June 28, 2001

Broaching the Topic of Taxation

By MICHAEL ANFT

As the economy slows, more cities may ask charities to pay for services

When Lutheran World Relief decided to leave New York four years ago in search of a less-expensive headquarters site, Baltimore vigorously courted the organization.

"The city kept saying: 'We want L.W.R.,'" Kathryn Wolford, the organization's president, recalls. "'We want quality jobs.'"

Promises of low-interest loans to train new workers, as well as the city's reputation as "tax-friendly" to

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