Personal Experience Guides Leader of Group for Families of Gay People
Eunice, La., is far from being a mecca of gay culture. Like many small communities, the town of 11,500 is a place where the prevailing view is that being gay or lesbian simply is not something that should be talked about. At first blush, Jody Huckaby’s family would appear to fall in line with the…
By PETER PANEPENTO
Contributor
Bits: Groundspring.org Names Joseph Mouzon Executive Director
The SBC Foundation, the philanthropic arm of SBC Communications, is accepting applications for its 2005 technology grant program for projects in education, community development, health and human services, or arts and culture. Applications for the SBC Excelerator program are due June 15. For more…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Relief Groups Test Communications Suitcase
Aid organizations providing relief after the earthquake and tsunamis in Indonesia have tested a new tool -- a 50-pound suitcase that opens up to provide a ready-to-go computer network and access to the Internet -- that they hope they can use to quickly set up relief operations after future…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Events Seek to ‘Demystify’ Open-Source Software
A series of events this spring will bring together charity technology employees, consultants, and software developers to discuss the potential -- and the challenges -- of developing open-source software. “We want to demystify open-source software for nonprofit organizations,” says Katrin Verclas,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Nonprofit Leader’s Guidebook to Competing for Resources
Play to Win: The Nonprofit Guide to Competitive Strategy
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
How to Conduct a Capital Campaign
Nonprofit Essentials: The Capital Campaign
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Senate Plans April Hearing to Examine Charity Abuses
In a sign that legislators are showing more interest in cracking down on charities, the Senate Finance Committee announced last week that it plans to hold a hearing on April 5 to shed light on a few key nonprofit abuses and to give lawmakers a chance to ask questions about problems they see in…
By Brad Wolverton
Contributor
As Voters Nationwide Consider Limits on State Budgets, Charities Are Wary
As voters in Arizona, Kansas, Ohio, Wisconsin, and elsewhere consider ballot measures that would force states ALSO SEE:Far From Flush to limit their spending, charities in Colorado are fighting to overturn a similar law that has been in effect for over a decade. The overhaul effort got a big push…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
States’ continued belt-tightening threatens to squeeze charitiesAs states draft their budgets for the 2006 fiscal year, the battles taking shape have a distinctly different ALSO SEE:As Voters Nationwide Consider Limits on State Budgets, Charities Are Wary tenor from those in the last several years,…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
No-Frills Trip Is a Shared Experience for Charity Executives and Donors
Lynne Patterson wakes up at 3 a.m. in the Hotel Austria to say goodbye to her colleague, Carmen Velasco. They have spent the past three days here for a board meeting of Pro Mujer, the microlending organization they founded in 1990. While Ms. Velasco heads off on a personal trip to Panama, Ms.…
By MARCI ALBOHER
Contributor