Creative Approaches To Charitable Giving
January 18, 2011The market is up, and the continuing economic recovery may have you thinking about sharing the wealth. Creating a philanthropic plan for your family can be daunting, given all of the available structures and the complex tax and administrative rules governing charitable donations. The first step in a charitable giving plan is to define your objectives. Among the questions you should ask include: Are you giving for purely selfless goals …
Responding To The Haitian Earthquake
February 1, 2010
Celebrities are holding benefit concerts. Cell phone companies will direct contributions via text message. Anytime, anywhere, you can donate to help the relief effort in Haiti. But where should you send your money? How do you determine which organization will use your donation most effectively? The importance of choosing a charity wisely was highlighted recently by the controversy surrounding the musician Wyclef Jean’s charitable fund, the Y√©le Haiti Foundation. By …
Buffalo Prep: Helping Disadvantaged Students Succeed
April 1, 2006
Many underprivileged students lack the resources and the support that can be crucial stepping-stones to better opportunities. Buffalo Prep, a nonprofit organization in Buffalo, N.Y., is working to change that. After witnessing the success of a similar program in New York City, community leaders established Buffalo Prep in 1989. Buffalo Prep focuses on identifying promising but economically disadvantaged minority students throughout Western New York. Buffalo Prep’s programs aim to help …
PHCP To Target Long-Term Hurricane Recovery
October 1, 2005For the second time this year, Palisades Hudson Charitable Portfolio, Inc., is accepting donations to fund longterm recovery efforts for victims of major natural disasters. PHCP disbursed $4,400 this summer to the Agency for India’s Development (AID) to purchase a new fishing boat for villagers in Tamil Nadu, whose livelihood was wiped out by December’s Asian tsunami. PHCP’s objective was to provide a tangible benefit that would make a significant …
A Camp Where Sick Children And Their Families Shine
October 1, 2005Among the most frightening things a parent can possibly hear is “Your child has leukemia.” Believe me, I know — because on Aug. 26, 2004, my wife, Maureen, and I heard those words from our 3-year-old son Conor’s doctor. Recovering from this gut-punch, we kicked into fighting mode: “He will beat this!” But soon, demands on sleep, work, family free time and other areas began to wear on everyone, especially …
Shortfall Threatens Long-Term Tsunami Relief
April 1, 2005More than two months have passed since the Indian Ocean tsunami disaster. The number of people confirmed dead, or missing and presumed dead, stands at 290,713 and is expected to rise. Immense international support has seen to it that victims in many of the accessible regions have basic necessities such as food, clothing, medical supplies and temporary shelter. But as many governments and international relief organizations shift their focus toward …
Art In Motion: Reaching Children Where They Live
October 1, 2004Many public elementary and secondary school students returned to classes this year to find them a little less colorful — art had been eliminated. Over the last few years, budget cuts have forced officials to remove arts programs from school curriculums. While many charities have been created to fill the void, few are as unique and innovative as The Imagine Bus Project. The Imagine Bus Project is an after-school program …
Providing Relief In Dangerous Places
June 1, 2004Because people in war zones shouldn’t have to wait for humanitarian aid, Refugee Relief International, Inc. doesn’t wait for the fighting to stop. Its teams of combat-trained doctors, nurses and medics provide medical assistance and training in countries ravaged by war, ethnic cleansing and dictatorship when conventional humanitarian relief organizations won’t. And this charity is different in another way: With your donation, you can tell it where to help next. …
An Unheralded Disease Receives Healthy Attention Overseas
April 1, 2004Imagine reading in your morning newspaper that less than 5 percent of children born with sickle cell disease in the United States live past the age of five. Wouldn’t you want to help more children live longer? Although not a reality in North America, where screening and treatment of sickle cell disease is readily available, this is the disturbing statistic for African children who suffer from the disease, an inherited …
Fighting To Protect The Innocence of Children
April 1, 2004The thought is too much to bear. Children forced into lives of prostitution and pornography — taken from their families and homes to work in brothels in neighboring towns or trafficked to other countries for that purpose. This form of modern slavery occurs every day. Child prostitution, child pornography and trafficking of children for sex are big business. But until recently, the commercial sexual exploitation of children abroad or within …
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