Managing
Overhead Costs Pose Dilemma for Charities
A growing number of nonprofit experts are trying to get charities to focus on their results when they appeal to donors, but most groups say their supporters care just as much about efficiency.
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Lung Association to Cut D.C. and N.Y. Staffs by a Third
The move is part of an effort to stem a $4-million operating deficit and bolster the charity’s ability to compete in a crowded nonprofit landscape.
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IRS Scandal Could Deter Advocacy
The disclosure that the tax agency singled out applications from conservative advocacy groups for extra scrutiny could also damage the agency's ability to regulate...
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New Executive Director Promotes Life-and-Death Conversations
Harriet Stern Warshaw is taking over the Conversation Project, a new nonprofit that wants to help people talk more openly about their end-of-life wishes.
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What Nonprofits Say About Spending and How Donors Respond
A Chronicle review of the statements four charities made in recent fundraising letters about how much they spend on their programs.
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IRS Rationale for Tea Party Scandal Is Debunked by Data
Extra scrutiny of conservative groups began long before the surge in applications for nonprofit status, suggests an audit by the Treasury Department's inspector general.
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IRS Tea Party Scandal Could Cause Charity Fallout
The news that conservative groups' applications were singled out could hurt the agency's ability to regulate nonprofits and scare nonprofits away from advocacy, say experts.
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Cancer Charity Shrinks Its Revenue
Less than two weeks after the relief charity World Help said it had overstated its revenue by 1,400 percent, another group is revising its revenue statement, potentially by...
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Charity's Exaggerated Revenue Could Affect Other Organizations
Relief nonprofit says it overstated its revenue by 1,400 percent, raising questions about groups that say they received its donated goods.
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Big Relief Charity Says It Overstated Its Revenue by 1,400%
World Help reported revenue of $239-million to the IRS in 2011. Now it says it received just $17-million that year.
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New Grass-Roots Group Puts Pressure on Girl Scouts
A group of Girl Scout employees, volunteers, and alumnae are voicing concern about membership declines and other financial troubles at the organization.
