How The Chronicle Did Survey on Corporate Giving
The Chronicle’s annual survey on corporate giving offers a glimpse of the state of philanthropy at many ALSO SEE:» Statistical Data: Charitable Giving at 93 Major CorporationsBig Business Doing More for CharityTechnology Helps Companies Do More to Encourage Employee Volunteerism of the nation’s…
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Nonprofit Organizations Are Hiring Workers at a Faster Pace Than Government, Businesses
By Cassie J. Moore The number of Americans who work at nonprofit organizations now exceeds 12.5 million, and hiring by ALSO SEE:Employment at Nonprofit Groups such groups has been rising faster than in business or government, according to a new report by two Washington organizations that study…
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Tips for Getting the Most from High School and College Students Who Volunteer
When Ashley Dennis, a charity official in Amherst, Mass., heard that a professor at a local university was urging his students to volunteer as part of a health course, she seized the opportunity. Ms. Dennis, community outreach and development coordinator at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Hampshire…
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Low-Carb Craze Takes a Bite Out of Food Fund-Raising Sales
Girl Scout Troop 2077 in New Rochelle, N.Y., didn’t sell enough cookies this year to pay for its annual ALSO SEE:The Atkins Way of Giving overnight outing. The reason, says the troop’s leader, Judy Lederman: Too many potential customers are trying to lose weight by shunning carbohydrates. “Low-carb…
By Debra E. Blum and Cassie J. Moore
How to Find the Best Instruction in Writing Grant Proposals
The faxed advertisement that arrived at Citizens Who Care, a nonprofit group in Davis, Calif., that provides services for the elderly, promised grant-proposal-writing training that would result in thousands of dollars in revenue for charities. But Julie Bornhoeft, the group’s executive director,…
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A List of Grant Seekers’ Favorite Resources
TOOLS AND TRAINING By Cassie Moore Consult the following resources to help improve grant-proposal writing skills: Web sitesCharityChannel.com: The “Grants and Foundations Review” ALSO SEE:How to Find the Best Instruction in Writing Grant Proposals section of this Web site contains dozens of…
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Bits: Indiana Website Lists Charities Using Professional Solicitors
The Indiana attorney general’s office is now able to share through its Web site financial information from charities that use professional solicitors to raise money in the state. The information is being collected as part of a new state law that requires fund-raising companies to file annual…
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Software Guide Helps Charities Customize
The Nonprofit Open Source Initiative has released a new guide, “Choosing and Using Open Source Software: A Primer for Nonprofits,” to help charity managers and technology-assistance providers use open-source software effectively. Open-source software gives users access to the “source code” of an…
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Web Site Offers Civil-Rights Recollections
As a teenager in segregated Petersburg, Va., Priscilla Robinson took part in sit-ins at restaurants that would not serve black people and protested at businesses that would not hire black employees. She was determined to fight for change, but always anxious. “Apprehension was my constant…
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Charities Seek Help Protecting Donor Privacy
Epsilon, a for-profit marketing company in Wakefield, Mass., that serves many nonprofit groups has added the position of chief privacy officer to help clients ensure they are complying with new laws, such as the federal do-not-call registry and the anti-spam law. The new privacy official, Steven…
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