Efforts to Screen Volunteers Fall Short, Report Says
Many social-service charities do not do enough to screen volunteers, exposing the people they serve to potential trouble and the organizations themselves to liability, a new report says. The report, released by the National Center for Victims of Crime, in Washington, was paid for by a grant from…
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Vermont Poised to Recognize Businesses That Are Created to Offer Social Benefits
Vermont is poised to become the first state to officially recognize a new kind of business designed to allow charitable ventures to more easily attract foundation money and other kinds of private capital. Advocates of the new business structure — what they describe as “a for-profit with a nonprofit…
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IRS to Offer Second Chance to Charities That Miss Disclosure Deadline
IRS to offer second chance to groups that miss disclosure deadline
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Charities Criticized for Falling Short When Screening Potential Volunteers
Nonprofit groups criticized for falling short when screening potential volunteers
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Outdoor Trips Inspire Children and Parents
When Neighborhood House, a social-services organization for immigrant families in Seattle, ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Time OutARTICLE: Michigan Museum’s New Exhibit Turns a Room Into a Maple Forest for KidsARTICLE: At Indiana Land Trust, It’s All About Kids Communing With Nature was picking field-trip…
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At Indiana Land Trust, It’s All About Kids Communing With Nature
Cristian Freitag had a problem gnawing at him: Fewer and fewer southern Indiana kids were getting ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Time OutARTICLE: Michigan Museum’s New Exhibit Turns a Room Into a Maple Forest for KidsARTICLE: Outdoor Trips Inspire Children and Parents outside to enjoy and appreciate the area’s…
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Michigan Museum’s New Exhibit Turns a Room Into a Maple Forest for Kids
Soon, visitors walking into the lobby of the Ann Arbor Hands-On Museum will quickly think they ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Time OutARTICLE: At Indiana Land Trust, It’s All About Kids Communing With NatureARTICLE: Outdoor Trips Inspire Children and Parents are outside again. Or that’s what it will look like,…
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Eight Nonprofit Groups Win MacArthur Fund’s Awards to Honor Creativity and Effectiveness
Nonprofit groups that promote human rights in Russia, protect the environment in Madagascar, and improve public radio in the United States are among the winners of a foundation prize recognizing the contributions of small, adept organizations around the world. Eight nonprofit groups — three in the…
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Environmental groups, health charities, and other organizations seek ways to help kids discover natureIt was a beautiful spring evening a couple of years back when Liz Baird was walking her dog. She ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Michigan Museum’s New Exhibit Turns a Room Into a Maple Forest for KidsARTICLE: At…
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Eight Charities Win MacArthur Prizes for Creativity and Effectiveness
Eight charities win MacArthur prizes for creativity
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