Model for Teacher-Recruitment Programs
Ahead of the Class: A Handbook for Preparing New Teachers from New Sources, by Beatriz Chu Clewell and Ana Maria Villegas, provides a model for programs working to solve the teacher shortage in rural and urban public schools. The model is based on the work of the Pathways to Teaching Careers…
By Laura Hruby
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Guide to Establishing, Running Family Foundations
Family Foundation Handbook
By Laura Hruby
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Inspiring Stories for Planned-Giving Fund Raisers
Along the Way in Planned Giving: Trail Snacks for Gift-Planning Trekkers
By Janine E. Guglielmino
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Unusual Arizona Group Shuts Down, Cutting Off Annuity Payments to Donors
An unorthodox Arizona charity that paid financial planners a commission to market its gift annuities has shut down, cutting off payments to an unknown number of donors who entrusted the organization with their money. The closure of the Mid-America Foundation, in Scottsdale, Ariz., was disclosed in…
By Harvy Lipman
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Nonprofit Leadership: Survey Results
Reasons People Took Executive Director Post Where Charity Executives Want to Work Next What Job Executive Directors Want Next Average Pay of Chief Executives, by Group’s Budget Size Age of Charity Chief Executives Sources of Training and Support for Executive Directors Average Pay for Male and…
Many Nonprofit Leaders Don’t Ever Want the Top Job Again, Survey Finds
Most people who lead charities are very satisfied with their work -- but the majority ALSO SEE:Nonprofit Leadership: Survey Results never want to do it again, because of the stress of dealing with finances, personnel, and other issues, according to results of a new survey. The study of more than…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
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Washington The American Red Cross and its president, Bernadine P. Healy, are under fire ALSO SEE: How The American Red Cross Says It Will Spend Money Raised for September 11 Recovery American Red Cross Fund Raising and Spending for the way in which the charity has raised more than $500-million to…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Door-to-Door Solicitation Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether local governments can regulate door-to-door proselytizing by religious groups -- and by extension, canvassing for secular causes in which a wide range of nonprofit organizations engage. The case centers on an ordinance passed in 1998 by the…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Nonprofit Appeals That Won Direct-Marketing Awards
ALSO SEE:14 Charity Solicitations Win Honors USPS Gold Mailbox AwardTo honor innovation in direct mail: DENVER RESCUE MISSION