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By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
Bits: Fellowships for Technology Writers; E-mail Greetings Benefit Charities
* The John and Mary R. Markle Foundation, in New York, has committed $845,000 over the next two years to a new fellowship program to support writers who are examining the effects of information technology on society. The Markle Fellows program is part of a fellowship program run by the New America…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Web Site to Peddle Works of Older Craftspeople
Geezer.com is a new Web site that helps older craftspeople sell their wares online -- even if they don’t have access to the Internet. The site -- which will feature a wide variety of items such as pottery, wooden toys, hand-tied fishing lures, and baskets -- is a project of Green Thumb, a charity…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Company Gives Equipment, Training to Chicago Charities
The petroleum company BP Amoco will donate more than $500,000 in computer hardware and software and $250,000 in technology services and training to more than 100 non-profit organizations in Chicago. The company’s “Nonprofit Technology Advancement Initiative” kicks off with a conference on March 24…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Civil-Rights Groups Get Help With Technology
The technology efforts of civil-rights organizations will soon get a lift from a new coalition of grant makers and companies. The Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the Leadership Conference Education Fund, in Washington, and the AOL Foundation, in Dulles, Va., have formed the Digital…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
‘Kiplinger’s’: Fund Raising by Volunteers’
Taking on the role of volunteer fund raiser can be an awkward business for those who are more used to giving donations than asking for them. But there are basic steps that volunteer fund raisers can take to prepare for the daunting task of asking people or companies to part with large sums, says an…
By Domenica Marchetti
Contributor
‘Slate’: Ranking Charity Donors
Ever since Ted Turner suggested in 1996 that philanthropists should have their own equivalent of the Forbes 400 -- a prestigious ranking that would honor people who give their money away -- the press has been trying to figure out how best to compile such a list. One such effort is the Slate 60, the…
Pennsylvania Sues Former Top Officials of Health Fund
The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office has sued former top officials of the Allegheny Health Education and Research Foundation in an effort to recover nearly $80-million in charitable donations that the state says were spent improperly. Allegheny was the non-profit parent company of a chain of…
By Harvy Lipman
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The Joint Tax Committee of Congress is recommending that the federal government greatly expand the amount of financial and other information ALSO SEE:Tax Report Shakes Up Charities that it releases to the public about non-profit organizations. Additional information would include: * Results of…
Most College Fund Raisers Won Healthy Rise in Pay
The median salary of chief fund raisers at colleges and universities rose by 6 percent last year, to $88,936, ALSO SEE:Median Salaries of College Fund-Raising Officials, 1999-2000 according to a survey by the College and University Personnel Association. That’s one percentage point higher than the…
By MARINA DUNDJERSKI
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