Charities Criticize Proposals to Regulate Marketing Deals
Charity officials last week told state regulators that they have serious concerns about guidelines recommended by a group of attorneys general on marketing partnerships between businesses and non-profit groups. The concerns were raised at a hearing held in New York to discuss a report issued by 16…
By Anthony Giorgianni
Contributor
Financial Calamity at California United Way Stirs Blame and a Bonanza of Gifts
After teetering on the brink of financial collapse, the United Way of Santa Clara, Cal., is on safer ground thanks to a $14-million bailout from some of Silicon Valley’s wealthiest tycoons and foundations. But the organization’s 18-member board of directors faces blistering criticism for its role…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
Contributor
Citing Success, America’s Promise Answers Critics and Vows to Continue
Facing lingering criticism that it generates more publicity than charitable work, America’s Promise-the Alliance for Youth, is out to prove its worth. On its second anniversary, the group -- created at the Presidents’ Summit for America’s Future, in Philadelphia, to monitor a national campaign to…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
The following awards have been presented for work in philanthropy, fund raising, volunteerism, and non-profit management: Black philanthropy. Several awards were presented at the Second National Conference on Black Philanthropy, in Oakland, Cal., last month. The recipients: -- The 1999 Special…
Gore Vows to Increase Aid to Faith-Based Groups
Vice-President Al Gore last week declared that he wants to create a “new partnership” between government and religious organizations. Mr. Gore told officials at the Atlanta chapter of the Salvation Army that if he wins the Presidential election next year, he will push to expand the pool of…
By Jennifer Moore
Contributor
Charities Face Mounting Challenges in Hiring and Retaining Executives
When researchers at the Support Center for Nonprofit Management, in San Francisco, ALSO SEE:Managing Turnover at the Top asked a group of 91 first-time executive directors how many of their predecessors had gone on to another non-profit leadership job, they were stunned by the response. Only 14 per…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
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Charities seek to transform the loss of a leader into an opportunity In the past eight years, Tim Wolfred has served as chief executive of an AIDS-education charity, ALSO SEE:Charities Face Mounting Challenges in Hiring and Retaining Executives a center for abused children, a health-care-policy…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
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Following are summaries of recent reports by the Council of Better Business Bureaus’ Philanthropic Advisory Service and the National Charities Information Bureau. Those two private organizations report on whether charities meet standards for fund raising, governance, financial management, and…
Bill Would Encourage Gifts From Retirement Funds
Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, a Texas Republican, has introduced a bill that would provide an incentive to donors who want to give funds to charity from their individual retirement accounts. The measure, the I.R.A. Rollover to Charity Act, would allow people age
By Grant Williams
Contributor
Alabama Environmental Council (Birmingham): Appointed Diane Dossey Scanland, director of foundation and corporate support at the Denver Rescue Mission, to be executive director. Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf (Washington): Appointed Donna L. Sorkin, executive director of Self Help…
Bill in Congress Promotes State Charitable Tax Credits
Rep. John R. Kasich, an Ohio Republican, has introduced a bill that would allow states to use federal money to offset the costs that they would incur if they offered state-tax credits to people who give to antipoverty groups. The measure would encourage states to offer tax credits of up to $250…
By Jennifer Moore
Contributor
Lawyers Ask IRS for Voter-Guide Help
The I.R.S. is being encouraged to spell out exactly how charities and churches can distribute “voter guides” during election campaigns without breaking the law, according to members of an American Bar Association subcommittee on politics and lobbying. Non-profit groups classified under Section…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
IRS Fills In Details of Its Reorganization Plan
Officials at the I.R.S. have offered new details on how the agency’s major reorganization -- scheduled to be completed this fall -- could affect non-profit groups. Evelyn A. Petschek, who will head the new Tax Exempt Operating Division, told an American Bar Association seminar in Washington that…
By Jennifer Moore
Contributor
Revised Mortality Table Could Reduce Deductions
Donors who set up certain kinds of planned gifts this month and next can take advantage of a special offer from the Internal Revenue Service: They can use more-generous rates for calculating the charitable tax deductions they can claim, even though those rates were officially replaced with new…
By Jennifer Moore
Contributor
Seattle Organization Will Pay Fine to Settle Political-Disclosure Dispute
A Seattle non-profit organization has agreed to pay a fine after running afoul of a Washington State law that requires organizations that give money to political groups on behalf of someone else to disclose the original source of the money. The dispute involved A Territory Resource, a non-profit…
By Jennifer Moore
Contributor
Detailed Poverty Information Offered Via the Internet
Academic research on the causes and consequences of poverty in inner cities is available on a new Web site. The Smart Library on Urban Poverty Research provides easy-to-read summaries of articles in academic journals and books, organized into four categories: urban community, family, the economy,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor