Charity If I had $1 million dollars to donate to charity tomorrow, the charity to which my donation would go would be to St. Jude's Children's Research Hospital. St. Jude's is an organization that was started several decades ago to research and treat, what it calls, catastrophic diseases, specifically in children. St. Jude's is especially known for its success with researching and treating forms of cancer in children. It is a tragic world in which we live wherein so many children are diagnosed with cancer. Often through or because of great tragedies are great achievements and even miracles made possible. I believe this is the case with St. Jude's hospital. Because of the harsh reality that cancer occurs in children, as well as a number of other terminal diseases, this research hospital, organization, and treatment center was established and because of this center, the quality of life for many children...
There are numerous statistics regarding the work done at St. Jude's and the kinds of patients treated there. No matter what the patient's condition, and even since the very beginning of the organization, no family has ever paid for treatment at St. Jude's. The spirit in which the organization was established and the leadership of this hospital demonstrate to me quite transparently why St. Jude's is a place where people can feel confident that their donations are contributing to meaningful work that is performed with dedication and diligence, in the spirit of altruism.
Case Study 3 This case is somewhat more complex than the two preceding, in that a great deal of variation in the tax implications exists depending on the type/purpose of the charitable organization and its plans for the property. If a house on Cape Cod somehow suited the tex-exmpt purpose of the charitable organization (e.g. It was used as a hospice for sick children that the organization cared for), then the
With the passage of time, Walker's 23 products attracted annual gross earnings as high as $276,000 (1917) and her business employed around 3,000 employees most of whom were females. (Latham, 1993; Nelson, 1987). In a short time Madame Walker had more customers she could accommodate. She set up a shop, trained other women to assist her, and soon founded a school from which graduates received diploma permitting them to operate
To sustain their tax-exempt status as well, nonprofit hospitals must now avoid 'excessive compensation' for their officers, directors, and trustees, thus answering the criticism that nonprofit hospitals devote too high a percentage of their earnings to administrative costs, rather than care (IRS-exempt, 2009, IRS). There remains a clear need for nonprofits, based upon the available data on the population served by these hospitals and the additional services offered by
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NGOs Geography Groundwork and Initial Steps For this research and analytical paper, we have chosen to work as the members of a small NGO and conduct a research as an executive director of a small non-governmental organization that would utilize its funding of one million dollar donation by establishing its branch in Pakistan, a third world country in order to improve and strengthen the country's educational arena. In this phase, we first had
Non-Profit and for-Profit Ethical and Liability Issues This paper examines the ethical and liability issues that non-profit corporations and for-profit businesses face, and compares them. Non-Profit Corporations and For-Profit Business: A Comparison of the Ethical and Liability Issues that are Faced by Both There have been a lot of scandals lately regarding large for-profit businesses. These scandals stem from both ethical and legal issues. Many of these scandals have resulted in lawsuits
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