Aid Worker Reflects on Mission in Liberia
Blue Clay People: Seasons on Africa’s Fragile Edge
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
‘Weekly Standard’: Problems With Foundation Prizes
The Bradley Prizes, which offer $250,000 apiece to prominent conservatives, are an example of conservatives’ “taking a liberal idea, aping it, and managing to make it dumber,” writes Andrew Ferguson, senior editor at The Weekly Standard magazine (March 7). The prizes are given out by the Lynde and…
‘Time’: Fostering Innovation in Philanthropy
In its series on innovators, Time magazine focuses on four people in the nonprofit world who are pioneering new ways to give (March 7). The magazine’s choices: Women for Women International, an organization that helps women in war-torn countries. The organization was founded by Zainab Salbi, who…
Fund Raisers’ Salaries Rise at Universities
The median salaries of chief fund raisers at colleges and universities grew by 4 percent this academic year, according to a new survey by the College and University ALSO SEE: TABLE: Median salaries of college fund-raising officials, 2004-5 Professional Association for Human Resources, in Knoxville,…
By Sharnell Bryan
Contributor
Corporate Funds May Help Workers Hurt by Tsunamis
The Internal Revenue Service has announced it will allow corporate foundations to provide money to employees of their corporations who need help because they were victims of the tsunamis in South Asia. Without government authorization, such payments would be considered improper “self-dealing” by…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Bush Will Not Promote Charitable-Giving Incentive
The Bush administration no longer supports legislation that would provide a charitable deduction to people who do not itemize deductions on their tax returns, in part because “there was never a lot of enthusiasm for this from the standpoint of tax policy” from Congress, according to a White House…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
AmeriCorps Did Not Violate Constitution, Court Says
In a victory for the Bush administration and its efforts to help religious groups, a federal appeals court has ruled that the AmeriCorps national-service program did not promote religion and violate the Constitution by using federal money to support its participants as teachers in inner-city…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Global Video Conferences Bring Students Together
Global Nomads Group, in New York, is harnessing the power of video and satellite technology to bring American students together with their peers in hot spots around the world. This month the organization is linking students in New York with students in Columbo, Sri Lanka, for a series of three…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Web Site Offers Access to Federal Data
A new online database makes it easy for nonprofit organizations to get information about federal spending and local statistics that might influence their work. The National Priorities Project Database provides data from 1983 to the present in the categories of basic demographic information,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
EBay Will Donate Some Auction Fees
Ebay, the popular online auction site where people can buy or sell a John Deere tractor, a Prada handbag, and just about anything else, has announced that it will donate the fees it charges on auctions that benefit charity. For example, if a camera listed on eBay’s Giving Works section sold for…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor