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Some Blunt Advice for Foundations From a Key Senate Aide

Some blunt advice for foundations from a Senate aide

Congress Questions Whether Charities Do Enough for Minorities

Prominent executives from the American Red Cross and the Ford Foundation are among those who have been called to testify Tuesday before a key Congressional committee examining whether charities and foundations do enough to serve minorities. The House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee is playing…

Charities Largely Untouched By New Congressional Ethics Law

Charities largely untouched as Congress tightens its ethics rules

Charities Keep Eye on Bush Tax Plans

By Grant Williams Charity officials are watching closely to see whom President Bush names to a committee that he plans to form to advise the Treasury Secretary on how to overhaul and simplify the federal tax code. The appointments could offer a clue to the changes Mr. Bush may eventually seek from…

Assets on Loan

Federal law bars foundations — but not charities — from making loans to their officers and directors. The practice is prevalent enough that two influential voices in the charity world reacted sharply to The Chronicle’s findings.