The Chronicle, 6/22/2005: Congress Urged by Nonprofit Groups to Take Action Against Abuses by Charities, Donors, and Foundations

The Chronicle, 6/22/2005: Congress Urged by Nonprofit Groups to Take Action Against Abuses by Charities, Donors, and Foundations: "Congress Urged by Nonprofit Groups to Take Action Against Abuses by Charities, Donors, and Foundations
By Brad Wolverton
Washington
A new report from an influential group of nonprofit leaders calls on Congress to enact strict new rules to fix problems with donor-advised funds, supporting organizations, abusive tax shelters, and many other nonprofit activities -- and to come up with hundreds of millions of dollars to help enforce the proposed legal changes.
The report offers more than 100 ideas for ending nonprofit abuses and helping charities and foundations become more transparent to the public. But it does not deal with several controversial topics that lawmakers have raised during their yearlong inquiry into nonprofit organizations, including problems at credit-counseling groups, changes in charitable-solicitation guidelines, and a proposal to accredit charity programs that was floated by Senate staff members a year ago."