New Leader at YWCA USA, New Top Fundraiser at Volunteers of America
Plus, the Newseum’s CEO departs, the College Futures Foundation gets a new CEO, the Mott Foundation and Duke Endowment get new program officers, and other personnel news.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Salaries on the Rise at U.S. Foundations
A survey of nearly 1,000 grant makers found that the median staff salary rose 3 percent in 2013, to $74,061.
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
MacArthur Prize Winners Use Data, Communications, and Technology Creatively
The foundation is honoring seven organizations today with $1-million grants for their “outsized impact in bringing about social change.”
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
(Photograph by Patti Roper/Women’s Foundation of Minnesota) For many girls in high school, gossip is the fastest way to spread a juicy story. But at KFAI Fresh Air Radio, in Minneapolis, teenage girls are taught how to find and report the real juicy stories. This summer eight young women ages 13 to…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Photograph by Chris Marolf
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Brown University Receives $100-Million for Its Medical School
Brown University has received a $100-million grant for its medical school from the Warren Alpert Foundation, in Providence, R.I. Mr. Alpert is the founder and chairman of Warren Equities, a Providence marketing company for several gasoline companies and convenience stores throughout New England.…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
THE FACE OF PHILANTHROPYHead of the Class
Several days a week, Amber Green leads her preschool class in the salute to the flag and helps the youngsters determine what kind of weather they will have during recess. She assists them during show and tell, and teaches them rudimentary Spanish. However, Ms. Green cannot walk around the…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Ways for Board Members to Promote Their Organizations
NEW BOOKS Generating Buzz: Strategic Communications for Nonprofit Boards, by Sally J. Patterson, shows board members how they can promote their organizations through marketing efforts, programs that encourage interaction with the people the charity serves, and other methods of garnering publicity.…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions