Web Site Catalogues Rules for Gift Annuities
A free data base of state regulations governing charitable gift annuities is now available on line. The “Planned Giving Resources” World-Wide Web site is administered by James B. Potter, a planned-giving consultant in Alexandria, Va. Visitors can click on a state to check what rules apply for gift…
By Paul Demko
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America’s Promise Posts Summit Updates On Line
America’s promise has revamped its World-Wide Web site in conjunction with the one-year anniversary of the Presidents’ Summit for America’s Future. The Alexandria, Va., charity was formed to monitor progress made by last year’s summit, which promised to help two million children by the year 2000.…
By Paul Demko
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On-Line Forum Focuses on Universal Internet Access
Over the next two weeks, the John and Mary R. Markle Foundation will be sponsoring an on-line discussion, “Universal Access Conversation: Building a Networked Nation on the Global Internet.” The conversation is part of the New York grant maker’s effort to insure that everyone has access to the…
By Paul Demko
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Aid-Agency Official Slain in Burundi
The director of the Adventist Development and Relief Agency’s program in Burundi was shot and killed by bandits last month in Bujumbura, the country’s capital. Bent Moeller Nielsen reportedly was killed and his vehicle stolen shortly after he had dropped off a colleague. The African country, which…
$150-Million Fund Planned for Missouri
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Missouri and state officials, who have been involved in a legal dispute over the insurer’s creation of a for-profit subsidiary, have tentatively agreed to a settlement that would create a health-care foundation worth at least $150-million. Under the settlement, the…
Investigation Clears Cancer Charity
The California Attorney General’s Office has cleared the City of Hope, a cancer-fighting charity, of charges of financial wrongdoing. The City of Hope, in Duarte, Cal., which has an annual budget of about $250-million, was accused by former employees -- including its former president, Sanford…
Charity Ads Valued at Nearly $1-Billion
More than $996-million worth of air time and print space was donated to the Advertising Council by news organizations and other groups for public-service announcements last year. That was a 7-per-cent increase over 1996, said the Ad Council, which produces numerous public-service advertisements in…
Health Charities Try to Turn Mergers Into Fund-Raising Gains
John H. Graham IV, chief executive of the American Diabetes Association, believes that overhauling his charity’s management and financial structure will help spur fund raising to new heights. “I’m certain that we will be successful and that we will grow,” he says. “It’s just a question of how…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
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$50-Million ‘School Choice’ Pledge and Senate Bill on Education Draw Criticism
The Senate has passed a controversial bill that would give charities and private foundations a role in helping parents pay for their children’s elementary and secondary school expenses. The bill, sponsored by Sens. Paul D. Coverdell, a Georgia Republican, and Robert G. Torricelli, a New Jersey…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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National Health Charities Face Challenge of Preserving Local Focus Amid Mergers
A cool $500,000 a year. That’s what the American Cancer Society’s Great Lakes Division -- formed from the recent merger of the society’s Indiana and Michigan divisions -- expects to save in accounting, clerical, and other costs as a result of the consolidation. The money, says Theresa Bentz, chief…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
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Medical charities merge affiliates to cut costs, but some chapters rebel Mississippi is the nation’s poorest state and one full of people in desperate need of medical care, a predicament that binds charity executives Teresa Humphrey and Mary D. Fortune in a common cause. Ms. Humphrey is executive…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
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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…
Following is a summary of bills introduced in Congress that are of interest to non-profit organizations. Copies of bills may be obtained from members of the House of Representatives (Washington 20515) or from senators (Washington 20510). They may also be obtained through the Internet. The…
Abilene Christian U. (Tex.): Appointed Dan Garrett, vice-chancellor, to be president and executive director of the ACU Foundation. Albright College (Reading, Pa.): Appointed Jessica L. Shue, assistant director of the annual fund at Elizabethtown College (Pa.), to be assistant director of alumni…
Write-Offs: Clintons’ and Gores’ Giving; Sleeping at the Office
* President Clinton and Hillary Rodham Clinton gave a total of $270,725 to charity in 1997, according to their federal tax return. About $250,000 of that sum came from earnings from Mrs. Clinton’s book, It Takes a Village, and went to children’s hospitals and other groups. Vice-President Gore and…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Revenue Service Questions Charity’s Loans, Tax Status
The I.R.S. has ruled that a charity has put its tax exemption in jeopardy because it gave an affiliated, non-profit labor union too sweet of a financial deal through the loans it made. The revenue service also ruled that the charity owes taxes for conducting improper political activities. The…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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