Donor-advised funds have gained in popularity in recent years.They provide an easy way to facilitate charitable giving; they can increase tax savings; and they can be creatively employed in estate plans to encourage philanthropy for the family and act as a substitute for a private foundation.First, what is a donor-advised...
Brian McDermottColumbia IndustriesPresident & chief executive officerNumber of employees you oversee: We have about 200 team members at CI.Tell us about your organization and its commercial ventures:Columbia Industries is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit company that operates solely for the benefit of our community (the Tri-Cities and surrounding areas). We work with...
Mid-Columbia Meals on Wheels continues to offer weekly frozen meals to all seniors and vouchers for fresh produce at area farmers markets to low-income seniors.The frozen meal service is available for all Benton and Franklin county seniors ages 60 and over. All senior meals are provided on a donation-only basis.Homebound...
The past year has been a wild ride for the Boys and Girls Clubs of Benton and ranklin Counties.The nonprofit took over the Richland School District’s before- and after-school child care program in June 2018.
By Andrew KirkDespite recent ownership challenges, the Tri-Cities CancerCenter is not going anywhere and there will be no noticeable difference in itsoperations or the care it provides to cancer patients. That’s the message Chief Executive Officer Chuck DeGooyeris working hard to share.It’s an important message because a lot recently haschanged....
Athalia Clower has always wanted to help people.And she has done so for more than 25 years.“I have been a certified physician assistant (PA-C)since 1993,” said Clower in an email interview. “I started working for Kadlecduring March of 2010.”For Clower, this has been a high calling.But so has her charity...
United Way of Benton and Franklin Counties is kickstartingits annual fundraising campaign in September.And it is armed with hard data showing where the twocounties it serves are falling behind.Last year, United Way recruited a group of volunteeranalysts to identify key data points in hopes of measuring the overall healthand safety—or...
By Andrew KirkAs Tri-City baby boomers age, the number findingthemselves losing vision is expected to balloon. One in six Americans develop a visual impairment afterage 70, according to National Center for Health Statistics. It’s a scarystatistic people do their best to ignore, said Paul Shane, the new executivedirector at Edith...
By Michele RothSomeonerecently commented to me how they didn’t want to donate to a charity eventbecause the organization had a paid staff. Being from the nonprofit industry, Iwanted to know more about why they felt this way. The answer: the organizationwas a nonprofit, meaning nobody should be paid (at least...
By East Benton County Historical SocietySixty-five years ago this month, the Benton County Fair and Rodeo cameinto its own.Officially!By tradition, the bicounty fair is said to have begun in the late 1940swith the ending of the annual Grape Festivals, which for decades highlightedthe area’s rich agricultural history and practices. Spinning...
