Bush to host summit promoting corporate gifts to religious charities
WHITE HOUSE President Bush says he'll hold a White House summit next spring to encourage corporations and foundations to give more money to religious charities.Bush announced the summit as he and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with 17 leaders of black churches and community groups.
Jim Towey (TOO'-ee), who heads the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives, says his staff checked the policies of the top 50 Fortune 500 companies and found that 17 percent of their foundations ban or restrict donations to religious organizations.
Towey says next year's summit will show how corporate donations can be targeted to support religious groups' social work instead of their worship.
Copyright 2005 Associated Press.
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