A Low-Tech Message Board Offers Access to High-Tech Experts
By NICOLE WALLACEHelping.org and TechSoup -- two of the most savvy organizations on the ALSO SEE:Nonprofit Organizations Are Starting to Put Online Events to the TestBringing Home the Pain of Homelessness With a Webcast to Schools in 35 StatesCARE Turns to Interactive Technology to Link Donors to…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
CARE Turns to Interactive Technology to Link Donors to Charity’s Programs
By NICOLE WALLACEWhen 10 Atlanta high-school students traveled to Guatemala last month to visit CARE USA projects, the charity offered a way for other people to tag along through a “virtual field trip” on its Web site. Computer users could see digital photographs from the trip, read daily journal…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bringing Home the Pain of Homelessness With a Webcast to Schools in 35 States
By NICOLE WALLACEEfforts to lobby members of Congress often take place behind closed doors ALSO SEE:Nonprofit Organizations Are Starting to Put Online Events to the TestCARE Turns to Interactive Technology to Link Donors to Charity’s ProgramsKaiser Foundation Broadcasts Health-Policy Debates --…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Nonprofit Organizations Are Starting to Put Online Events to the Test
By NICOLE WALLACEWhile many charities hope the Internet will eventually provide an inexpensive way to broadcast video and bring people together from different parts of the globe for lively online chats and discussions, only a few organizations have started to hold such events. Among the approaches…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Senator Seeks Review to Find Out Whether Charities ‘Defraud Taxpayers’
By HARVY LIPMANThe investigative arm of Congress is examining how charities spend and raise funds, along with how good a job the Internal Revenue Service does monitoring those activities. The General Accounting Office began its inquiry this month at the request of Sen. Charles E. Grassley, an Iowa…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
Controversy erupts over the rules for tax-financed religious groups and the hiring of gays and lesbiansWashington As President Bush’s effort to help faith-based groups receive more federal funds continues on its uncertain path through Congress, a central question dogs both supporters and critics of…
By Janet L. Fix
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Gifts to Paid Solicitors Drop in Conn. and Ohio
By HARVY LIPMANDonors in Ohio and Connecticut are cutting back sharply on the amount they give to telemarketers and other professional solicitors hired by charities, according to new reports by state regulators. Donations by Ohio residents decreased by 24 percent in 2000, from $118.4-million in…
By Harvy Lipman
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How 6 Institutions Became Winning Fund Raisers
By NICOLE LEWISThe Council for Advancement and Support of Education has presented its ninth annual awards to educational institutions that have shown strong improvements in their fund-raising activities. ALSO SEE:Getting Personal Pays Off The Circle of Excellence 2001 Overall Fund-Raising…
By nicole lewis
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Vermont school raises big money without losing its low-key styleSaxtons River, Vt. A dozen autumns ago, Thomas C. Oxholm, a fund raiser at the Vermont Academy, a private school here, received an unusual request: An alumnus in San Francisco wanted a box of fallen leaves from campus trees to remind…
By nicole lewis
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