Kintera Removes Founder From CEO Position
Until just over a month ago, Harry E. Gruber was both president and chief executive officer of the fund-raising software company he founded, Kintera. But the man who replaced him as president of the struggling company in February, Richard N. LaBarbera, will take over as CEO as well, Kintera has…
By Sam Kean
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Charity Feature Added to Microsoft Chat Software
Money talks, and for nine major nonprofit organizations, talk is now money. Microsoft has unveiled a feature on its instant-messaging service that allows people to support a charity with minimal effort. Users of the software can type the name of one of nine nonprofit groups into a text box, causing…
By Sam Kean
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Government Incentives Could Increase Volunteering, Experts Say
Groups that want to encourage older Americans to use their expertise to help solve social problems should unite to lobby federal, state, and local lawmakers to provide money and other incentives to promote such “civic engagement,” said speakers at a conference here this month. “Many, many policy…
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Boomer Volunteers Often Give Up Duties, Study Finds
Baby boomers are volunteering at higher rates than previous generations, but 31 percent of those who volunteer one year fail to return the following year, according to a study released this month by the Corporation for National and Community Service. Nonprofit groups and others that use volunteers…
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Burnout, Low Pay May Drive Young Charity Workers Away, Survey Finds
A new survey of young nonprofit workers shows that long hours and low pay are a key reason that few of them expect to stay in the charity world throughout their professional careers — and even fewer desire to become top leaders of nonprofit organizations. More than 70 percent of young nonprofit…
By Caroline Preston
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Merit Pay Becomes More Popular, Study Finds
More New York charities are tying pay to an employee’s performance, and a majority of the nonprofit groups ALSO SEE:TABLE: Nonprofit Pay: Salary ranges at organizations in New York City plan to expand the sizes of their staffs this year, according to a new survey of salaries paid by nonprofit…
By Scott Westcott
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Citing Conflict With the Board, the Head of the NAACP Steps Down
When Bruce Gordon, a former high-ranking Verizon Communications executive, was tapped to lead the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People in 2005, some charity leaders thought it was an odd fit, but one that suggested the nation’s oldest civil-rights charity was striving to…
By BRENNEN JENSEN
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Rooting Out Errors on Charity Tax Forms
IRS weighs new penalties on nonprofit groups after salary investigation turns up pattern of mistakesNow that it has completed its two-year investigation of executive compensation at nonprofit organizations, the Internal Revenue Service is weighing whether to impose new penalties on charities and…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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A Hollywood Movie Helps Inspire Donors to Support Nonprofit Causes
The Ultimate Gift, a movie released this month that features James Garner, Brian Dennehy, and Abigail Breslin (the star of Little Miss Sunshine), took in an estimated $1.3-million at the box office the first weekend after it opened. But the film’s producers speculate that it has reaped even more…
By Debra E. Blum
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Most College and University Fund Raisers Are Getting Salary Increases
By Heather JoslynThe median salary for chief fund raisers at colleges and universities grew by 5.4 percent last year, ALSO SEE: TABLE: Median salaries of college fund-raising officials, 2006-7 according to the College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, in Knoxville, Tenn.…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
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