From time to time staff of The Evergreen State Society provide information or
commentaries for publication or in response to requests from policy
bodies. Some of these statements are available as links in the list below.
- "Charities Shouldn't Take Donors for
Granted"
in the Chronicle of Philanthropy June 1, 2000.
- "Fund Raising's Quantum Leap into
Cyberspace"
in the Chronicle of Philanthropy December 2, 1999.
- "How Donors Can Keep a Lid on Charity
Costs"
in the Chronicle of Philanthropy October 21, 1999.
- Results of a test of awareness of new rules about distribution of
990s. 20 volunteers requested 990s in 12 states in the week of June 8, 1999. Less than 40% of
the agencies provided an immediate response. This report has the details. (Posted June 14, 1999.)
- "Flood of Data Challenges Charity Leaders" in the Chronicle of Philanthropy June 3, 1999.
- "Donors: Share the 'Warm Glow' With
Others" in the Chronicle of Philanthropy March 11, 1999.
- "Holiday
Humbug by Regulators: Mostly Hogwash" in the Chronicle of
Philanthropy December 17, 1998.
- "Charities Must
Lead Push for Unified Regulations"
in the Chronicle of Philanthropy November 5, 1998.
- "Steering
Donated Cars Back on Track"
in the Chronicle of
Philanthropy July 30, 1998.
- "Quashing
Mistaken Notions of Philanthropy"
in the Chronicle of
Philanthropy May 21, 1998.
- "Don't
Retreat from Filing Line" (about a proposal to reduce the number of
nonprofits required to file Form 990) in the Chronicle of
Philanthropy February 12, 1998.
- "Un-'charitable'
Fundraising" in the Philanthropy Journal of North
Carolina December 1997.
- "Keeping
On-Line Fund-Raising In Line" in The Chronicle of Philanthropy
November 27, 1997
- "Coming to Terms with Civil
Society"
in The Chronicle of Philanthropy March 6, 1997
- For the Governor-elect's
transition
team (12/9/96).
- Comments on the interpretation
of the phrase "widely available" in H.R.2337 sent to the U.S. Treasury
October 31, 1996.
- On the new
rules about distributing 990s (Published in the Chronicle of
Philanthropy 9/19/96).
For a description from a
September 1998 issue of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer of the state of
fundraising for nonprofits in the Seattle area, see http://www.tess.org/pi980904.html.
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