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INNOVATIVE! Volunteer Artists Get Health Care Covered in Trade
May 12, 2010; NYFA | The artists accrue health care credits through performances or interactive programs for patients.—James David Morgan
Voters Support Nonprofits with Ballot Measure
May 11, 2010; Omaha World Herald | Just when we were getting to be a little depressed at all of the local and state government attacks on nonprofits due to their tax exempt status, we found a positive nonprofit headline.—Rick Cohen
Fidelity Adding Donors and Dollars at Unprecedented Rate
May 6, 2010; The Chronicle of Philanthropy | Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund announced that contributions in the first quarter of 2010 to the Gift Fund rose 109 percent compared to the same period last year—its best quarter ever.—Rick Cohen
Why Do People Get Involved?
May 12, 2010; Dallas Morning News | In response to his mother’s murder, a man joins a nonprofit that fights the death penalty.—Ruth McCambridge
A Charitable Impulse with a Downside—Not Uncommon In Foreign Aid
May 12, 2010; Time | James Sadler’s idea to donate a million shirts to Africa caused a bit of a backlash.—Bruce Trachtenberg
Bloomberg Takes Aim at Watchdog Agency Again
May 12, 2010; Wall Street Journal | In New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and his City Council allies are taking aim at cutting the funding of the publicly funded Office of the Public Advocate.—Rick Cohen
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Palin’s Speaking Fees Still Subject of Controversy
May 12, 2010; San Francisco Chronicle | Emails disclosed this week show that California State University Stanislaus was told to keep its mouth shut about how much the school’s foundation is paying the former vice-presidential candidate to speak at a June fundraiser—Rick Cohen
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