Where Most Needed

One certainty is that the money will not be returned to Mr. Lay or his defense fund.   

In an extensive test of door-to-door fund solicitation, researchers validate some fundraising secrets. 

Media moves on as Indonesia earthquake fails to achieve blockbuster status, while relief agencies offer more detailed situation maps. 

Stories from all over (even Japan) offer a smorgasbord of fiscal misbehavior types, demonstrating the many ways charities are at risk. 

An old urban legend lives on and recyclable cans go to waste to make charity "convenient."

Proximity to Mt. Merapi volcano evacuation assists in rapid reaction. 

But escalating costs of police and city services and new restrictions on noise and alcohol may be bringing the decades-long charity-sponsored binge to an end. 

Fewer than 100 of the 22,000 charities that receive contributions from the Combined Federal Campaign account for the bulk of delinquencies, primarily in payroll taxes. 

The IRS wants $42,000 from the 501(c)(3) baseball group, and somebody has to pay. 

Max Ary gets three years, with a restitution hearing put off until July. 

As AU trustees announce their own version of reforms, the Senator releases unflattering documents, but admits he cannot "direct" their decisions.

Having tax exempt land makes the serial fraud harder to detect. 

Small local charities are as vulnerable as big charities to significant fund diversion. 

In seeking new tax support, the Chicago museums might consider streamlining their management structures.

More bad news (possibly) for a closely watched agency in need of good news. 

The agencies want their exclusive charter for a $90 million business, saying that for-profit competitors will skim most-easily served clients.

Proposed UK reforms also envision increased charity giving to social service agencies. 

Just as with the 9/11 memorial, the way to a suitable memorial is fraught with controversy.

Study published in AMA Journal shows that who pays still has an effect on outcomes in cardiovascular medicine.

(Ex-) director of Illinois Conservation Foundation bickers about cigars and hunting clothes charged to foundation's account in audit report vérité.

Six symphonies folded in 2002-2003.  Where are they now?

After years of media focus on "efficiency ratios" for charities, the donating public isn't buying it.

Yet if faster charity filing is desired, setting a super-early deadline as in the US might be more effective.

"Corrupt Charities" screams the headline, but the real story is closer to "Thank You for Smoking."

Conservative watchdog group specializing in attacks on prominent Democrats for abusing charities itself operates as a 501(c)(3) charity. 

But ceasing participation generates a brain drain in those community development organizations.

Audit report cites lack of staff time tracking and other basic errors and calls for a return of a quarter of two grants totalling about one million dollars.

Retirees who dreaded working in a dead-end job are now told that there's dead-end volunteering, too—but let's look at who's saying so.

From Ohio to the UK, and from universities to symphonies, data security issues are not getting the attention they deserve.

Sen. Grassley's charity reforms moved to another bill in rush to renew tax cuts. 

And we take a look at an article from 1993 that shows the Boston University president as the pioneer of the catch-me-if-you-can CEO style of nonprofit leadership.

Unprepared due to serious underestimation of interest, the initial "monday" drawing yields disappointing results. 

The National Center for Employment of the Disabled in El Paso has previously been cited for hiring less than 8% disabled in a program where 75% of the workforce is supposed to be disabled. 

After firing an associate six months following hire, a minister reflects on what he could have done differently.

A paper published in Nonprofit & Voluntary Sector Quarterly suggests that the scale of organizations needs to be given more consideration in studies of nonprofits. 

Foundation seeing pay off for early support of research in a formerly unpopular field.

Charity moves decisively on small irregularities and tries to reassure the displaced about the pace of reconstruction. 

A consultant's forged board minutes  and a church volunteer's signature on blank checks were critical to the diversion of funds. 

Hootie Johnson's last gifts as chair of Augusta National and the Masters go to some exceptionally well-heeled golf-related charities and a local community foundation.

IRS belatedly denies charity status to organizations that provide down payment assistance—funded by home builders and home sellers.

The food crisis in Sudan calls into question the effectiveness of charity relief—both private and government sponsored—in the face of short media attention spans. 

A lobbyist's fall in Pennsylvania follows a familiar pattern of problem gambling and white-collar crime.

Universities are emerging from Katrina as the only bright spot of the city economy, and maybe its only hope. 

Survey of households shows about half of US households contributed, and two thirds of Katrina donors gave less than $100. 

Burned by charity scandals, Scotland tries registration to combat fraud: let's hope they have better luck than the US has had.

A study in New Zealand and Australia determined that more women than men defraud their nonprofit employers.