Online Volunteers: Sources of Information
Friends Across the Divide Written by Martin Kimeldorf, a high-school teacher in the North Thurston school district in Lacey, Wash., this 52-page electronic book ALSO SEE:A Virtual Army of Volunteers describes the Grandfriends Project Online, which he founded to pair his students with senior…
Charities find new ways to let people do good works onlineCharities and the people they serve are benefiting from a new wave of volunteers, many of whom they will never see. The Internet ALSO SEE:Online Volunteers: Sources of Information increasingly is giving people like Latasha Greer -- a…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
U.S. Postal Service Will Issue Stamps to Support Five Causes
By NICOLE LEWISThe United States Postal Service plans to issue five new first-class stamps, starting in 2002, to help raise money to battle diseases and other problems that afflict large numbers of Americans. The stamps, called semi-postals, will be priced higher than regular first-class stamps,…
By nicole lewis
Contributor
Persuading Donors to Give House Parties: One Group’s Approach
The Northwest Ecosystem Alliance, in Bellingham, Wash., asked loyal donors to hold parties at their homes to raise money to protect part of Washington’s Loomis State Forest from logging. Each donor was asked to invite 60 friends, pay for refreshments, call guests a few days before the party as a…
Using Parties to Ease the Process of Asking Friends and Family for Money
By NICOLE LEWISNonprofit board members and donors often have a hard time asking people they know for charitable contributions. To help ease some of the anxiety associated with raising funds from friends, ALSO SEE:Getting Friends to GivePersuading Donors to Give House Parties: One Group’s Approach…
By nicole lewis
Contributor
Charities help key supporters conquer fears of soliciting othersElizabeth Davis has long supported the Vermont Food Bank as a donor and ALSO SEE:Using Parties to Ease the Process of Asking Friends and Family for MoneyPersuading Donors to Give House Parties: One Group’s Approach a board member. But…
By nicole lewis
Contributor
Swimming-Instructor Brothers Among New ‘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…
Washington Arts Groups Receive $58-Million From Financier; Other Gifts
Three Washington arts groups and two Pennsylvania higher-education institutions have received large gifts: Alberto W. Vilar, a New York investor, has pledged $58-million to two Washington performing-arts organizations. Mr. Vilar will give $50-million to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing…
How ‘The Chronicle’ Conducted Its Survey on Foundations
The Chronicle’s annual survey is based on financial information provided by ALSO SEE:The 2001 Foundation Giving Survey: Search the survey database and browse additional data.Big Funds See a Dip in Assets 142 of the largest private grant-making foundations in the country. The foundations in the…
Midwestern fund forsakes making project-by-project grants in favor of direct, long-term ties to entire communitiesMiner County, S.D., has been languishing for decades, as a declining ALSO SEE: At a Glance: The Northwest Area Foundation farm economy has prompted hundreds of families to seek brighter…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor