Jennifer Moore

The Council on Foundations, an association of grant makers, is asking the Internal Revenue Service to declare Haiti a “qualified disaster,” a move the group says would help corporations assist their employees who were affected by the earthquake, reports The Chronicle’s Government and Politics Watch column.

The American Hospital Association is asking Congress to drop provisions that would affect nonprofit hospitals from a final version of the health-care legislation under consideration, reports The Chronicle’s Government and Politics Watch column.

People interested in helping victims of the earthquake that wracked Haiti yesterday are being encouraged to text and tweet their donations and publicize their support using the new technologies, The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports. At the same time, that instant communication has provided a platform for donors to ask charities tough questions about where to give and how their money will be used.

The Internet-search company Google says it is considering pulling out of China because of attacks on computer networks in China that, among other things, appear to target e-mail exchanges of human-rights activists, reports The Washington Post.

David Drummond, Google’s senior vice president and chief legal officer, said the attacks made the company wonder whether it should “review the feasibility” of its Chinese operations. “We recognize that this may well mean having to shut down Google.cn, and potentially our offices in China,” he said.

As Congress grapples with how to overhaul the health-care system, some advocacy groups involved in the debate have provided little information about their financial support and have misleading names, which breeds “public mistrust” of nonprofit groups, says Bob Ottenhoff, chief executive of GuideStar, as noted on Give and Take’s daily digest of the best blog posts about the nonprofit world.

Plus:

• The view that charitable giving is not an adequate way for bankers to improve their public image.

• Why today could be the best time in history to work for a charity.

• Embracing corporate leaders who create socially responsible businesses.

• The call for a “better sort of career fair.”