Word: schmidts
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...really impressed with Phil’s performance,” said junior co-captain Ben Schmidt. “He’s going to be a great addition to the team...
...boring. Fortenberry and her team, therefore, are making an effort to increase the play’s accessibility. They have taken Three Sisters out of its turn-of-the-century setting and situated it in the present day. Fortenberry has also selected a clear American translation by Paul Schmidt, circumventing the stilted language in some British versions. And young actresses have been cast to make the characters more believable; professional productions of Three Sisters often feature older actresses playing younger characters...
This opened a realm that had always been unwelcoming to the public. "It was very much a one-way street," Schmidt says of the flow of information from charity to donor. Concerned citizens had to wait eons for the IRS to supply a copy--or had to pester often unwilling nonprofits to disclose their activities. "Charities would leave off attachments or white out people's salaries," says Daniel Borochoff, president of charity watchdog American Institute of Philanthropy. "They can't get away with that anymore...
...Schmidt's creation, GuideStar.org has grown into the nation's premier nonprofit database, offering financial information on more than 850,000 organizations. With GuideStar feeding the search engines of such major giving sites as JustGive.org and the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, it's small wonder grant seekers are trying to shape up their balance sheets. Schmidt has already noticed fewer math errors. And many groups have transformed their self-descriptions on the heavily scrutinized tax forms from terse one-liners to polished donation pitches...
...Public trust is the most precious asset these organizations have," says nonprofit adviser Bob Boisture, who notes that the IRS hasn't expanded oversight in more than two decades, despite explosive growth in the charitable sector. That's where Schmidt comes in, using the information superhighway to create a national infrastructure for nonprofits. No more one-way streets...