March 31, 2005

A Lukewarm Effort to Curb Abuses by Nonprofit Groups

By Pablo Eisenberg

Last fall Independent Sector, a coalition of more than 500 charities and foundations, assembled a committee of 24 nonprofit leaders to recommend to the Senate Finance Committee how best to curb abuses and increase the public accountability of nonprofit organizations. It also appointed five groups composed of an additional 175 nonprofit representatives to assist the main committee by delving at greater depth into topics such as board governance and financial management.

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