Publication Outlines Trustee Duties
The Effective Nonprofit Board: Responsibilities & Recruitment, by Ann W. Lehman and Robert M. Zimmerman, is intended to educate board members of non-profit organizations about their most important duties. Ms. Lehman and Mr. Zimmerman, partners at a San Francisco consulting firm that bears their…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Education for Non-Profit Managers Discussed in New Book
Nonprofit Management Education: U.S. and World Perspectives
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Directory Lists Grants for American Indian Causes
National Directory of Foundation Grants for Native Americans
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Clinton’s Budget Proposes Increases for the Arts and Social Welfare
President Clinton’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year calls for increased spending on a variety of programs, including the arts, social welfare, and community service. The plan released last week also has numerous other provisions that could affect chariites. The President’s proposal opens…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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National Organizers Alliance’s Pension Plan for Activists: How It Works
Eligibility: People are eligible for coverage if they have at least one year of employment in the social-justice movement and work for a group that belongs to the National Organizers Alliance. Non-profit and for-profit groups involved in social-justice work are eligible to join the alliance. ALSO…
A Safety Net for Aging Activists
Coalition sets up first pension plan designed for social-justice crusaders Charles Taylor has worked as an organizer for the Carolina Alliance for Fair Employment, in Greenville, S.C., for 18 years, helping low-wage residents assert their economic rights. “This is what I love and want to be doing,”…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
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Major Marketer of ‘Split-Dollar’ Insurance Amends Several of Its Plan’s Provisions
A California company is making changes in its approach to a controversial giving technique in which charities and wealthy donors divide the proceeds of life-insurance policies purchased with tax-deductible dollars. InsMark, a San Ramon, Cal., company that is among the nation’s most aggressive…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
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Charities Use Outdoor ‘Challenges’ to Attract Donations
Capitalizing on a surging interest in adventure travel and a booming market for activities that test physical fitness and endurance, a growing number of charities are adding events like whitewater rafting trips and mountain-climbing expeditions to their usual calendar of fund-raising auctions and…
Raising Funds Over the Long Run
Charities tap into marathon mania to earn big bucks for their causes About 8,000 of the 20,000 people signed up for this year’s Suzuki Rock ‘n’ Roll Marathon in San Diego are members of the Leukemia Society of America’s Team In Training. ALSO SEE:Charities Use Outdoor ‘Challenges’ to Attract…
By Debra E. Blum
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Apple Grower, Atlanta Reporter Honored as ‘Points of Light’
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’s Daily Points of Light Award. The awards, which are given to those who have done exemplary volunteer work, take their name from President Bush’s description of people who do community service…