Bits: The Community Collaborative Fund; Additions to TechSoup
By NICOLE WALLACE Verizon Communications has contributed the first $2.5-million of the $25-million it plans to give to the Community Collaborative Fund. The fund will award grants to California programs that bring information technology to the poor, as well as to members of minority groups and the…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Domestic-Violence Victims Aided by Cell-Phone Drive
By NICOLE WALLACEThe wireless-telephone industry is deploying its products in the fight against domestic violence -- and asking the public to pitch in, too. Since 1996, the Call to Protect program has put 21,000 mobile phones in the hands of victims of domestic violence. The program is sponsored by…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Federal Technology Program Increases Grants to Charities
By NICOLE WALLACEThe U.S. Department of Commerce’s Technology Opportunities Program will award approximately $42.5-million in grants this year, up from $12.5-million in 2000. Started in 1994, the program awards matching grants to nonprofit organizations and state and local governments to integrate…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Telecommunications Merger Leads to New Foundation
By NICOLE WALLACEThe day after America Online and Time Warner completed their merger, the new company announced that the AOL and Time Warner Foundations would be merging as well. The new AOL Time Warner Foundation will be based in New York and Dulles, Va. The fund will focus its giving in the areas…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Foundation Pay in 2000 Rose 5%, New Study Finds
By DEBRA E. BLUMMedian salaries at U.S. foundations rose by 5 percent last year, matching increases ALSO SEE:Salaries and Benefits at Foundations posted each year since 1992, according to a new report by the Council on Foundations. Chief executive officers at all types of foundations -- community,…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Failed Baptist Fund of Arizona Assails Accounting Company
By DEBRA E. BLUMThe failed Baptist Foundation of Arizona has accused the accounting company Arthur Andersen of helping to cover up a fraudulent scheme that cost foundation investors hundreds of millions of dollars. The latest claims are in an amendment to a lawsuit filed last summer in state court…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Recommendations for President Bush: Two Views From Nonprofit Leaders
Capital Research Center, a Washington think tank, has compiled ALSO SEE:Philanthropy, Congress, and the New Administration: the Key IssuesOutlook For Philanthropy: Issues in the 107th CongressSeveral Bush Nominees Have Nonprofit Experience Mandate for Charity, a list of suggestions for the Bush…
Several Bush Nominees Have Nonprofit Experience
Apart from think tanks and universities, “the nonprofit sector has ALSO SEE:Philanthropy, Congress, and the New Administration: the Key IssuesOutlook For Philanthropy: Issues in the 107th CongressRecommendations for President Bush: Two Views From Nonprofit Leaders been underappreciated as a source…
Philanthropy, Congress, and the New Administration: the Key Issues
As Congress and the new president get down to business, philanthropy is a topic commanding much attention in Washington. Many legislators, as well as President Bush, have expressed strong ALSO SEE:Outlook For Philanthropy: Issues in the 107th CongressSeveral Bush Nominees Have Nonprofit…
Food-Drive Coordinator Among ‘Points of Light’
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’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…