Star Widens Refugee Group’s Appeal
Well-publicized natural disasters and armed conflicts often swell the coffers ALSO SEE:War and Recession: A Challenge for CharitiesTrimming Holiday HopesMinnesota’s Freeze Hinders AIDS GroupAtlanta Arts Coalition Braces for Lean Performance in 2002Youth Group Asks Loyal Donors to Remove Strings on…
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Youth Group Asks Loyal Donors to Remove Strings on Their Gifts
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, which has seen its budget double in the ALSO SEE:War and Recession: A Challenge for CharitiesTrimming Holiday HopesMinnesota’s Freeze Hinders AIDS GroupAtlanta Arts Coalition Braces for Lean Performance in 2002Star Widens Refugee Group’s AppealMood at the Denver…
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Minnesota’s Freeze Hinders AIDS Group
Last month’s announcement by Minnesota’s Department of Finance that it was freezing ALSO SEE:War and Recession: A Challenge for CharitiesTrimming Holiday HopesAtlanta Arts Coalition Braces for Lean Performance in 2002Youth Group Asks Loyal Donors to Remove Strings on Their GiftsStar Widens Refugee…
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Door-to-Door Solicitation Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether local governments can regulate door-to-door proselytizing by religious groups -- and by extension, canvassing for secular causes in which a wide range of nonprofit organizations engage. The case centers on an ordinance passed in 1998 by the…
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Most Americans Plan No Decreases in Their 2001 Donations, Poll Finds
Seven in 10 Americans have donated money, given blood, or volunteered their time ALSO SEE:Donations to September 11 Recovery Effort: Who Gave and How Future Giving Will Be Affected in response to the attacks of September 11, according to a national survey. And nearly three in four of those donors…
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Drop in Assets Prompts Cuts in Freedom Forum’s Activities
A 30-percent erosion in the value of the Freedom Forum’s assets in the past two years has prompted plans to consolidate its offices and trim its staff. The foundation, which runs the Newseum, an interactive news-media museum in Arlington, Va., as well as programs for journalists, said it would…
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Cultivating Philanthropy Overseas
Community funds tackle local problems on 5 continentsFrom Munich to Melbourne, Kobe to Kwa Zulu-Natal, community foundations ALSO SEE:Community Funds Down Under Tackle Issues Facing Rural AreasCommunity Foundations Across Eastern Europe Advance ‘Step by Step’U.S. Community Foundations’ Assets,…
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Charities large and small struggle to cope with aftermath of terrorismStunned and grief-stricken following last month’s terrorist attacks, ALSO SEE:Charities Brace for Lean Fund-Raising Season in Tragedy’s WakeHow Charitable Giving Fared During Crises in U.S. HistoryHundreds of Displaced N.Y.…
Charitable Giving in Britain Is on the Rise
Donors in Britain last year gave $8.4-billion to charity, as much as they gave in 1993, before ALSO SEE: Charitable Giving in Britain contributions slackened off in the mid-1990’s, according to a new report. But the percentage of Britons giving to charity is still just 67.5 percent, compared with…
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Citizen Action Is Key to Successful Global Change, Alliance Says
Vancouver, Canada The creation of a more just, equitable, and environmentally stable world depends in large part on refashioning national governments and global institutions to make them more responsive and accountable to the world’s citizenry, several speakers declared at an international…
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