of the Forbes 400 -- a prestigious ranking that would honor people who give their money away -- the press has been trying to figure out how best to compile such a list. One such effort is the Slate 60, the…
Pennsylvania Sues Former Top Officials of Health Fund
The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office has sued former top officials of the Allegheny Health Education and Research Foundation in an effort to recover nearly $80-million in charitable donations that the state says were spent improperly. Allegheny was the non-profit parent company of a chain of…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
The Joint Tax Committee of Congress is recommending that the federal government greatly expand the amount of financial and other information ALSO SEE:Tax Report Shakes Up Charities that it releases to the public about non-profit organizations. Additional information would include: * Results of…
Tax Report Shakes Up Charities
Leaders object to recommendations to increase access to IRS dealings Many non-profit leaders are worried by a Congressional proposal to make most charity dealings with the Internal Revenue Service part of the public record -- ALSO SEE:A Call for Disclosure including audits and other documents that…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Agnes Scott College (Atlanta): Appointed Jim Abbot, a part-time assistant classics professor, also to be director of corporate and foundation relations. American Society of Association Executives Foundation (Washington): Appointed Michelle Mason, manager of research programs, to be director of…
Journal Promotes After-School Programs
When School Is Out, edited by Richard E. Behrman, is the latest issue of a journal published three times a year by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s Center for the Future of Children. This issue examines the benefits of after-school programs for kids aged 5 to 14 and makes seven…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
Commercial and Non-Profit Arts Leaders Mull Collaboration
Deals & Ideals: For-Profit and Not-For-Profit Arts Connections summarizes ideas on how non-profit arts organizations can collaborate with the entertainment industry. The American Assembly of Columbia University sponsored meetings in 1998 and 1999 to examine such partnerships. Executives from…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
* The House Ways and Means Committee is seeking reactions to the recent recommendations of the Joint Committee on Taxation that the I.R.S. be allowed to greatly expand the amount of financial and other information it releases to the public about non-profit organizations (The Chronicle, February…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Watchdog Group Urges IRS to Review Gore Church Visit
Americans United for Separation of Church and State has asked the I.R.S. to investigate Allen African Methodist Episcopal Church, in New York City, after the church invited Vice President Al Gore to its Sunday worship service. The watchdog group charged that the church’s pastor, the Rev. Floyd…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
IRS Issues Final Rules for Charity Travel Tours
The Internal Revenue Service has issued rules to guide universities, museums, and other tax-exempt organizations that run travel tours on how to avoid owing taxes on revenue they earn. Non-profit groups must pay the unrelated-business income tax, known as UBIT, on income from activities that are…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
The following awards have been presented for work in philanthropy, fund raising, volunteerism, and non-profit management: Architecture. The National Building Museum has awarded its first Apgar Award for Excellence for achievement in the observation, interpretation, and evaluation of American…
Clinton Budget Seeks More for Social Welfare and the Arts
President Clinton’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year calls on Congress to increase spending on the arts, social welfare, community service, and a variety of other areas. ALSO SEE:Clinton’s 2001 Budget Proposal Mr. Clinton also asks for key changes in tax laws that would affect many…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Charity Shopping Malls: a User Guide
A new report helps non-profit organizations shop for an online charity shopping site. Allison Schwein, a non-profit consultant in Sunnyvale, Calif., has published on her Web site a report, “Charity Shopping Portals,” that lists and compares more than 20 online shopping sites that allow shoppers to…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Netaid Awards $1.7-Million for Projects in Africa, Kosovo
The Netaid.org Foundation awarded $1.7-million in grants to 13 non-profit organizations working to alleviate poverty and improve living conditions in Africa and Kosovo. Netaid.org is a partnership between the United Nations Development Programme and Cisco Systems to use the Internet to raise public…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor