Technology Helps Companies Do More to Encourage Employee Volunteerism
Companies are increasingly using their internal computer networks to persuade employees to volunteer -- ALSO SEE:» Statistical Data: Charitable Giving at 93 Major CorporationsBig Business Doing More for CharityHow The Chronicle Did Survey on Corporate Giving making it faster and easier to recruit…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Cancer Survivor’s Wish Creates Video Game
Players who enter the world of Ben’s Game must destroy cancer cells and collect the seven shields that offer protection from the common side effects of chemotherapy. Winning is far from easy, as fearsome creatures like the Qball Monster and the Robarf Monster guard the charms that protect against…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Software Company Makes Stock Offering
Blackbaud, a Charleston, S.C., company that produces fund-raising, accounting, and school-administration software, plans to sell 9.1 million shares of common stock in its initial public offering, according to documents filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 1. The company…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charity Watchdog Group Unveils Plan to Bring Evaluation Process Online
Next month the BBB Wise Giving Alliance, a charity watchdog group, will start using a new online system to collect and evaluate charity data -- a move that the organization hopes will allow it to increase significantly the number of charity reports it issues. The alliance evaluates charities based…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
What charities can learn from political campaigns about raising funds and rallying supporters onlineEach month, 5,000 to 10,000 people who regularly read the Heritage Foundation’s news and opinion Web site ALSO SEE:» Related articles: about Charities and Elections meet in person in 150 cities to…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: Microsoft To Contribute $3-Million to NPower
The Microsoft Corporation, in Redmond, Wash., will contribute $3-million in cash over two years to NPower, a network of 12 nonprofit organizations across the country that provide technology assistance to other charities. Two guides to completing the Form 990-PF informational tax returns that…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Kiosks Dispense Legal Assistance
Going before a judge without a lawyer and filling out the necessary paperwork for the court can be complicated, but a charity in Santa Ana, Calif., has turned to technology to help make self-representation less intimidating. The Legal Aid Society of Orange County has created the Interactive…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
North Carolina Puts Grants List Online
The Office of the State Auditor in North Carolina has added to its Web site a database of nonprofit organizations that receive funds from the state and the amount of money they receive. Visitors to the site can search the information for the 2004 fiscal year by city, county, the name of the…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities Divided Over E-Mail Address Services
As charities try to encourage more donors to visit their Web sites, one stumbling block is that most organizations do ALSO SEE:Online Donations SurgeHow Online Fund Raising Has Fared in Past Four Years at a Sampling of CharitiesOnline Fund Raising: How Much Big Charities Are RaisingHow The…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Fund raising tops $100-million, Chronicle survey findsOnline giving to the country’s largest charities surged in 2003, as many groups posted double- and triple-digit ALSO SEE:How Online Fund Raising Has Fared in Past Four Years at a Sampling of CharitiesCharities Divided Over E-Mail Address…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor