Technology Bits: Federal Grants, Arts Resources, Ways for Charities to Win Prizes and Earn Money
* The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Technology Opportunities Program is accepting applications for $12.5-million in grants through March 16. The program, formerly known as the Telecommunications and Information Infrastructure Assistance Program, awards grants to non-profit organizations and state…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Web Site Links Researchers and Non-Profit Groups
A new Web site plays matchmaker between non-profit organizations with research needs and students and academics looking for projects. Link -- also the name of the new Stanford, Cal., non-profit group that runs the site -- allows charities to post research projects that they would like to have…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
‘Digital Divide’ Draws Grant Makers’ Attention
The “digital divide” has become a hot topic in philanthropy. * A new documentary series entitled Digital Divide, airing this month on PBS, examines how income levels, race, and gender affect children’s access to technology both inside and outside the classroom. With a $300,000 grant from the Bill &…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Paper Examines How Welfare Shift Shook Up California
Reflections on the Impact of Devolution on California, by Jean Ross, executive director of the California Budget Project, explores how the state has been coping with new responsibilities stemming from welfare restructuring. Ms. Ross writes that reductions in federal benefits to legal immigrants…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
Report Documents Rough Start for Urban Babies
The Right Start: Conditions of Babies and Their Families in America’s Largest Cities reports that many children born in cities suffer disadvantages not shared by suburban or rural babies. The Annie E. Casey Foundation, in Baltimore, analyzed the 1997 births in 55 U.S. cities according to certain…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
The Times Favor Fund Raising, Author Says
Successful Fundraising, Second Edition: a Complete Handbook for Volunteers and Professionals
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
Directory Profiles 2,500 Corporate Grant Makers
National Directory of Corporate Giving, Sixth Edition
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
Grantmaking Basics: a Field Guide for Funders
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
Supreme Court Will Review Ruling in Boy Scout Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether the Boy Scouts of America may continue its policy of excluding homosexuals. The justices this month said they will review a ruling by the Supreme Court of New Jersey that held that the charity violated the state’s antidiscrimination law when it…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
Contributor
1 in 10 Foundations Offers Domestic-Partner Benefits, Survey Finds
One in 10 foundations offers medical or other benefits to its employees’ unmarried domestic partners, ALSO SEE:Grant Makers: Benefits Provided to Staff MembersEmployment Policies at FoundationsPercentage of Foundations That Offer Different Types of Leave to Workers according to a new survey by the…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
Contributor