Stars Hope to Set Example With Big Donations to Help Tsunami Victims
Steven Spielberg, the Hollywood producer, who makes most of his philanthropic contributions anonymously, broke ALSO SEE:SPECIAL REPORT: Rebuilding Nature’s Ruin that tradition by announcing soon after the Asian tsunamis that his family had contributed a total of $1.5-million to CARE, Oxfam, and…
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Photograph by Terry Winn Micheline Dahm-Schiltges and her husband, Jacques Dahm, traveled to Peru and Bolivia from their home in Luxembourg 18 years ago because they wanted to experience another culture. But the poverty they encountered shocked them so much that the two schoolteachers decided to…
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Promoting Civic Engagement in Higher Education
New Directions in Civic Engagement: University Avenue Meets Main Street is a collection of essays by 20 experts in the fields of higher education and community development who describe how universities can play a greater role in civic affairs. The authors write that the civic role of universities…
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Guidebook to Embracing and Promoting Diversity
Leading Diverse Communities: A How-to Guide for Moving From Healing Into Action, by Cherie R. Brown and George J. Mazza, is a guide to abandoning stereotypes, resolving conflicts, and developing skills that foster interaction among different groups of people. The book proposes 32 recommendations…
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Spotting Common Fund-Raising Blunders
Fundraising Mistakes That Bedevil All Boards (and Staff Too): A 1-Hour Guide to Identifying and Overcoming Obstacles to Your Success, by Kay Sprinkel Grace, offers advice for avoiding the “top 40" errors committed by board members and development officers when soliciting donations. Ms. Grace, a…
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Reflections of a Civil-Rights Advocate
The Passion of My Times: An Advocate’s Fifty-Year Journey in the Civil Rights Movement
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The Nonprofit Board as a Source of Leadership
Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards
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Thirty Years of Opinion Writing by Leading Nonprofit Critic
Challenges for Nonprofits and Philanthropy: The Courage to Change
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Guidance for Nonprofit Groups in Filing Forms 990
IRS Form 990 Tax Preparation Guide for Nonprofits, Revised Edition, by Jody Blazek, shows nonprofit organizations how to communicate clear, concise, and accurate information about their finances and operations through informational tax returns and other such documents. Jody Blazek, an accountant,…
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Directory of Grant Makers That Give Globally
Guide to Funding for International and Foreign Programs, Seventh Edition, edited by Jeffrey A. Falkenstein, lists more than 1,500 foundations, corporate-giving programs, and charities that have stated or demonstrated an interest in financing programs overseas. In the seventh edition of this…
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