Google and other high-tech entrepreneurs look for new approaches to philanthropy Google’s decision to operate its philanthropic arm largely as a for-profit entity adds new momentum to a growing effort among technology entrepreneurs to blend business and charity. But it also raises vexing questions…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Animal Groups Merge Operations
The Humane Society of the United States and the Doris Day Animal League have merged. The two Washington animal-advocacy organizations have worked together on many projects in recent years, such as providing aid to pets after Hurricane Katrina and fighting the use of animals in testing household…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
AT&T Donates Technology, Internet Service to Poor
AT&T has announced that it will provide free or discounted technology equipment and free Internet service to 50,000 low-income households over the next three years. The One Economy Corporation, a nonprofit group in Washington dedicated to providing poor families with access to Internet technology,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charity E-Mail Messsages Snagged by Spam Filters
A study of nearly 1,000 e-mail messages sent by 28 nonprofit organizations and political groups over a two-month period found that 24 percent of the messages did not make it to the e-mail boxes of the people who requested them. The finding is roughly the same as last year’s study, in which 27…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Software Helps Charities Track Product Inventories
The Aidmatrix Foundation, in Dallas, has built technology systems linking companies that have surplus products with charities that can put those supplies to good use. The organization’s software also helps charities track their supplies internally. The fees that charities pay for the technology…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Confidence in Charities Rises, but Not to Levels Before 9/11
Donors’ confidence in charities is rebounding from the hit it took after the September 11, 2001, ALSO SEE: Chart: How Much Confidence Americans Say They Have in Charities terrorist attacks, according to a new study. But researchers say the news about donor perceptions isn’t entirely positive for…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Demand Is High for Post-Katrina Counseling Services
While shelter is the major concern for charities working along the Gulf Coast to rebuild after Hurricane Katrina, ALSO SEE:Special Report: Rebuilding the World a Storm DestroyedArticle: From Recovery to Rebuilding the damage and dislocation wrought by the storm has also led to an increase in the…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Faith Draws Many Volunteers to Devastated Gulf Region
After a long, sweltering day hanging sheetrock, installing flooring, and removing fallen ALSO SEE:Special Report: Rebuilding the World a Storm Destroyed trees for residents whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Katrina, some 40 people — ranging in age from their teenage years to their 50s and 60s —…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities along Mississippi’s Gulf Coast face hurdles as they seek to reconstruct the area and their organizations Ever since Hurricane Katrina inundated East Biloxi nearly a year ago, Bill Stallworth has been ALSO SEE:Special Report: Rebuilding the World a Storm DestroyedArticle: Demand Is High…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
By Nicole Wallace The National Center for Law and Economic Justice — formerly known as the Welfare Law Center — plans to end its Low Income Networking and Communications Project in August because of a lack of money. Since its founding in 1998, the LINC Project has helped grass-roots antipoverty…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor