A Guide to Retirement-Plan Options for Nonprofit Employers
By Maura Webber Several retirement-plan choices await charities that seek to increase the benefits they offer their employees -- although in recent years, federal legislation has reduced the number of distinctions between the plans. The following is a guide to the current options: 403(b) plans…
Interest Rates for Planned Gifts
From the issue dated May 29, 2003 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. June 2003 3.6% May 3.8% April 2003 3.6% March…
Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced To conclude Goal Amount raised Purpose Academy of Vocal Arts (Pa.) April 2000 Dec. 2002 $13,700,000 $12,500,000 For endowment, fellowships, new pianos, and the purchase and renovation of a…
Fewer Charities Report Slowed Recruiting of Business-School Graduates, According to Survey
JOB MARKET Nonprofit and government employers are more likely than other types of employers to feel that the economy’s weakness has not limited their recruiting efforts, according to a new survey that measures the job market for people who hold master of business administration degrees. The survey…
A New Program Helps Social-Change Activists Focus on Leadership and Inner Strengths
TOOLS AND TRAINING By Heather Joslyn After years as a front-line organizer for social-change groups, Simon Greer found himself ALSO SEE:A New Generation of Programs Seeks to Cultivate Nonprofit Leaders increasingly thrust into management roles as he climbed the career ladder. But as he sought to…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Relief Groups Seek Workers With Language Skills, Overseas Experience, and a High Tolerance for Chaos
JOB MARKET By Marilyn Dickey As the war in Iraq began to wind down, the phone lines at the American Red Cross, in Washington, started lighting up. “People were saying, ‘I’m on the next plane over there to help you guys, '" says Amber Campbell, the charity’s spokeswoman. But that’s not how relief…
By Marilyn Dickey
Senior Editor, Copy
Getting Hired from the Volunteer Pool
It will take some effort to turn your labors of love into a paycheck, but others have done it, and you can, too.
By Alison Stein Wellner
Contributor
How For-Profit and Government Jobs Led a Single Mother to Help Others Become More Self-Reliant
ENTRY LEVEL Karen E. Mecham Age: 56 First job: Editor, Meridian Publishing, Ogden, Utah Current job: Founder and executive director, Bringing Hope to Single Moms Foundation, Salt Lake City At age 38, I was a single mom with five children, half a college degree, and no way to make a living. I…
The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas. Disabilities. The American Association of People with Disabilities (Washington) has presented its 2003 Henry B. Betts Award to Dick and Ginny Thornburgh, for their…