How Employees Can Influence a Nonprofit Supervisor’s Job Performance
IN THE TRENCHES By Rebecca Gardyn Only eight months after taking a job overseeing a small Atlanta charity’s after-school programs, ALSO SEE:A Field Guide to Some of the Most Common Managerial Types Ian North was already burning out. The intense workload was weighing him down, but even more…
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Accion New Mexico (Albuquerque): Appointed Lynn Trojahn, director of advancement at the Bosque School (Albuquerque), to be vice president of advancement. Alliance for Children and Families (Milwaukee): Appointed Justyna D. Szymanski, a program manager at Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions (New York),…
Interest Rates for Planned Gifts
Following are the interest rates, provided by the Internal Revenue Service, for computing charitable deductions for charitable remainder trusts, gift annuities, charitable lead trusts, and some other deferred gifts. April 2005 5.0% March 4.6% February 4.6% January 4.6% December 2004 4.2% November…
Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced Closing date Goal Amount raised Purpose Burr and Burton Academy (Vt.) Jan. 2004 June 2005 $15,000,000 $14,600,000 For endowment and sfacilities Brooklyn Children’s Museum (N.Y.) May 2004…
Raising Funds for Staff Salaries
Q. We are trying to create a nonprofit arts organization for youth. At this stage, we need an administrator and clerical support. Do you have any information on how to raise funds for the salaries of executive staff members? A. Your first step should be to look for a grant. To get started, you’ll…
By Alison Stein Wellner
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The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas. Corporate philanthropy. The Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy (New York) has presented its Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Awards, which honor companies…
New Director Hopes to Restore Reputation of Scandal-Ridden Charity
Tour buses stop every 15 minutes outside of the Hale House Center’s landmark brownstone -- a ritual Randolph McLaughlin, the organization’s new executive director, sees as a testament to the symbolic value of a building that has been a center of hope in a Harlem neighborhood plagued by poverty,…
By PETER PANEPENTO
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Scholarly Essays Discuss Challenges Facing Human-Service Groups
Organizational and Structural Dilemmas in Nonprofit Human Service Organizations
By Caroline Preston
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Good Leaders Jibe With Organization’s Culture and Mission, Write Authors
Leadership in Nonprofit Organizations
By Caroline Preston
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