The Grand Dame Of Indian Charity - Forbes

The Grand Dame Of Indian Charity - Forbes: There, on a 16-acre site, stands �Rajashree’s labor of love: the six-year-old Aditya Birla �Memorial Hospital, named after her late husband and funded by her family’s foundation.

Trustees 'should be free to seek total return investments without approval' - Civil Society - Finance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

Trustees 'should be free to seek total return investments without approval' - Civil Society - Finance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: The Charity Law Association has recommended trustees are given the legal freedom to invest on a total return basis without seeking prior Charity Commission approval, in its submission to the Charities Act Review.

In an 83-page 'first draft' submission to Lord Hodgson, who is carrying out the review, the CLA outlined measures it believes would help promote social investment, which also include enshrining parts of the Charity Commission's CC14 guidance in law.

AFP Offers Tax Incentive Recommendations to Finance Committee - Press - AFP

AFP Offers Tax Incentive Recommendations to Finance Committee - Press - AFP: On May 3, 2012, Andrea McManus, CFRE, chair of AFP, testified before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance during its hearing on tax incentives for charitable donations.

During her testimony, McManus offered the committee two

Bridging the Gap? The New Philanthropy in India | Center for Strategic and International Studies

Bridging the Gap? The New Philanthropy in India | Center for Strategic and International Studies: As home to a growing number of “super-rich,” a vastly expanded middle class, and the world’s largest population of malnourished children, India must find alternate ways to address its burden of chronic poverty. Philanthropy’s role in economic development in India cannot be discounted,

28 codes of fundraising practice to be condensed into one - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

28 codes of fundraising practice to be condensed into one - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: The Institute of Fundraising is to replace its 28 codes of fundraising practice with a single code and up to 30 pieces of guidance.

Top Ten Canadian Charity Law Compliance Issues, Part 1 - Ethics - AFP

Top Ten Canadian Charity Law Compliance Issues, Part 1 - Ethics - AFP: May 16, 2012) A great deal has been written about legal compliance surrounding charities in Canada. Much of that material however, is highly specialized, hard to understand and sometimes esoteric. As a result, it can be extremely difficult for charities, employees and volunteers to focus in on the issues that are generally most important for charities.

Boost to volunteering as Government cuts red tape | eGov monitor | The Information Daily

Boost to volunteering as Government cuts red tape | eGov monitor | The Information Daily: A raft of measures designed to encourage more people to volunteer and to make it easier for people to run charities is being published recently by Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd.

The steps taken to make it easier for people to volunteer include:

Government tells payroll giving agencies to up their game - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

Government tells payroll giving agencies to up their game - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: he government is deliberately delaying the launch of its promised promotional campaign to boost payroll giving until the payroll giving agencies devise a way to get the system working better.

The government has long been an advocate of payroll giving and promised in the Giving White Paper to fund a campaign to encourage employers to embrace the donation method.

Charities Act deferred over cost - The Irish Times - Tue, May 22, 2012

Charities Act deferred over cost - The Irish Times - Tue, May 22, 2012: LEGISLATION THAT would require charities to make their financial information public has been deferred for cost reasons, Minister for Justice Alan Shatter has confirmed.

The Charities Act, providing for the regulation and supervision of the charitable sector, was passed in 2009 but has not been enacted in full. Mr Shatter said the prospect of full implementation was examined in the context of last year’s comprehensive review of expenditure.

Australia To Reform Not-For-Profit Sector Regulation

Australia To Reform Not-For-Profit Sector Regulation: The Australian government is to introduce a new regulatory framework for the not-for-profit sector, to be overseen by an Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC). The government will, however, push back the enforcement date for the revised governance and financial reporting standards.

Fundraising Guides for NGOs available Online for Free

Fundraising Guides for NGOs available Online for Free

Accountants and advisers should be aware of structured giving options and benefits: Perpetual

Accountants and advisers should be aware of structured giving options and benefits: Perpetual: One of Australia’s leading managers of philanthropic trusts, Perpetual, has called for accountants and professional advisers to increase their understanding of the options and benefits of structured charitable giving programs.

TODAYonline | Singapore | Ex-SGX CEO Hsieh Fu Hua to helm NCSS

TODAYonline | Singapore | Ex-SGX CEO Hsieh Fu Hua to helm NCSS: Mr Hsieh, who was in the financial industry for nearly four decades, is no stranger to non-profit causes.

He championed SGX's annual fund-raiser and in 2004 - when Mr Hsien was chief executive and a non-independent director on the SGX Board - the SGX organised the initial charity run, then known as the "Bull Run", to help charities in need.

5.1 Networked Fundraising: Raising Money to the Third Degree | Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training

5.1 Networked Fundraising: Raising Money to the Third Degree | Grassroots Institute for Fundraising Training: Read the feature article from the May/June 2012 issue of the Grassroots Fundraising Journal:

Bowl-a-Thons can be great fundraisers. But what happens when you take it to the next level by doing a networked event in multiple cities?

Bad volunteers are like a cancer, says Scout Association director | Third Sector

Bad volunteers are like a cancer, says Scout Association director | Third Sector: Bad volunteers are like a "cancer in your organisation", according to Stephen Peck, operations director at the Scout Association.

Peck, whose organisation has 120,000 volunteers, told delegates at the Charity Finance Group conference in London yesterday that problems most often arose when volunteers did not receive the level of management required.

Celebrities raise their hands in support of foundation for literacy

Celebrities raise their hands in support of foundation for literacy: he Outdoor Media Association had donated $1.6 million in advertising, and celebrities, CEOs and sports stars are appearing in ads where they put their hands up to encourage people to sign up for the campaign and raise money.

CRA speech covers political activities and Canadian charities - including budget 2012 - Blog - Global Philanthropy

CRA speech covers political activities and Canadian charities - including budget 2012 - Blog - Global Philanthropy: Here is an excerpt from a speech by Cathy Hawara, Director General of the Charities Directorate of the CRA on the issue of Canadian charities and political activities.

“Let me now turn to some of the highlights of Budget 2012 that relate to registered charities. As you know, the 2012 Budget proposes several measures related to compliance and transparency with respect to political activities carried on by registered charities and RCAAAs. Changes have also been introduced to the qualified donee provision for charitable organizations outside Canada to which Her Majesty in right of Canada has made a gift.

More than half of public want fewer charities, Ipsos Mori research finds - Civil Society - Governance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

More than half of public want fewer charities, Ipsos Mori research finds - Civil Society - Governance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: More than half of the public think there are too many charities and want the sector to be rationalised, research carried out for the Charities Act review has shown.

The findings, from research conducted by Mori among 1,004 people, were presented by charity lawyer Stephen Lloyd yesterday at the Charity Law Conference.

Suppressing charitable voices a disservice to all | Column | Opinion | Welland Tribune

Suppressing charitable voices a disservice to all | Column | Opinion | Welland Tribune: Canadians understand the value of charitable organizations.

Close to 85% of us over 15 years of age (22.2 million people) donate to charities every year. Often, it’s to help people in other parts of the world.

According to Charity Village, Canadians gave $20 million to the Canadian Red Cross, CARE Canada, Oxfam Canada, UNICEF Canada and World Vision within four days of the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Charities Act gets vote of approval from charity law experts - Civil Society - Finance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

Charities Act gets vote of approval from charity law experts - Civil Society - Finance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: The Charities Act 2006 has, overall, proved to be a good piece of legislation that is fit for purpose, the NCVO Charity Law Review Advisory Group has concluded.

Even subjects that have sparked heated debate, such as payment of trustees or the status of the Charity Commission, are, upon closer inspection, "dealt with by the law in a satisfactory manner”, the Group said in their submission to Lord Hodgson’s official review of the Act.

Civil society ministers to go head-to-head in live ‘question time’ debate - Civil Society - Finance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

Civil society ministers to go head-to-head in live ‘question time’ debate - Civil Society - Finance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: Civil Society Media is to host a live question time-style debate with Nick Hurd, Gareth Thomas and Sir Stuart Etherington as the coalition government reaches the end of its first two years in power.

Chaired by Charity Finance editor Andrew Hind, the minister for civil society, shadow minister and NCVO chief executive will answer readers' questions and debate key issues affecting the sector on 16 May, with exclusive films and coverage shown on civilsociety.co.uk the next day.