A Special Katrina-Inspired Tax Break Produced Mixed Results for Charities
Congress’s efforts to prevent “donor fatigue” by passing special tax breaks after Hurricane Katrina yielded mixed ALSO SEE:A Rosy ForecastOnline Donations Rose Fast in Last Quarter of 2005, Charities Say results, fund raisers say. Many charities — especially those that made aggressive efforts to…
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New Efforts Under Way to Recruit the Next Generation of Charity Leaders
Alarmed by the number of longtime charity leaders who will soon be leaving their organizations, some ALSO SEE:Special Report: Generation NextCharity Leadership and Turnover foundations and other organizations have begun working to increase the number of qualified applicants for departing…
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Smooth Transitions: Experts Offer Tips on Hiring New Leaders
Planning a change in leadership is tricky for most nonprofit groups. Following are tips from nonprofit consultants on the best ways to avoid stumbles: Consider the charity’s needs first. Many nonprofit organizations get bogged down trying to ALSO SEE:Special Report: Generation NextCharity…
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Departing Charity Founders Face Tough Transitions
Sister Mary Paul Janchill, 85, retired two years ago from the top job at the Center for Family Life, a Brooklyn ALSO SEE:Special Report: Generation NextCharity Leadership and Turnover social-services charity that she helped found in 1978. But the organization is still part of her daily life. The…
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Planning Successful Successions
Preparing for a leader’s departure can prevent problemsMark Aubel has spent the past quarter century running Once Upon a Time, a dance school and arts ALSO SEE:Special Report: Generation NextCharity Leadership and Turnover program for young people in Queens, N.Y., that was founded by his wife, a…
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New Postal Rates to Increase Costs for Charities
The Postal Rate Commission has recommended new postage rates for charities, to take effect in January, that would result in double-digit percentage increases in postage for some nonprofit mailings. Under the commission’s plan, charities that mail fund-raising appeals, newsletters, and other…
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Rising Fuel and Postal Prices Among Challenges for Charities
While charitable donations are stronger than they have been in years, many nonprofit fund raisers still ALSO SEE:DATABASE: The Philanthropy 400Special Report: The Philanthropy 400 anticipate formidable challenges. Hurricane Katrina and its effects on fuel prices and other costs are a big part of…
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Time Short for Using New Tax Breaks to Increase Charitable Gifts
Kissimmee, Fla. Fund raisers should move quickly to make sure wealthy donors understand how they can benefit from new tax breaks in effect until year’s end, said speakers at the annual conference here of the National Committee on Planned Giving. President Bush last month signed into law a measure…
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After the Hurricane, Online Charity Scams Grow in Number and Sophistication
Hurricane Katrina has unleashed a greater number of online con artists circulating bogus charity ALSO SEE:Special Report: Hurricane Relief appeals than did last year’s tsunamis or the 2001 terrorist attacks, and the scams have become increasingly sophisticated, according to federal officials who…
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