New Fund Exposes Charities to the Outer Limits of Technology
By ELIZABETH SCHWINNMcLean, Va. In a Washington suburb, high-technology entrepreneurs Arthur ALSO SEE:Astride the Digital DivideTechnology Helps Small Environmental Group Get Big ResultsProgram Helps Charities Develop Savvy Plans for Getting ‘Wired’California Charities Share Their Technology Tips…
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Online marketing deals can reap big benefits, but questions remainAs the holiday giving season reaches its height, the American Red Cross hopes to ring up ALSO SEE:A Hunger for Payment at Charity Site a $50,000 donation from Warner Brothers in exchange for the charity’s help promoting the video and…
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Maine College Forges Community Ties Through Students’ Service Work
By ELIZABETH SCHWINNHispanic farm workers in the small city of Lewiston, Me., needed health care but were ALSO SEE:Offering More Than a Degree not using the local clinic, its doctor discovered. She assumed the language barrier was one problem, but she didn’t speak Spanish, and she couldn’t afford…
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Survey Looks at Salaries at Smaller N.Y. Charities
By ELIZABETH SCHWINNExecutive directors at small to medium-size nonprofit groups in New York City earned an average of $62,388 last year, according to a new survey. The survey of 50 organizations, most with budgets of less than $5-million, was commissioned by Community Resource Exchange, a New York…
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Survey Tracks Spending Growth by N.Y. Charities in the 1990’s
By ELIZABETH SCHWINNSpending by nonprofit groups in New York grew by a third from 1990 to 1998, according to an analysis of Internal Revenue Service data by the New York City Nonprofits Project. Total spending by the city´s charitable groups rose to nearly $54-billion in 1998, up 34 percent from…
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Campaign Financing Is Top Concern of Nonprofit Leaders in Online Survey
By ELIZABETH SCHWINNNonprofit leaders have plenty of suggestions for the next president of the United States, ALSO SEE:Nonprofit Groups Propose Agenda for the Next President such as calls for tax incentives to increase charitable donations. But their top priority for the new occupant of the White…
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