September 11 Donations: How Much Charities Have Raised and Distributed
RELIEF CHARITIES AMERICAN RED CROSS
September 11 Donations: How Much Charities Have Raised and Distributed
RELIEF CHARITIES AMERICAN RED CROSS
Massachusetts Charities Band Together to Help Human-Services Workers Seek Higher Education
BRAINSTORMS By Domenica Marchetti When Stan Connors began his career in human services in 1971, the field was filled with people like himself -- college graduates who, despite low wages, were eager to put their 60’s idealism into practice by helping those with mental illnesses, mental retardation,…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
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Groups Seek Law to End Politicking Ban
Religious conservatives are lobbying Congress seeking legislation that would permit “churches and other houses of worship” to take a stand in political campaigns. Rep. Walter B. Jones Jr., Republican of North Carolina, introduced a bill last year designed to partially reverse a 48-year-old tax law…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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The following awards have been presented for achievement in leadership, philanthropy, and technology: Corporate philanthropy. Boys & Girls Clubs of America (Atlanta) has presented the Compaq Computer Corporation (Houston) with its 2001 Corporate Recognition Award. Compaq has pledged $7-million over…
Merging the Life of the Mind and the Public’s Interest
Wherever geopolitical events have transpired and foreign policy has been formed in the past 30 years, Nelson Strobridge (Strobe) Talbott III has seemingly been there. As editor at large at Time magazine for 21 years, Mr. Talbott covered events in Asia and developed a special interest in Soviet…
By Michael Anft
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A Look at Academic Centers on Philanthropy
How Centers Work: Building and Sustaining Academic Nonprofit Centers, by R. Sam Larson and Sonia Barnes-Moorhead, takes a look at how academic centers focused on philanthropy operate, how they developed, how they are managed, and how they gained credibility. The academic field of nonprofit…
By Katy Marquardt
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Assessing Federal Health Policy
Health Policies for the 21st Century: Challenges and Recommendations for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, by Jo Ivey Boufford and Philip R. Lee, recommends a reassessment of existing federal health policies and programs, and identifies obstacles to a more comprehensive health…
By Katy Marquardt
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Case Studies of Charities That Run For-Profit Ventures
The Social Enterprise Sourcebook
By Katy Marquardt
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Two Decades of Fund-Raising Ideas
Raise More Money: The Best of the Grassroots Fundraising Journal
By Katy Marquardt
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