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Muslim Charities Seek US Seal
of Approval

Better Business Bureau will vet groups to encourage donors

Aug 13, 08 5:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - Muslim charities will voluntarily open up their books to the Better Business Bureau in the hopes of gettiing donors to reach for their wallets again, the Wall Street Journal reports. A coalition of groups requested the BBB's seal of approval to counter the stigma felt since the Sept. 11 attacks.... More »

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philanthropy • terrorism • charity • American Muslims • 9/11 attacks • Better Business Bureau • Muslim charities

Post-Primaries,
Bill Hits Road
to Recovery

In Africa for his charity, ex-Prez says he 'couldn't be happier'

Aug 3, 08 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - After a brutal primary race peppered with “YouTube moments” that tarnished his image, Bill Clinton is back to work, traveling through Africa in support of his charity. “This is my life now, and I was eager to get back to it,” the former president told the Washington ... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Africa • Bill Clinton • charity • Democratic presidential primaries

Weak Dollar Sends Vatican
to $14.5M Loss

Catholic church blames declining greenback
as it goes into the red

Jul 11, 08 8:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - The weak dollar has wreaked havoc on business across Europe, but one organization has posted a surprising loss: the Vatican. The Catholic Church blamed the declining greenback for its first loss in 4 years as it ended the year $14.5 million in the red. The Guardian reports on how... More »

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Catholic Church • Rome • Vatican • charity • euro • weak dollar • sin

 Motown Crops
 Spring From Decay 

Charity makes dent with farms in desolate Detroit neighborhoods

Jul 10, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - An ambitious charity thinks it can turn Detroit’s most desolate neighborhoods into bustling farming utopias. The group, dubbed Urban Farming, grows vegetables on vacant land throughout the city, then gives them out for free to local residents, the BBC reports. Parts of Motor City have been transformed by its... More »

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farming • Detroit • gardening • charity • urban revitalization • urban development

Opinion

It's Our Tax Money Going to Helmsley's Dogs

Charitable donation laws subsidize the whims of the rich

Jul 9, 08 8:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Leona Helmsley’s latest post-mortem shocker—the revelation that she earmarked $8 billion of her charitable bequest for dog welfare—is a perfect illustration of the insanity of our charity laws, writes Ray Madoff for the New York Times. Helmsley isn’t just spending her own money; because charitable donations... More »

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charity • Leona Helmsley • Trouble • estate tax • dog • tax dodge • charitable trust

 Teen Prostitutes
 Find Help at
 LA Shelter 

Helping girls, rather than treating them as criminals, focus for Children of the Night

Jul 6, 08 5:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - "I'm their mother," says the founder of a Los Angeles shelter for teen prostitutes. For almost three decades, Children of the Night has focused on helping girls recover from their past rather than treating them like criminals, Good Magazine reports. Shelter founder Lois Lois "isn’t like... More »

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social services • charity • child prostitution • sex crime • prostitute • teenager • women's shelters • Children of the Night • Lois Lee

Investor Wins $2.1M Lunch With Buffett

Charity auction for
San Francisco homeless sets record

Jun 29, 08 1:37 PM CDT
(AP) - A Chinese investment fund manager won the chance to have lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett by bidding $2.1 million in the most expensive charity auction ever held on eBay. Zhao Danyang of the Hong Kong-based Pureheart China Growth Investment Fund won the auction, which ended Friday evening with a... More »

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eBay • Warren Buffett • auction • charity • investor

 Fuhgeddaboutit!
 Soprano Garb
 Grabs $200K 

Auction raises money for wounded soldiers

Jun 26, 08 3:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Fans of fictional mob boss Tony Soprano shelled out nearly $200,000 for the outfits he wore on his hit TV series, including a set of "blood-spattered" threads, reports E! Online. Top grossing was the suit and undershirt Tony wore when Uncle Junior shot him in season 6, which... More »

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Christie's • Tony Soprano • auction • charity • Iraqi soldiers • James Gandolfini

OPINION

Battered Women Deserve Help Over Animals

Critics irked US has nearly triple shelters
for abused pets

Jun 25, 08 4:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - With 3,800 animal shelters in the US to only 1,500 shelters for battered women, economist Allison Schrager tackles the disparity in More Intelligent Life. "If we value people more than animals can we ever justify giving to an animal-welfare charity?" she asks, and underlines the complexities that... More »

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charity • domestic abuse • animal • women's shelters • animal shelters

 Cindy McCain Wraps
 Vietnam Charity Stop 

Helps kids born with facial deformities via longtime charity

Jun 19, 08 11:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - While her rival would-be first lady made a high-profile appearance on "The View" yesterday, Cindy McCain today highlighted her charitable work with a trip to Vietnam to visit a group of children awaiting surgery for facial deformities. The children, born with cleft palates and lips, will receive free corrective... More »

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presidential campaign • charity • Cindy McCain

Rowling's
Potter Prequel
Conjures Up $49K for Charity

800-word tale features Harry's father

Jun 11, 08 5:01 AM CDT
(Newser) - JK Rowling’s handwritten “prequel” to the Harry Potter books has sold for $49,000 at a charity auction to benefit the PEN writers organization, Reuters reports. In the 800-word story, which takes place before Harry’s birth, the boy wizard’s father and Sirius Black use magic to... More »

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Harry Potter • JK Rowling • auction • charity • wizard

Jerry Hall's Wedding Dress Up for 'Cathartic' Auction

She hopes buyer 'has better luck with it than I did'

Jun 9, 08 8:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - In the market for some rock 'n' roll history, in lace? Jerry Hall is auctioning off the dress she wore when she married Mick Jagger 18 years ago, along with 60 other designer outfits. "It feels very cathartic," she said. More »

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auction • celebrity • wedding • charity • wedding dresses • Mick Jagger • Jerry Hall

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Zimbabwe Halts Aid Groups, Detains Tsvangirai Again

Mugabe accuses charities of supporting the opposition

Jun 6, 08 6:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - Zimbabwe today ordered all charities operating in the country to quit their work, saying they would not be allowed to resume until they had promised not to interfere in the upcoming election, the Guardian reports. The government also detained opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai for the second time this week, Reuters... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • Morgan Tsvangirai • charity • aid workers • runoff election • Zimbabwe elections

 Silda Steps Out of Hiding 

Spitzer wife schmoozes in first appearance since hubby's sex scandal erupted in March.

May 22, 08 10:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - While the fictionalized "Law & Order" version of her husband's infamous sex scandal was airing on NBC last night, Silda Wall Spitzer emerged from 2 months of self-imposed exile to attend the Manhattan benefit for Children for Children, the Daily News reports. The wife of prostitute-patronizing former New York... More »

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New York City • sex scandal • charity • Eliot Spitzer • benefits • Silda Wall Spitzer

 'Disaster Fatigue'
 Shuts US Wallets 

Burma, China donations pale compared to tsunami, Katrina charity

May 20, 08 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Americans’ donations to disaster relief this year fall far short of money given to victims of the 2004 tsunami and Hurricane Katrina—and it’s likely due to “disaster fatigue," say experts. With tragedies like Burma’s cyclone and China’s earthquake quickly piling up, people may feel... More »

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China • Hurricane Katrina • tsunami • charity • donation • relief • natural disaster • Burma • earthquake • Cyclone Nargis

Shakira Shakes Cash Loose
for Charity

Pair of star-studded shows take on Latin American poverty

May 18, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Shakira, Ricky Martin, and dozens of other Spanish-speaking pop stars performed at simultaneous fundraising concerts in Mexico City and Buenos Aires yesterday, reports the LA Times. “It is doable, we can really eradicate poverty,” said the Colombian singer, whose shows benefited Alas, a charity that helps Latin America's... More »

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philanthropy • music • Latin America • Mexico City • charity • fundraiser • concert • Buenos Aires • Shakira • Ricky Martin

SF Meters Will Take Coins
for Homeless

City, aiming to cut panhandling, will give change to non-profits

May 13, 08 1:58 PM CDT
(Newser) - San Francisco’s got a new plan to address panhandling: The city is installing old parking meters in popular begging areas where passers-by can drop their spare change rather than giving it to panhandlers. The money will go to local non-profits to help the homeless, the Chronicle reports. “We're... More »

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San Francisco • homeless • charity • donation • nonprofit • panhandler • parking meters • Gavin Newsom

 Mills Stiffs Fellow Amputee 

Beatle's ex ignores pledge to pay for new legs

May 12, 08 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Heather Mills has reneged on a well-publicized promise she made to pick up the $20,000 tab for artificial legs for a Russian woman who lost her limbs in a train accident, the News of the World reports. After the photo op and documented promises 4 years ago, the 28-year-old... More »

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Russia • Heather Mills • charity • amputees

McCain Made $259K in ’07

Senator donated
$105K to charity; heiress wife's tax returns not released

Apr 18, 08 2:55 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain reported $259,000 in 2007 taxable income and $215,304 in 2006, the AP reports. The figures—modest in comparison to the Obama and Clinton tax returns—don’t include the income of his wife, Cindy, whose wealth has been estimated at $100 million. The presumptive Republican nominee... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • charity • Cindy McCain • tax returns

Bill's Charity Linked to Tibet Crackdown

'Philanthropic dynamo' took '05 donation from shady Internet firm

Apr 13, 08 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton's strong public stance against the crackdown in Tibet flies in the face of her husband's past fundraising ties in China, reports the LA Times. At the crux is a 2005 speech the former president gave for which he received an undisclosed donation to his charitable foundation—from... More »

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philanthropy • Hillary Clinton • Internet • censorship • Bill Clinton • charity • Democratic presidential candidates • first lady • Internet censorship

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