Cash-strapped public schools are expanding their efforts to raise private money, reports The New York Times. Schools across the country have hired development officers, sold advertising space on roofs and buses, and offered naming rights to donors to supplement government support. While the trend…
U.N. agencies have suspended their operations in western Ivory Coast after rioters looted charity offices and warehouses, reports the Reuters Foundation’s AlertNet. While no U.N. staff members were injured, the U.N. World Food Program’s country director said conditions remained too dangerous for…
A growing number of families are creating mission statements to define their values and goals, reports The New York Times. The family mission statements seem especially popular among wealthy families, who use them to agree on charitable-giving priorities and determine who may join the family…
A small but growing number of charities and advocacy groups are using podcasts, or Internet radio programs, ALSO SEE:Casting Call to discuss issues of interest to nonprofit groups and to get the public interested in their causes. Podcasts are audio files that people can download automatically to…
By PETER PANEPENTO
Contributor
Unicef turns to Internet-based podcasting to communicate with millions of tech-savvy supportersWhen Unicef dispatched relief workers to Congo in December to help those who were uprooted during fighting in the ALSO SEE:Charity Podcasts: a Sampler African country, Unicef’s supporters didn’t have to…
By PETER PANEPENTO
Contributor
Bits: Reuters Digital Vision Program Accepting Applications
The Reuters Digital Vision Program is accepting applications for the 2006-7 academic year. The program at Stanford University supports social entrepreneurs from around the world who seek to use information technology to advance humanitarian, educational, or development goals in the developing…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Searching for Information Produces Benefits for Charity
A new search engine, GoodSearch.com, allows its users to select their favorite charity or school to receive a portion of the advertising revenue the company earns for their searches. The site uses Yahoo search technology. GoodSearch estimates that each search will produce a penny for the user’s…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Major Technology Meeting Scheduled for March
The Nonprofit Technology Conference, which drew nearly 800 charity technology officials, consultants, and companies last year, will take place March 22-24 in Seattle. The meeting is organized by the Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network, in San Francisco, with financial help from Network for Good…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Foundations Delay Technology Updates
The rate at which foundations are adopting new technology has slowed in recent years, according to a survey of 336 grant makers conducted by the Technology Affinity Group and the Council on Foundations. The survey’s author attributes the change to the “sluggish” economy, which caused the endowments…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
CompuMentor Offers Free Web Advice
CompuMentor, a technology organization in San Francisco, has started a project to help nonprofit organizations take advantage of a new generation of low-cost Web tools. The centerpiece of the project — TechSoup NetSquared — is a Web site that features profiles of charities using Web 2.0…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor