» Monthly Archives: August 2009
By: Rayan Ali on 08/27/09 @ 1:00 am
As reported by the Philanthropy News Digest. Thanks to gifts made in $5 and $10 increments, charitable giving via text messaging on mobile devices is become popular with Americans, particularly older teens and young people in their twenties, the Seattle Times reports. Recognizing that most of the roughly $300 billion a year in U.S. charitable [...]
By: Rayan Ali on 08/25/09 @ 1:00 am
As reported by Alexandra Levit of online.wsj.com In this market, many job candidates are desperate for an offer — any offer. But even if you are new to an industry or have been unemployed for a while, is it smart to blindly accept the first number that an employer throws out? I don’t think so. [...]
By: Kemp Ali, P.C. on 08/20/09 @ 1:00 am
As reported by Maureen Scarpelli of online.wsj.com In the slowdown, even dentists are feeling the pinch.David Wong, who runs a private practice with his wife in Tulsa, Okla., has seen his business slip 10% since the beginning of this year. That has him spending more time marketing and less time cleaning or pulling teeth. Dr. [...]
By: Rayan Ali on 08/18/09 @ 1:00 am
As reported in the Philanthropy News Digest. UnitedHealth Group and Youth Service America are offering children the opportunity to become “Health Heroes” by learning about childhood obesity, designing programs to address it, and implementing the programs in their communities. UnitedHealth Heroes is a service-learning health-literacy initiative designed to encourage young people, working through educators and [...]
By: Rayan Ali on 08/13/09 @ 1:00 am
As reported in the Philanthropy News Digest. Reacting to museums’ complaints of sharp declines in donations of art, a bill recently proposed by Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) could revive the practice of so-called fractional gifts by making the process easier and more tax-advantageous, the Wall Street Journal reports. Prior to passage of the Pension Protection [...]