"The Combined Federal Campaign, the annual charity drive for federal workers, has revised its antiterrorism standard for charities that will participate in the government’s 2006 and subsequent campaigns. Under the new rules, the federal government will no longer specifically require that charities check the names of their employees –...
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Sen. Grassley’s Remarks at the Independent Sector Conference – 2005
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) made the following remarks at the 25th Annual Independent Sector Conference on October 24, 2005: – “I see the need for greater responsibility of donors and charities to safeguard the public trust.” – “I’m pleased with much of the work from the...
CARE Act Unlikely to Be Considered This Year
Click here for the article in the October 15, 2005 issue of The NonProfit Times.
NYU Survey: Public Confidence in Nonprofits Is Low
According to a new study by Professor Paul Light of New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, public confidence in charitable organizations remains low and has yet to rebound from the decline experienced after September 11, 2001. Of the 1,820 Americans polled: 15% said they...
Charity, Aid, Recovery, and Empowerment (CARE) Act Reintroduced in U.S. Senate – September 27, 2005
Click here for a press release of the reintroduction of the CARE Act form Sen. Rick Santorum. * UPDATE: Click here for Sen. Santorum’s article, It’s Time to Pass CARE (October 7, 2005). Click here for an article about the planned reintroduction of the CARE Act from OMB...
Stanford Project on the Evolution of Nonprofits
The Stanford Project on the Evolution of Nonprofits (SPEN) presented a conference entitled “Managing Through Challenges: A Profile of Bay Area Nonprofits” on August 26, 2005. The corresponding report asserts that there are 9,856 nonprofits (defined narrowly to include only operating charities, supporting organizations and private foundations) in the...
San Francisco Business Times Corporate Philanthropy Summit & Awards – July 21, 2005
Mary Huss, Publisher of the San Francisco Business Times, announced the top 60 corporate giving programs ranked by cash contributions to Bay Area nonprofits. The top twenty: 1. Wells Fargo & Co. 2. Intel Corp. 3. Bank of America Corp. 4. Chevron Corp. 5. ...
Panel on the Nonprofit Sector – Final Report
The Panel on the Nonprofit Sector presented its Final Report to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Charles Grassley and Ranking Member Sen. Max Baucus on June 22, 2005. The report recommends more than 120 actions to be taken by Congress, the Internal Revenue Service and charitable organizations in order...
Panel on the Nonprofit Sector Releases Draft Recommendations for Senate Finance Committee
The Panel on the Nonprofit Sector released the following draft recommendations for its June Report to the Senate Finance Committee: Board Compensation – greater transparency with disclosure of both services provided and the responsibilities of board members Executive Compensation – annual approval by board or authorized committee Structure, Size,...
Hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee – April 20, 2005
The hearing of the House Ways and Means Committee raised questions about the types of groups deserving of tax-exempt status. The Chronicle of Philanthropy (April 20, 2005) reported that according to the chair of the Committee, Rep. William M. Thomas, (R-CA), and legal scholars who testified at the hearing,...