State and federal regulators probe Hawaii’s wealthiest charity amid charges of mismanagement and financial abuse Trustees of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, Hawaii’s wealthiest charity, are under investigation by federal and state regulators amid allegations that they have mismanaged the estate…
By Stephen G. Greene
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A growing number of charities are recruiting youths to raise funds and to help run the organizationsBoston Laurel Kean is growing more and more anxious. As she sits through a board meeting of the charity Women Express on a recent winter night, she is hoping that the proceedings will end soon. Like…
By Nadia Higgins
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Charity Leaders Split Over Ethics of Goodbye Gift to United Way Chief
Less than five years after a financial scandal caused major fund-raising problems for United Ways -- and the more than 45,000 charities that rely on them for support -- leaders of ALSO FROM THE ARCHIVES:Elaine Chao Leaves United Way
By Holly Hall
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Elaine L. Chao, president of United Way of America, has announced that she will step down from ALSO FROM THE ARCHIVES:Charity Leaders Split Over Ethics of Goodbye Gift to United Way Chief
By Holly Hall
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Charity Leaders Say Fund Raising Is Non-Profit Board Members’ Chief Weakness
Inability to raise money is the major weakness of many charities’ boards of directors, a new survey has found. More than a quarter of 1,200 non-profit groups responding to a survey by the National Center for Nonprofit Boards listed fund raising as their boards’ most significant weakness, while only…
By Anne Lowrey Bailey
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Building Better Charity Boards
In search of savvy trustees? Volunteer Consulting Group matches civic-minded people with groups that need their helpKenneth A. Hamilton, an executive vice-president at Barclays Bank here, knew he wanted to join a non-profit board, but he had no idea how to find a group on his own. Mr. Hamilton, who…
By Elizabeth Greene
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For Trustees Who Run Hawaii’s Bishop Estate, the Rewards Are Influence, Big Money, and Controversy
In political circles here this summer, one question has burned brighter than nearly all others: Who will be named the Bishop Estate’s next trustee? The estate was set up by Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop more than a century ago to create and support the Kamehameha Schools, which have trained…
By Stephen G. Greene
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