Press Releases

Press Releases

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06/25/2013 A Wake-Up Call for Philanthropy View
05/22/2013 Hopeful Signs for Nonprofits View
05/09/2013 Inclusiveness Can Boost Effectiveness View
04/23/2013 NCRP Mourns Death of Bob Edgar View
04/09/2013 Impact Awards Winners Honored View
03/26/2013 Watchdog of U.S. Philanthropy to Honor... View
01/29/2013 Strategic Philanthropy Must Turn... View
01/24/2013 Strengthening Democracy With Philanthropy View
01/03/2013 Megabank Philanthropy Mediocre, Unverifiable View
12/07/2012 Protect Safety Net, Restore Fair Tax Rates View
12/05/2012 Support Higher Tax Rates on Top Earners View
11/28/2012 Philanthropy Must 'Mobilize for Change' View
11/15/2012 Increase in Social Justice Philanthropy View
11/02/2012 Nonprofits Continue to Have Difficulty... View
09/06/2012 Multi-Year Funding Study Recall View
09/05/2012 Multi-Year Funding Trends View
08/23/2012 Moving Global Environmental Grantmaking... View
06/20/2012 U.S. Philanthropies Pledge to Champion... View
05/16/2012 Philanthropy and Health Care Reform View
02/23/2012 Environment & Climate Philanthropy Must... View
02/16/2012 Philanthropic Claims by Merging Banks View
02/01/2012 Addressing Inequities by Engaging... View
01/18/2012 Return on Investment of $115 to $1 View
11/10/2011 Working to Combat Homelessness View
10/27/2011 Groups Criticize Philanthropy Award... View
10/10/2011 Fusing Arts, Culture & Social Change View
10/03/2011 Doubt Over Capital One’s Commitment... View
09/19/2011 32 U.S. Foundations Join Campaign... View
09/13/2011 Moving Philanthropy Forward View
08/29/2011 Stronger Foundation-Nonprofit Partnerships View
05/19/2011 Opportunities for Better Philanthropy View
05/10/2011 Advocacy Philanthropy in Gulf-Midsouth View
04/05/2011 Too Few Foundations Promoting Health Equity View
02/02/2011 Advocacy and Community Organizing in PA View
02/01/2011 Foundation Examines Its Practices ... View
11/10/2010 Philanthropy Needs More Risk-Taking... View
10/27/2010 Education Philanthropy Misses the Mark View
09/28/2010 Advocacy Philanthropy in the Northwest View
08/04/2010 Lessons for Philanthropy... View
05/14/2010 Responsive Philanthropy | Spring 2010 View
03/02/2010 Strengthening Democracy, Increasing... View
02/02/2010 Philanthropy's Real Opportunities... View
12/08/2009 NCRP Supports House Bill to Simplify ... View
11/12/2009 Practical Fundraising Tips ... View
11/04/2009 Responsive Philanthropy | Fall 2009 View
09/30/2009 Impact of Investment from Foundations... View
09/24/2009 MN Foundations to Discuss HIgh Impact ... View
09/16/2009 Philanthropy Watchdog Group Welcomes... View
08/19/2009 Responsive Philanthropy | Summer 2009 View
06/30/2009 NCRP Statement: How Public is ... View
06/25/2009 Lessons from Madoff View
05/07/2009 Nonprofit advocacy brings benefits to NC View
04/28/2009 NCRP event in N.C. View
03/19/2009 NCRP Responds to Myths ... View
03/04/2009 Large Foundations Fall Short... View
03/02/2009 New Guidelines Target U.S. Foundation... View
02/23/2009 Press Conference to Unveil Criteria... View
1/10/2002 NEW NCRP REPORT AIMS TO HELP FOUNDATIONS BETTER MEET INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY NEEDS OF AMERICA'S CHARITIES View
1/20/2002 NCRP RESPONDS TO DOMESTIC COMPONENT OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS WITH CALL FOR ‘NONPROFIT STIMULUS PACKAGE' View
2/4/2002 NEW TAX PLAN MANDATES GOVERNMENT GIVEAWAY FOR MULTI-MILLIONAIRES AT EXPENSE OF AMERICA'S CHARITIES, NCRP SAYS View
4/29/2002 NCRP'S FIRST STATE OF PHILANTHROPY REPORT OFFERS SENSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE FIELD OF GRANTMAKING View
5/29/2002 GRAMM-KYL ESTATE TAX PLAN THREATENS TAXPAYERS WITH $850 BILLION PRICE TAG View
6/12/2002 SENATE WISELY REJECTS COSTLY GRAMM-KYL ESTATE TAX PLAN View
6/12/2002 NCRP URGES SENATE TO REJECT GRAMM-KYL ESTATE TAX PLAN View
7/16/2002 CONGRESS SHOULD REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF CORPORATE PHILANTHROPY, ACCORDING TO WATCHDOG ORGANIZATION View
8/14/2002 NCRP PRESIDENT RICK COHEN NAMED AMONG THE NONPROFIT TIMES ‘POWER AND INFLUENCE TOP 50,' DEEMED ‘ONE OF THE SECTOR'S NEW, IMPORTANT THINKERS' View
8/29/2002 NEW EDITION OF RESPONSIVE PHILANTHROPY NOW AVAILABLE View
9/11/2002 On the First Anniversary of Sept. 11 Statement of Rick Cohen, President, National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) View
12/11/2002 NEW EDITION OF RESPONSIVE PHILANTHROPY RELEASED View
1/15/2003 PHILANTHROPIC REFORM GROUP HIRES NEW RESEARCH DIRECTOR View
1/29/2003 PRESIDENT'S ECONOMIC PLAN MAY HARM NONPROFITS AND TAXPAYERS, WARNS PHILANTHROPIC WATCHDOG GROUP View
3/24/2003 PHILANTHROPIC WATCHDOG ISSUES CRITIQUE ON IRAQ WAR View
3/25/2003 Philanthropic Watchdog Issues Critique on Iraq War View
3/27/2003 SPRING 2003 ISSUE OF RESPONSIVE PHILANTHROPY NOW AVAILABLE View
4/2/2003 NCRP KICKS OFF SOCIAL JUSTICE GRANTMAKING STUDY WITH PAPER DEFINING ‘CHANGE BEYOND CHARITY' View
4/8/2003 CONGRESS URGED TO EMBRACE PAYROLL TAX REFORM FOR WORKING FAMILIES AND CHARITIES - BUT REJECT ‘CARE' ACT AND BUSH TAX PLANS View
4/17/2003 NATION'S LARGEST COMBINED FEDERAL CAMPAIGN (CFC) CHOOSES ALTERNATIVE TO UNITED WAY BID FOR 2003 WORKPLACE CHARITY DRIVE View
4/29/2003 TERESA ODENDAHL NAMED BOARD CHAIR View
4/30/2003 JOINT STATEMENT View
5/5/2003 U.S. SUPREME COURT'S UNANIMOUS RULING IN TELEMARKETING CASE A ‘VICTORY FOR ACCOUNTABILITY AND TRUTH IN FUNDRAISING,' SAYS NCRP View
6/2/2003 NCRP FINDINGS SHOW REASONABLE REFORM MEASURE COULD PUMP BILLIONS INTO CHARITIES WHILE PRESERVING FOUNDATIONS View
6/19/2003 NCRP'S SUMMER 2003 RESPONSIVE PHILANTHROPY AVAILABLE NOW View
7/8/2003 SECOND NCRP REPORT ON SEC. 105 OF H.R. 7 REAFFIRMS PROVISION WOULD HELP CHARITIES, PRESERVE FOUNDATIONS AND ENCOURAGE EFFICIENCY View
7/21/2003 NCRP LAUNCHES DRIVE FOR FOUNDATIONS TO STEP UP CORE OPERATING SUPPORT FOR NONPROFITS TO AS MUCH AS 50 PERCENT OF GRANT DOLLARS View
7/24/2003 GIVING AT WORK 2003 FINDS GROWTH IN ALTERNATIVE FUNDS View
9/3/2003 "REMOVING FOUNDATION OVERHEAD COSTS FROM FOUNDATION ‘PAYOUT' WOULD HELP CHARITIES, PRESERVE FOUNDATIONS, AND ENCOURAGE PHILANTHROPIC EFFICIENCY," SAYS NCRP View
9/8/2003 NEW NCRP SURVEY MAPS FUNDING LANDSCAPE FOR METROPOLITAN WASHINGTON AREA PUBLIC POLICY ADVOCACY GROUPS View
9/9/2003 HOUSE COMMITTEE WEAKENS FOUNDATION SPENDING REFORM MEASURE IN CHARITABLE GIVING ACT View
10/8/2003 NCRP'S FALL 2003 RESPONSIVE PHILANTHROPY NOW AVAILABLE View
11/20/2003 HOUSE GOP LEADER'S POLITICAL FUNDRAISING IN THE NAME OF CHARITY CONCERNS PHILANTHROPY WATCHDOG View
12/10/2003 NCRP'S WINTER 2003-2004 RESPONSIVE PHILANTHROPY AVAILABLE NOW View
1/20/2004 NCRP CALLS ON CONGRESS TO BEEF UP OVERSIGHT OF FOUNDATIONS BY RECOMMITTING EXCISE TAX REVENUE TO ITS TRADITIONAL PURPOSE View
2/2/2004 PUBLIC WELFARE FOUNDATION RECOGNIZES VALUE OF NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIVE PHILANTHROPY AS INDEPENDENT VOICE ON PHILANTHROPY View
2/6/2004 COMMON CAUSE, NCRP CALL ON HOUSE MEMBERS TO URGE ETHICS COMMITTEE TO FORMALLY RULE ON DELAY FUNDRAISING SCHEME View
2/9/2004 NCRP RELEASES NEW REPORT ON ‘COMMUNITY-BASED PUBLIC FOUNDATIONS' View
2/13/2004 FEC ACTION MAY HAVE IMPACT ON NONPROFIT ADVOCACY View
3/3/2004 NCRP RELEASES RESULTS OF YEAR-LONG EXAMINATION OF THE PHILANTHROPIC GRANTMAKING OF POLITICALLY CONSERVATIVE FOUNDATIONS View
3/12/2004 NCRP RELEASES RESULTS OF YEAR-LONG EXAMINATION OF THE PHILANTHROPIC GRANTMAKING OF POLITICALLY CONSERVATIVE FOUNDATIONS View
4/5/2004 PHILANTHROPIC REFORM GROUP HIRES NEW COMMUNICATIONS ASSOCIATE View
4/6/2004 NCRP PUBLISHES RESULTS OF YEAR-LONG EXAMINATION OF THE PHILANTHROPIC GRANTMAKING OF POLITICALLY CONSERVATIVE FOUNDATIONS View
4/12/2004 URGENT BRIEFING ON FEC'S PROPOSED RULE TO EXPAND NONPROFIT ADVOCACY REGULATION TO BE HELD BY PHILANTHROPY LEADERS View
4/13/2004 Federal Election Commission Action Would Severely Restrict Nonprofit Advocacy View
5/5/2004 NCRP DECRIES POLITICAL MISUSE OF PHILANTHROPIC AND NONPROFIT STATUS View
5/10/2004 COLORADO IS A LEADING STATE IN CONSERVATIVE GRANTMAKING AND GRANT RECEIVING, NCRP REPORT FINDS View
5/18/2004 RESEARCH RELEASED AT STAND UP FOR RURAL AMERICA DAY FORUM REVEALS HUGE RURAL PHILANTHROPY GAP View
6/18/2004 NCRP to Provide Detailed Standards for Foundation Reform and Accountability at Senate Finance Committee Hearing View
6/21/2004 Standards for Increased Accountability in Foundation and Corporate Grantmaking Offered by NCRP at Senate Hearing View
6/28/2004 Recommendations for Reform of the Philanthropic Sector to be Presented by NCRP at House Briefing View
6/30/2004 Corporate executives convicted of fraud should not remain guardians of foundation money, NCRP report says View
6/30/2004 Addendum to NCRP report release issued June 30, 2004 View
8/10/2004 NCRP Executive Director Rick Cohen Named Among the NonProfit Times' ‘Power & Influence Top 50' List View
8/31/2004 Frist's RNC Charity Fundraiser Really a Political Fundraiser in Disguise, Philanthropic Watchdog Charges View
9/2/2004 NATIONAL NON-PROFIT TO RELEASE REPORT ON LOCAL COMMUNITY SHARES View
9/20/2004 NCRP'S STATE OF PHILANTHROPY REPORT IDENTIFIES ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SHORTCOMINGS OF THE GRANTMAKING FIELD View
9/20/2004 NCRP'S STATE OF PHILANTHROPY REPORT IDENTIFIES ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND SHORTCOMINGS OF THE GRANTMAKING FIELD View
9/28/2004 Ineffective Charitable Giving Act to be Attached as Rider to Outrageous $170 Billion Corporate Tax Break Bill View
11/10/2004 NCRP Joins ACLU Coalition in Condemning View
11/23/2004 NEW EDITION OF RESPONSIVE PHILANTHROPY RELEASED View
1/4/2005 ABRAMOFF INDICTMENT IGNORES MISUSE OF THE CAPITAL ATHLETIC FOUNDATION View
2/2/2005 FUNDING FOR THE EVANGELICAL MOVEMENT AND ITS INCREASING POLITICAL INFLUENCE STUDIED IN NCRP'S LATEST REPORT View
2/14/2005 Winter 2005 Issue OF RESPONSIVE PHILANTHROPY Released View
3/8/2005 The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy Exhorts Nonprofit Sector to Speak out on Dangers of Bush's Faith-Based Agenda View
3/22/2005 DeLay associate under close investigation by Senate Finance Committee View
4/4/2005 Independent Sector Recommendations on Nonprofit Accountability Fall Seriously Short of Addressing the Critical Issues Undermining Nonprofit Accountability and Trust View
4/20/2005 NCRP Condemns House Vote that Makes Repeal of Estate Tax Permanent View
5/3/2005 Social Justice Philanthropy: The Latest Trend or a Lasting Lens for Grantmaking? View
5/16/2005 Charitable Sector Needs To Take a Stance on Policies Deleterious to Free Speech & Civil Liberties, Statement of National Foundation Watchdog Encourages View
6/2/2005 Spring 2005 Issue of Responsive Philanthropy Released View
6/28/2005 NCRP Issues Remarks on Independent Sector's Final Report View
8/4/2005 Three of NCRP's Own Named to 2005 NonProfit Times' Power and Influence Top 50 View
8/17/2005 Summer 2005 Issue of Responsive Philanthropy Released View
10/04/2005 Waltons' and Wal-Mart's Charitable Giving Acts as Façade for Conservative Political Agenda & Personal Financial Gain View
10/19/2005 NCRP DENOUNCES LEGISLATORS' ATTEMPTS TO CURB NONPROFIT ADVOCACY & PARTICIPATION IN NATIONAL HOUSING TRUST FUND View
11/10/2005 Nonprofit Victory: OPM Drops its Terrorist Watch List Requirement from Federal Register View
11/18/2005 Fall 2005 Issue of Responsive Philanthropy Released View
1/4/2006 Abramoff indictment ignores misuse of the Capital Athletic Foundation View
1/30/2006 Philanthropic Watchdog Raises Grave Concerns About Continuing Lobbyist and Politician Abuse of Foundations and Nonprofits View
2/9/2006 NCRP Applauds The Washington Post for Lobbying Reform Recommendations View
3/8/2006 NCRP Supports Sen. Max Baucus in Introducing Amendment to Prevent Political Abuse of Charities View
3/31/2006 Winter 2006 Responsive Philanthropy Released View
5/25/2006 Spring 2006 Responsive Philanthropy Digs Deeper into Foundation-Nonprofit Dynamics Gone Awry View
7/11/2006 STATE OF PHILANTHROPY 2006 CALLS FOR INCREASED FOUNDATION ACCOUNTABILITY AND FUNDING FOR PROGRESSIVE CHANGE View
8/2/2006 NCRP Executive Director Rick Cohen and Board Members David Jones and Gary Bass Recognized as NonProfit Times' Power and Influence Top 50 for 2006 View
8/29/2006 SUMMER RESPONSIVE PHILANTHROPY ADDRESSES ENVIRONMENTAL MOVEMENT AND ADVOCATES FOR TRANSFORMATIONAL CHANGE View
9/21/2006 PHILANTHROPY NEWS DIGEST RECOGNIZES RICK COHEN AS LEADER, NEWSMAKER IN PHILANTHROPY View
9/26/2006 NEW BOARD MEMBERS BRING EXPERTISE, EXPERIENCE TO THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIVE PHILANTHROPY View
10/19/2006 IRS MUST FOLLOW TRAIL ON NONPROFITS TIED TO ABRAMOFF View
11/28/2006 NCRP'S RESPONSIVE PHILANTHROPY TACKLES WOMEN'S ISSUES View
11/30/2006 NCRP RELEASES BUILDING SOLID FOUNDATIONS: NEW APPROACHES TO SUBSTANTIVE PHILANTHROPIC ACCOUNTABILITY View
12/6/2006 FAMILY PHILANTHROPY'S NEW VOICE View
01/12/2009 Nonprofits and Foundations Share Their Thoughts on Recession View
12/4/2008 Advocacy Grantmaking Produces Real Results, Watchdog Says View
11/4/2008 Tough Times Need Strategic Response from Foundations View
9/30/2008 New Board Members Join Philanthropy Watchdog Group View
7/24/2008 NCRP LOOKS AT CREATING IMPACT View
6/17/2008 WATCHDOG ANNOUNCES ADVISORY COMMITTEE View
5/3/2008 TOP FOUNDATION EXECUTIVE JOINS WATCHDOG GROUP View
5/1/2008 NCRP EXPLORES STRATEGIC GRANTMAKING View
2/4/2008 WATCHDOG GROUP ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD MEMBERS View
1/31/2008 NCRP EXPLORES "PHILANTHROPY AT ITS BEST" View
11/27/2007 FOUNDATION GIVING LEAVES MARK IN THE SCHOOL CHOICE MOVEMENT View
10/17/2007 NCRP DEFINES "RESPONSIVE PHILANTHROPY" View
10/11/2007 WATCHDOG GROUP ANNOUNCES NEW BOARD EXECUTIVE OFFICERS View
9/25/2007 FOUNDATIONS DOLLARS NOT ENOUGH TO MEET NEEDS OF DIVERSE COMMUNITIES, SAYS WATCHDOG GROUP View
8/8/2007 CORRECTING AND REPLACING: RURAL NONPROFITS MUST OVERCOME SIGNIFICANT HURDLES TO ATTRACT FUNDING View
8/2/2007 RURAL NONPROFITS MUST OVERCOME SIGNIFICANT HURDLES TO ATTRACT FUNDING View
7/5/2007 NCRP'S RESPONSIVE PHILANTHROPY GOES BEYOND GRANTMAKING View
6/29/2007 CHARITABLE GIVING INCREASES DRAMATICALLY WITH RECENT BANK MERGERS View
4/9/2007 Watchdog Group Outlines Priority Areas For Reform of Donor-Advised Funds and Supporting Organizations View
3/20/2007 NCRP's Responsive Philanthropy Looks to the Future View
3/8/2007 New NCRP Report Gives Voice to Nonprofits, Calls For Increased General Support Grantmaking By Foundations View
1/12/2007 NCRP Selects Aaron Dorfman as its New Executive Director View
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