Bits: Conference Rescheduled, Social-Services Newsletter, and a 990 Primer

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

January 10, 2002 | Read Time: 1 minute

The third annual e-Philanthropy conference, which was cancelled in the wake of the September 11 terrorist attacks, has been rescheduled for March 4-5 in McLean, Va. For more information: Go to http://www.independentsector.org for registration materials, as well as to view a summary of the 2000 conference.
Tech News: Enhancing Human Services Through Technology, a newsletter the United Way of New York City has published on its Web site since 1996, is now available via e-mail. To subscribe: Go to http://www.uwnyc.org/technews.
A primer explaining how to read Forms 990, the informational tax returns that nonprofit organizations file with the Internal Revenue Service, is now available on the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York’s Web site. The article includes sample 990s to illustrate key points. To get there: Go to http://www.npccny.org/Form_990/990.htm.

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NICOLE WALLACE

Features Editor

Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.