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DATELINE: November 17, 2008, Chicago Senator Charles Grassley, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, was working hard this weekend. Last night we found a new press_release on his Web site. The Chronicle of Higher Education has just issued its...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharityGovernance/~4/456115431" height="1" width="1"/>

Jack Siegel http://www.charitygovernance.com/charity_governance/2008/11/senator-grassley-wants-joe-the-plumber-to-run-northestern-university.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-58576744 2008-11-16T13:25:11-06:00 2008-11-16T14:33:23-06:00

DATELINE: November 16, 2008, Chicago Last week, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD), the national anti-poverty program of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, cut off its funding for ACORN, the controversial organization that was in the news during...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharityGovernance/~4/455180130" height="1" width="1"/>

Jack Siegel http://www.charitygovernance.com/charity_governance/2008/11/acorn-this-is-another-fine-mess-youve-gotten-us-into-ollie.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-58464644 2008-11-13T11:03:13-06:00 2008-11-13T11:20:29-06:00

DATELINE: November 12, 2008, Chicago Last month the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court decision holding the president of the board of directors of a nonprofit day center liable for the unremitted trust fund taxes. One thing...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharityGovernance/~4/451978077" height="1" width="1"/>

Jack Siegel http://www.charitygovernance.com/charity_governance/2008/11/and-while-we-are-on-the-topic-of-troubled-times-another-reason-why-nonprofit-directors-should-insist-that-trust-fund-taxes.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-58378516 2008-11-11T20:24:35-06:00 2008-11-11T20:32:23-06:00

DATELINE: November 12, 2008, Chicago Senator Grassley, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, and his minions have had their eyes on Harvard University’s and other university endowments for the last several years. They just couldn’t figure out why Harvard...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharityGovernance/~4/450199967" height="1" width="1"/>

Jack Siegel http://www.charitygovernance.com/charity_governance/2008/11/the-problem-with-counting-and-spending-other-peoples-money.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-58349184 2008-11-11T10:09:17-06:00 2008-11-11T10:15:02-06:00

DATELINE: November 11, 2008, Chicago The Detroit Free Press carried an article this past Sunday about the Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) that should be quite disturbing to its board of directors. Money Troubles a Risk to DIA’s Status, Detroit...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharityGovernance/~4/449679801" height="1" width="1"/>

Jack Siegel http://www.charitygovernance.com/charity_governance/2008/11/the-board-at-motowns-dia-had-better-be-on-the-ball.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-56377811 2008-10-01T08:22:14-05:00 2008-10-01T08:23:57-05:00

DATELINE: OCTOBER 1, 2008, CHICAGO We have received several e-mails asking why no posts lately. We have been on hiatus since August. That is expected to continue through most of October. Our Jack Siegel was commissioned to write a book...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharityGovernance/~4/408243262" height="1" width="1"/>

Jack Siegel http://www.charitygovernance.com/charity_governance/2008/10/our-absence.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-54417346 2008-08-19T16:54:05-05:00 2008-08-26T18:06:25-05:00

DATELINE: August 19, 2008, Chicago What do Apple and the IRS have in common? Both launch new products that are the subject of rumors months before the actual product debut. As hard as it may be to believe, like the...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharityGovernance/~4/369389175" height="1" width="1"/>

Jack Siegel http://www.charitygovernance.com/charity_governance/2008/08/irs-gives-birth.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-54193696 2008-08-14T14:59:51-05:00 2008-08-26T18:07:56-05:00

DATELINE: August 14, 2008, Chicago Memories of St. Mary's College came rushing back this morning when we read in the Chronicle of Philanthropy's Elsewhere Online column about Westminster College's recent disappointment over what now appears to be a worthless $3.4...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharityGovernance/~4/365062117" height="1" width="1"/>

Jack Siegel http://www.charitygovernance.com/charity_governance/2008/08/we-dont-grill-p.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-54135668 2008-08-13T11:05:26-05:00 2008-08-26T18:06:46-05:00

DATELINE: August 13, 2008, Chicago You are in for are treat when it comes to art and other museums if you visit Moscow and St. Petersburg. The Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow and the Russian Museum in St. Petersburg provide excellent...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharityGovernance/~4/364005455" height="1" width="1"/>

Jack Siegel http://www.charitygovernance.com/charity_governance/2008/08/communism-and-r.html tag:typepad.com,2003:post-53386574 2008-07-28T11:29:40-05:00 2008-08-27T13:11:33-05:00

DATELINE: July 28, 2008, MoscowBeen away so long I hardly knew the place Gee, it's good to be back home Leave it till tomorrow to unpack my case Honey disconnect the phone I'm back in the USSR You don't know...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/CharityGovernance/~4/348545249" height="1" width="1"/>

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