Essays Examine What Constitutes “Civil Society”
Civil Society and the Millennium
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
The following awards have been presented for work in philanthropy, fund raising, volunteerism, and non-profit management: Direct mail. The Direct Marketing Association’s Non-Profit Council (New York) has given its 1999 Non-Profit Organization of the Year Award to the Christian Appalachian Project…
Volunteering Is a Priority, Older Americans Say
People ages 50 to 75 say that volunteering and community service are among their top priorities during retirement, but relatively few of the people in that age group currently participate in such activities regularly, according to survey results released last week. Half of the 803 Americans polled…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
‘Condé Nast Traveler’: Time Off to Do Good
Vacations can be relaxing, exciting, exhausting, even boring, but Condé Nast Traveler (September) says they also can be “virtuous.” The magazine offers readers a list of “worthy organizations” that invite vacationers to do good by working as volunteers in skilled and unskilled jobs at the…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
Contributor
‘Wired’: Giving With a Bottom Line
A new breed of donors is trying to reinvent the art of philanthropy, matching generosity with the no-nonsense rules of business, Wired magazine writes in its September issue. The new donors, called “venture philanthropists,” believe “that simply giving money away is too passive and uninvolved,”…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
Contributor
Global Study Finds High Rate of Volunteerism
Around the world, more than one person in four donates time to non-profit organizations, ALSO SEE:Charting the Voluntary World according to a new study of non-profit activities in nearly two dozen countries. The aggregate work of such volunteers, in fact, adds the equivalent of 10.6 million…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
Technology Bits: Board Listings and an Effort to Close the “Digital Divide”
* BoardClassifieds, a new Web site, lists available trustee positions at non-profit organizations in the San Francisco area and allows candidates to submit their applications on line. The Web site is run by the Volunteer Center of San Francisco and the Support Center for Nonprofit Management/NDC,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Software Helps Charities With Virtual ‘Shopping Malls’
New software gives non-profit organizations more control over their on-line “shopping malls” -- sites through which charities collect a percentage of the money that consumers spend on various products. Shop2Give, a Los Angeles company that sponsors its own site to raise money for charities, also…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Non-Profit Managers Offered On-Line Advice
A new Web site, InnoNet’s Workstation for Innovative Nonprofits, offers planning and evaluation help for charities. The Web site features interactive work sheets that non-profit staff members can use to design new programs and evaluation procedures. Later this fall, users will also be able to…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
California Goodwill Creates On-Line Auction Site
Shoppers who scour their local Goodwill for hidden treasures now have another place to search -- the Internet. Goodwill Industries of Orange County, in Santa Ana, Cal., has set up an on-line auction site to sell valuable and unusual items it has received as donations. The site was built by Kruzin…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor