Tuesday, August 10, 2004

IRS to scrutinize pay of charities' execs - (United Press International)
Life Cycle of a Public CharityNew resource from the IRS
Volunteering and Youth: "Volunteering and Youth"
Forbes.com: Update 1: Heat Turned Up on Streaming Video Patents
Newport Beach, Calif.-based Acacia Media Technologies Corp. has sent letters to dozens of colleges in recent days claiming the schools' use of streaming video in areas like distance learning and video lectures violates company patents. The message: pay up, or risk getting sued.
Fred's �1m bet on the Reds
And the Salford-born millionaire won't make a penny if he wins, for he has pledged to hand over all his profit to local charities.

Fred has set a deadline of high noon on Saturday for a high roller - preferably a Chelsea supporter - to take him on with the bet that's sure to land him in the Guinness Book of Records
The Black World TodayActivist Economist and Philanthropist Bob Browne Dies at 79
New York--In the Harlem community Robert Span Browne was best known as the founder and the moral center of the Twenty-First Century Foundation, an endowed, public entity that advances strategic black philanthropy
SOI Bulletin - Spring 2004
SOI Bulletin - Spring 2004
Event pairs companies, nonprofits

Groups criticize IRS campaign-finance loophole

Monday, August 09, 2004

Entertainment PhilanthropyIndustry professionals are giving back to the communities that surround them
TODAYonline: "Charities should be registered "Singapore
Charitable Misgivings - - CFO.comCharitable Misgivings

Tax-exempt organizations ''ought to periodically justify that they are doing the job they said they were doing when they applied for exemption.''

ic Berkshire - Review chief slams new charity Bill: "New charity laws have been branded a 'dog's breakfast' by the ex-Cabinet minister heading a Commons review of the proposals."
The Dartmouth OnlineCollege shatters charitable giving records in FY 2004
Economist.com | PhilanthropyWhy a new golden age of philanthropy may be dawning
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Connecticut Business - State, National, World News from The Hartford Courant - BUSINESSInvestors Put Money Where Their Ethics Are
Business Day
Giving to charity a serious business
BBC NEWS | Technology | Sudan web appeal hits record high
GuideStar - News - Articles - Extending Reach through Funding Partnerships
The Chronicle, 8/5/2004: Advocacy Groups Discover the Power of Blogs to Spread Their Messages
Newsday.com - Politics Teresa Heinz Kerry makes her mark
Teresa Heinz Kerry brings her considerable force of personality - and sometimes eyebrow-raising style - to the role of candidate’s wife
Study: Nonprofits hurt by TABOR, Amendment 23 - 2004-08-02 - The Denver Business JournalMembers of the Colorado Association of Nonprofit Organizations (CANPO) said their revenue and funding opportunities have decreased significantly in the last two years as a result of budget reductions resulting from the TABOR Amendment and Amendment 23.

Falwell, politics and religion: TV preacher ready to battle on church's tax-exempt status
TheStar.com - Philanthropy � with a differenceLink to audio from NPR
NPR : Some Churches Veer into Politics
Maintain The Estate Tax | theledger.com
Herald Sun: Thousands give up beds for charity [07aug04]