Charity Leaders Discuss Computer Privacy and Other Technology Issues
Oakland, Calif. Information technology is creating a new economic system, a change that will have a profound effect on the role of nonprofit organizations in society, Jeremy Rifkin, president of the Foundation on Economic Trends, in Washington, told participants here at a joint session of several…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
War Could Mean MoreAirtime for Charity PSAs
If television and radio stations shift to around-the-clock news coverage in the event of war in Iraq, charities might find new opportunities to get their public-service announcements on the airwaves, according to a company that produces such ads for nonprofit organizations. West Glen…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: An Electronic-Giving Survey, a Web Site’s Millionth Volunteer
The AAFRC Trust for Philanthropy and ePhilanthropyFoundation.org are conducting an online survey asking nonprofit organizations about their use of the Internet for fund raising in 2001 and 2002. The deadline for completing the survey is March 24. Results will be included in Giving USA, the trust’s…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Company to Give $9-Million in Technology Grants
SBC Communications will award grants totaling $9-million this year to nonprofit technology projects in the 13 states in which the company provides telecommunications services. The SBC Excelerator program is designed to help charities use technology to operate more efficiently and better fulfill…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Funds Held Steady for Key U.S. Programs
Late in February, Congress finished work on the budget for 2003 -- more than four months after the start of the fiscal year -- and provided as much money as it did in 2002 for two technology programs that President Bush wants to eliminate. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Technology Opportunities…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
3 Honored for Work Promoting Access
A nonprofit official, a charity, and a member of Congress have been honored for their work in expanding access to information technology. Last month the Alliance for Public Technology, a coalition of nonprofit organizations dedicated to equal and affordable access to technology, held its eighth…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charity Fund Raisers Rate Software in Online Survey
A new report attempts to answer one of the questions posed most frequently by fund raisers -- what software to use -- by rating more than 100 programs and database services.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities debate best ways to handle fund-raising appeals as Iraq conflict intensifiesWashington Nonprofit organizations face a big question as they plan their fund raising for the next few months: Will the United States go to war with Iraq -- and if so, when? Charity fund raisers and consultants…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Maps Help Charity Win Changes for California Schools
For more than two decades, enrollment in the Los Angeles Unified School District has skyrocketed -- often ALSO SEE:Putting Charity on the MapSatellite Imagery Allows Charity to Map Changes in ForestsSources of Information on How Charities Can Use Mapping SoftwareMaps Show Mismatch Between Locales…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Maps Show Mismatch Between Locales of a City’s Food Pantries and Their Clients
The Hunger Task Force, a food bank in Milwaukee, had suspected for some time that the city’s emergency-food ALSO SEE:Putting Charity on the MapSatellite Imagery Allows Charity to Map Changes in ForestsSources of Information on How Charities Can Use Mapping SoftwareMaps Help Charity Win Changes for…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor