Judge Orders Closure of N.J. Animal Group
A New Jersey state judge has ordered the closure of the National Animal Welfare Foundation’s operations in the state and has demanded that its director, Patrick Jemas, pay $330,804 in penalties and fees, reports The Star-Ledger. The order also bars Mr. Jemas from future charity work, and requires…
Charities Fill Backpacks With Food
America’s Second Harvest, a network of national food banks, says at least 70 food banks across the country are starting to distribute backpacks filled with “kid friendly” food to children whose families cannot afford to pay essential bills and buy enough food, The Wall Street Journal reports. A…
Providing a Meaningful Education:the Challenges for Academe
The Chronicle asked numerous charity leaders, scholars, recruiters, students, and other experts to outline the key challenges facing academic programs that train college and graduate-school students to take jobs at nonprofit organizations, and to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of academic…
Alternative college in San Francisco lets students put their ideas on social change to work in the real worldWhen Darrick Smith was an undergraduate at the University of California at Santa Cruz, he found plenty of support from his faculty mentors as he created his own educational program for black…
By Sandy Asirvatham
Contributor
More graduate students are gaining hands-on experience while providing free services to charities Matt Forti would like to run a nonprofit group one day. But for now he must content himself with helping to manage organizations run by others. Fortunately for Mr. Forti, 27, a graduate student at…
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Ideas to Protect the Environment, Reduce Crime Prove Popular
Following were the ideas that gained the most votes in a contest to offer suggestions for improving the quality of life Washington. The contest was run by D.C. Appleseed Center for Law and Justice: First prize: Organize a broad effort to clean city streets by forming coalitions of public schools,…
Contest Sparks Wealth of Ideas for Bettering Life in D.C.
By Ian WilhelmWashington Could chocolate milk solve a city’s problems? What if public water fountains began serving it? Might people smile more often? Might ethnic tensions ease? Might road rage all but vanish if hungry drivers could get a quick dose of sugar and calories to fill their stomachs?…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas. Disabilities. The Disability Funders Network (Falls Church, Va.) has given its William Diaz Impact Award to the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation (Arlington, Va.).…
A Guide to Improving Technology at Charities
Nonprofit Essentials: Managing Technology
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions