Tired of simply responding to fund-raising appeals, donors join forces to find worthy causes Every Friday night for the past 25 years, a group of Jewish couples in Norwalk, Conn., has gathered to share the Sabbath in each other’s homes. ALSO SEE:What Donors Can Do to Avoid the Pitfalls of Shared…
By Holly Hall
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Greenpeace Directors Call It Quits
The board of Greenpeace USA resigned this month after failing to reach agreement on the best way to manage the environmental advocacy group, which has been trying to stabilize itself after a tumultuous shakeup in 1997. The action followed a year of gridlock during which the nine board members often…
By Stephen G. Greene
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‘The Industry Standard’: Allure of the Web
Many non-profit groups have been slow to make use of the Internet, but some advocacy and social-service organizations are finding innovative ways to use Web sites to engage the public on such issues as the environment, civil rights, and children’s issues, says The Industry Standard (December 6), a…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
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‘Fast Company’: Profiles in Doing and Giving Back
The magazine Fast Company (December) includes four charity executives among its cover story on 16 “change agents, digital thinkers, talent scouts, designers, and dreamers.” Under the category of “social justice,” the magazine recognizes: * Alan Khazei and Vanessa Kirsch, a husband-and-wife team who…
By Jennifer Moore
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‘Business Review’: on Trustee Skills
Business executives beware: Using traditional corporate-management skills on a non-profit board can be hazardous to the health of the charity. “Non-profit work involves more than just having your heart in the right place,” F. Warren McFarlan, a Harvard Business School professor and veteran…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
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Guide Lists High-Tech Sources of Funds
Tech Support: Corporate Giving Programs of America’s Top High-Tech Firms profiles the corporate-giving programs of 46 high-technology companies and offers a guide to conducting corporate-grants research on the Internet. Each entry includes contact information, geographic regions where the companies…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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More Money Raised From Fewer Donors, Educational Survey Reports
Educational Fund-Raising Campaigns 1997-1998 summarizes the results of a survey to monitor recent trends in capital campaigns. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education received responses from roughly 200 higher-education institutions and private schools. Most of the respondents reported…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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New Biography of Philanthropist Robert Wood Johnson
Robert Wood Johnson: The Gentleman Rebel By Lawrence G. Foster When Robert Wood Johnson died in 1968, the foundation he had created 32 years earlier stood poised to inherit $300-million of his company’s stock. The philanthropy adhered to the high moral scruples of its namesake by avoiding any…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Authors Examine Spectrum of Planned Giving
Planned Giving: Managing, Marketing, and Law, Second Edition By Ronald R. Jordan and Katelyn L. Quynn This book aims to provide a comprehensive resource for planned-giving professionals, scrutinizing the legal and managerial elements of trusts and other methods that donors can use to make large…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Authors Urge Business-Charity Alliances
Common Interest, Common Good: Creating Value through Business and Social Sector Partnerships By Shirley Sagawa and Eli Segal Governments should scrap regulations that discourage businesses and charities to collaborate on ALSO SEE:Break Down Barriers to Business-Charity Partnerships money-making…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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