April 4, 2002
Recommendations on How to Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
Eileen Heisman, president of the National Philanthropic Trust, has fielded lots of calls from donors who wanted to give real estate, art, and other items to charities -- including unusual ones like a surfboard collection and a World War II–era Army tank.
"Over time, I have gotten really smart at sniffing out the serious callers from the ones who are a little off base or who are less than sincere," says Ms. Heisman, whose organization is a commercial provider of
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