Environmental Group Makes Changes in Board Policies
Responding to continuing investigations of its financial dealings by the Internal Revenue Service and the U.S. Senate, the Nature Conservancy, in Arlington, Va., has announced that it will restructure its governing board to improve oversight of the organization. The changes include creating board…
By Brad Wolverton
Contributor
U.S. Supreme Court Won’t Consider Scout Case
The U.S. Supreme Court last week refused to consider an appeal from the Boy Scouts of America, which unsuccessfully sued the State of Connecticut for excluding it from a state-run fund-raising campaign. The state’s action came after a 2000 Supreme Court ruling recognized the Boy Scouts of America’s…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
D.C. United Way Leader Pleads Guilty toFraud
Alexandria, Va. Oral Suer, former chief executive of the United Way of the National Capital Area, in Washington, pleaded guilty in federal court this month to two felony charges that he stole nearly $500,000 from the organization during his 27-year tenure. The felony counts carry a maximum prison…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Better Press Skills Could Help Relief Groups
A lack of training in how to work with reporters often prevents relief groups from getting the kind of favorable news coverage they depend upon to draw public attention -- and attract donations -- to humanitarian emergencies, according to a new report. The report, commissioned by the Fritz…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
College Career Offices Provide Little Information on Nonprofit Jobs, Study Finds
By Cassie Moore The nonprofit field is underrepresented in most college and university career-services offices, according to a study released by the Initiative for Nonprofit Sector Careers at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. The findings are based on data…
By Cassie J. Moore
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President Bush Makes Changes in Operations of National-Service Agency
Washington President Bush has made changes to AmeriCorps and other national-service programs by signing an executive order that requires the programs to work more closely with religious groups and urges recipients of federal aid to step up their fund raising from private sources. Executive orders…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Charities Debate Best Ways to Serve Society and Create New Sources of Revenue
San Francisco For significant social change to occur, charities and businesses need to become more each other, Gary Hirshberg, president of Stonyfield Farm, in Londonderry, N.H., and a former nonprofit executive, told more than 600 participants here at a conference on social enterprise. The meeting…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
More charities offer benefits to employees’ unmarried partners After 13 years, Anne Wright and Eric Segal had been together longer than many married couples. Despite their commitment, they had decided not to tie the knot in solidarity with their gay and lesbian friends, who have long been legally…
By Jeffrey Klineman
Contributor
State Clears Kauffman Fund of Wrongdoing
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, in Kansas City, Mo., should change the way its board operates, more clearly state its commitment to its hometown, and rewrite its ethics policies, the Missouri attorney general says. In a report on the foundation’s operations that was made public this month,…
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Arizona Business School to Get $60-Million; OtherNew Gifts
Four higher-education institutions have received large gifts: Thunderbird, the American Graduate School of International Management, in Glendale, Ariz., next month will receive $60-million from Rita Garvin and her husband, Samuel, the founder and chief executive officer of Continental Promotion…