Charities Get Help With Y2K Problem
Efforts are under way to help charities in Chicago and Washington deal with potential year-2000 computer problems. The year-2000 problem arises because much of the computer hardware and software programs still in use today identify years by the last two digits, and those older systems may…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Reading and Giving Mix at New Web Site
Book lovers can now recommend their favorite titles to friends and raise money for charity at the same time. MybnLink, a new charity effort by Barnes andnoble.com, is designed to reward people who send electronic messages with their book recommendations. The sender signs up for a hypertext link…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Study Assesses Benefits to Families of Home Visits
The Future of Children: Home Visiting: Recent Program Evaluation, edited by Richard E. Behrman, is the latest issue of a journal published twice a year by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation’s Center for the Future of Children. For this issue, the center asked 25 authors to analyze six programs…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
Advice on Amending Policies for Gay Workers
Expanding Opportunities: A Grantmaker’s Guide to Workplace Policies for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Staff begins with an introduction that covers non-discrimination policies, domestic-partnership eligibility, tips to encourage employers to adopt benefits policies for domestic partners, and a list of…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
Scholar Salutes Development of Salvation Army
Red-Hot and Righteous: The Urban Religion of the Salvation Army
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
Periodical Plumbs Past Editions for Management Advice
Harvard Business Review on Nonprofits These eight essays were originally published in the Harvard Business Review from July 1994 to January 1998. The contributors are academics, consultants, and officials at tax-exempt groups who bring their experience to bear on the management of non-profit…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
Healy, Former NIH Chief, Named President of American Red Cross
Bernadine P. Healy, a cardiologist and director of the National Institutes of Health during the Bush Administration, takes the helm of the American Red Cross on September 1. Dr. Healy, currently dean of Ohio State University College of Medicine and Public Health, succeeds Elizabeth Hanford Dole,…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
Contributor
Center Seeks to Develop Data Base on Giving
Frustrated by the scarcity of reliable data on charitable giving, the Urban Institute’s Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy is leading an effort to create a national repository of information on such donations. Elizabeth T. Boris, director of the Washington center, said that currently the best…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
Accounting Standards Board Changes Rule on How to Report Earmarked Donations
The Financial Accounting Standards Board has changed the way charitable organizations are supposed to report donations that are collected in behalf of another non-profit group. The board’s new rule, known as Standard No. 136, will mainly affect organizations -- like United Ways, Jewish federations,…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
Land Deals Show Promise, Pitfalls of Preservation
Across northern New England, paper companies are selling off forestland at an unprecedented rate as part of an industry-wide restructuring. ALSO SEE:Preserving Open Space for the AgesSome Recent Transactions Involving Land Trusts As governments have balked at the chance to greatly expand the stock…
By Stephen G. Greene
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