Charities Should Disagree With Government
I should have known my organization was in trouble in the summer of 2003 when the call came from our program officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, informing us that we would be subjected to our third government audit in eight months. The organization I serve, Advocates for…
By James Wagoner
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Charity Leader Helps Disparate Groups Resolve Conflicts Through Talking
Baltimore By Mary E. Medland It is a few minutes before 7 a.m. on a Thursday, and Lauren Abramson, executive director of the Community Conferencing Center, is already on her cellphone chatting with a staff member while meandering back and forth between her living room and front porch. Her home is…
By Mary E. Medland
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Privacy Rules Bring New Challenges for Hopkins Fund Raiser
No. 26 By Michael Anft Baltimore When John H. Zeller arrives at work each morning, he has a lot to look ALSO SEE:DATABASE: Search The Chronicle’s Philanthropy 400 database of U.S. charities that raised the most in donations from individuals, foundations, and corporationsHow The Chronicle Compiled…
By Michael Anft
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The Advertising Council (New York): Appointed Barbara Leshinsky, associate dean for institutional advancement at the New York Law School, to be executive vice president for development. American Cancer Society-Illinois Division (Chicago): Appointed Donna Baker, a sales representative at Grainger…
Let’s Set Standards on Valuing Gifts
By David W. Brown For boards and CEO’s, understanding fund-raising results used to be simple. The charity’s development officers would present a tally of gifts and pledges, and the numbers were understandable. Comparisons could be easily made with peer institutions. That was when fund raising…
Understanding What Motivates Technology Companies
To the Editor: I took great interest in your September 16 articles (“Building Better Technology” and “A Drive to Unleash the Internet’s Power”). As a 30-year fund-raising veteran, I concur with Chuck Longfield in his assessment, “The fund-raising software industry has been discovered.” Capital…
Building Consensus, Not Partisanship
It has become conventional wisdom that the United States is a polarized, deeply divided nation, with the red states and the blue states on either side of a growing chasm. But that notion is problematic. Politicians, nonprofit leaders, the news media, and others who endorse the polarization image…
By Ruth A. Wooden
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Charities find that small rewards or even a simple ‘thank you’ can have a big impact on employee moraleThe Julia Porter Award may not be as prestigious as the Oscar, Emmy, or Tony, but to one of this year’s ALSO SEE:Nonprofit Staying Power winners, it doesn’t get much better. Mary Anne Beddome, a…
By Rebecca Gardyn
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Long-term charity employees say mission is one reason they remainKate Hillas stayed in the same job for 20 years and says she rarely got bored. Ms. Hillas, 50, who retired ALSO SEE:A Show of Appreciation in June as head of development at the Madeira School, a private girls’ school in McLean, Va.,…
By Cassie J. Moore
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