Wildlife Group’s New Fund Raiser Seeks to Capture Baby Boomers
When Suzanne Mink received a call from Hollins University, in Roanoke, Va., asking her to join her alma mater’s development department in 1978, she almost replied, “What’s that?” That phone call came shortly after she had earned a master’s degree in teaching, and led her to change her career plans…
By Meg Sommerfeld
Contributor
Issues at the Intersection of Religion and Public Life
Lift Every Voice: a Report on Religion in American Public Life explores religious matters that have gained relevance in light of the last year’s events, including the debate over stem-cell research and the September 11 attacks. The report begins by examining the tradition of religious and public…
By Katy Marquardt
Contributor
A Guide for Advancing Housing Policy
A Grantmaker’s Guide to Housing Policies: a Foundation for Social Policy Investments, by Paul A. Leonard, asserts that the need for foundations to focus on low-cost housing has never been greater, in large part because the recession has made it harder for many people to afford shelter. What’s more,…
By Katy Marquardt
Contributor
Golden Donors: a New Anatomy of the Great Foundations
By Katy Marquardt
Contributor
An Inside Look at Development Services Programs
Conducting a Successful Development Services Program
By Katy Marquardt
Contributor
Public-Service Advertisements: Financing, Airtime, and Causes
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Ads on Causes Aired Rarely, Study Finds
Broadcast and cable networks donate 15 seconds an hour, on average, to showing ALSO SEE:Public-Service Advertisements: Financing, Airtime, and Causes free public-service advertisements, according to a new study sponsored by the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, in Menlo Park, Calif. The donated…
By nicole lewis
Contributor
White House Missteps Stalled Bill to Help Religious Groups, Report Says
Missteps by the White House hobbled President Bush’s effort last year to funnel more federal money to religious charities for social services, according to a new report. The report, by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life, a Washington group supported by the Pew Charitable Trusts, says that…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Charity’s First Project Puts Digital Books in Hands of Disabled
Bookshare.org was inspired by Napster, but with one big difference. Unlike the embattled ALSO SEE:High-Tech Tooling Around music-sharing service, Bookshare expects no legal fights over its use of copyrighted materials. The new service, which allows people who have impaired vision or other…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor