Technology Campaign Raises $94-Million
The United Negro College Fund, in Fairfax, Va., has raised $94-million for its Technology Enhancement Capital Campaign, with cash gifts accounting for $28-million and in-kind donations totaling $66-million. The goal of the campaign is to help the fund’s member institutions, 39 historically black…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Compassion Fatigue: Resources to Fight Burnout
The following resources can help identify and lead to treatment for compassion fatigue: The Compassion Fatigue Self-Test, ALSO SEE:Defeating Compassion Fatigue designed by Charles R. Figley, founder of the International Traumatology Institute, measures levels of compassion fatigue, burnout, and…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Charities seek ways to prevent employees from burning outA little more than a week after the September 11 attacks, the Rev. Bonny Dillon, who oversees bereavement services at Bon Secours Richmond Health Systems, ALSO SEE:Compassion Fatigue: Resources to Fight Burnout in Virginia, traveled to…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
U.S. Colleges Raised $24-Billion in 2000-1
Colleges and universities raised $24.2-billion during the fiscal year that ended in June 2001, according to figures released by the Council for Aid to Education. ALSO SEE:Giving to Colleges and Private Schools The number represents a $1-billion, or 4.3 percent, increase over the previous fiscal…
By DAVID WHELAN
Contributor
Recommendations on How to Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth
Eileen Heisman, president of the National Philanthropic Trust, has fielded lots of calls from donors who wanted to give real estate, art, and other items to charities -- including unusual ones like a surfboard collection and a World War II–era Army tank. “Over time, I have gotten really smart at…
By Meg Sommerfeld
Contributor
Charities Find Perfect Place for Odd Donations: Online Auctions
Charity officials have started turning to Internet auctions as a way to make money from artwork, ALSO SEE:Treasure Trove or Trash Bin?Recommendations on How to Look a Gift Horse in the Mouth automobiles, jewelry, dishes, wedding dresses, and scores of other goods they have received from donors but…
By nicole lewis
Contributor
Nonprofit groups look for appropriate ways to showcase, or politely rebuff, oddball giftsA giant blue topaz. A collection of scripts from the Charlie’s Angels television show. A parade float. A ski center. Such items are ALSO SEE:Charities Find Perfect Place for Odd Donations: Online…
By Meg Sommerfeld
Contributor
Conflict Mediators Among ‘Points of Light’
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Bush’s Daily Points of Light Award. The Points of Light Foundation, a Washington charity, assists the president in making the choices and carrying out the award program. More information about the…
Report Gives Companies Tips to Evaluate Projects
A new report offers companies that support community-development projects a way to evaluate whether their involvement makes business sense. The report, published by the Conference Board, a nonprofit research group in New York that is financed by businesses, explains a method for calculating what it…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
L.A. Couple Pledges $300-Million for Schools
Eli and Edythe Broad recently pledged $300-million to the Broad Foundation, in Los Angeles, which they founded in 1999 with a $100-million pledge. The foundation makes grants to help improve governance, labor relations, and management in large urban school districts nationwide. Mr. Broad is…