AOL Offers Charities New Delivery Options
America Online has announced two new delivery options for nonprofit organizations to ensure that their e-mail messages reach supporters. The new program was announced three days after a coalition of nonprofit groups, political organizations, labor unions, and small businesses started an online…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
In Exploring New Revenue Opportunities, Charity Leaders Say to Learn From the Past
Atlanta As nonprofit organizations seek out innovative approaches to melding income-generating activities with efforts to advance their charitable mission, they need to recognize and learn from the experiences of charities that have been incorporating such methods into their work for decades,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Microsoft Donation Aids Overseas Relief Groups
The need for better coordination among relief charities is a constant refrain during times of crisis. The Microsoft Corporation thinks technology could play an important part in solving the problem, and has made a large gift to help international aid and development organizations improve their…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Coalition Opposes AOL’s Plan on Bulk Mailings
This article was updated from the version that appeared in the print issue of The Chronicle to incorporate news that occurred after the newspaper’s press deadline. A coalition of more than 50 nonprofit organizations, political groups, labor unions, and small businesses have banded together to fight…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
International Groups See Revenue Jump
Nearly 5,600 American nonprofit organizations work overseas or focus on international affairs, accounting for approximately 2 percent of all charities ALSO SEE:SPECIAL REPORT: Iraq’s Reach Into the Nonprofit World in the United States and slightly more than 2 percent of all nonprofit revenue,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Applications Sought for Hewlett-Packard Grants
Hewlett-Packard is accepting applications for its Technology for Community grant program. The Palo Alto, Calif., company will be awarding wireless-technology packages valued at $17,000 to up to 100 nonprofit organizations in the United States and Puerto Rico. Each package includes six laptop…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Online Communications Tracked in New Study
More than a quarter of the names on nonprofit e-mail lists drop off each year because supporters unsubscribe from the lists or change their e-mail addresses without alerting the organizations, according to a new report. The “eNonprofit Benchmarks Study” is based on detailed analysis of online…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Red Cross Gets Chided by Congress
Washington A blistering report issued last week by an 11-member House committee investigating the preparation for Hurricane Katrina and the responses to its devastation focuses primarily on failures by government at all levels, but it also charges that charities were ill-equipped for a disaster of…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: Blackbaud Acquires Campagne Associates
Blackbaud, a company in Charleston, S.C., that makes fund-raising and accounting software for nonprofit organizations, has acquired Campagne Associates, a fund-raising software company in Manchester, N.H., in a $6-million cash deal. Blackbaud says it will continue to provide support for Campagne’s…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Book Explores Role of Internet in Social Change
A new book by a former foundation official discusses how nonprofit organizations can use information technology to foster social change, and the obstacles that still stand in the way. In the book, The Dynamics of Technology for Social Change, Jonathan Peizer draws on his experience overseeing the…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor