Lobbying Groups Fear a Move in Congress
By Nicole WallaceTwo coalitions of advocacy groups and technology companies are fighting a new move that threatens nonprofit organizations’ ability to conduct e-mail campaigns. The House Chief Administrative Officer has made software available to members of Congress that requires visitors to their…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: Katrin Verclas Appointed Executive Director Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network
The Community Technology Centers’ Network will hold its 15th annual conference in Washington July 27-29. The meeting will highlight the history of and changes and innovations in the field of community technology. For more information: Go to http://www.ctcnet.org. Katrin Verclas has been appointed…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Mass. Company Adds Online Fund-Raising Service
For the past 17 years, the Target Analysis Group has analyzed and compared direct-mail fund-raising data for charities to show them how they fared relative to other organizations. Now, the Cambridge, Mass., company is incorporating online fund-raising into its analysis. Target expects 12 to 15…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Photograph by Ken Yanoviak
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
As Hurricane Season Begins, Red Cross Applies Lessons of Katrina
The American Red Cross raised an extraordinary amount of money online for its Hurricane Katrina relief efforts: ALSO SEE:Statistical Data: Online Fund Raising: How Much Big Charities Are RaisingArticle: Charities Make Faster ConnectionsArticle: Debate Rages Over Plan to Let Charities’ Messages…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Debate Rages Over Plan to Let Charities’ Messages Bypass Spam Filters
A new service that AOL and Yahoo say will improve e-mail delivery and bolster recipients’ confidence that the ALSO SEE:Statistical Data: Online Fund Raising: How Much Big Charities Are RaisingArticle: Charities Make Faster ConnectionsArticle: How The Chronicle’s Survey on Online Fund Raising Was…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities Make Faster Connections
Fund raising for disaster relief helped lift online totals in 2005 Online giving to the nation’s largest charities continued its steep climb in 2005, according to The Chronicle’s seventh annual survey of online fund raising. Electronic gifts to the 167 organizations that provided data for this…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
By Nicole Wallace American Humanics has released a new bibliography and literature review entitled “Workforce Issues in the Nonprofit Sector: Generational Leadership Change and Diversity.” It is available in the Initiative for Nonprofit Sector Careers section of the organization’s Web site, under…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
‘Net Neutrality’ Is Topic of Grant-Maker Seminar
By Nicole WallaceThe Innovation Funders Network plans to hold a conference call for grant makers on “net neutrality” on June 9. The concept of net neutrality refers to the practice of handling all data traveling over the Internet in the same way, no matter which companies’ networks deliver it.…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Environmental Charity Turns Old Factory Into Green Headquarters
By Nicole WallaceStaying true to its mission as an environmental organization, the Center for Neighborhood Technology has recycled an old textile factory on Chicago’s northwest side as its headquarters. And it embarked on the renovation with the goal of making the building as environmentally…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor