Surge in Online Giving Lifts Hopes for Some Charities
The extraordinary tragedy of September 11 led to an extraordinary outpouring of ALSO SEE:War and Recession: A Challenge for CharitiesTrimming Holiday HopesMinnesota’s Freeze Hinders AIDS GroupAtlanta Arts Coalition Braces for Lean Performance in 2002Youth Group Asks Loyal Donors to Remove Strings…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
By Nicole Wallace The innovators of the “New Philanthropy,” writes Time magazine (November 5), are people who “use Wall Street solutions to tackle urban poverty and expect a return on their investment.” The magazine features articles on donors and nonprofit executives who apply a hands-on,…
By NICOLE WALLACE and Elizabeth Greene
‘Worth’: Relief Effort by Salvation Army
By Elizabeth Greene In the name of God, Salvation Army officers have offered unwavering comfort to rescue workers at the site of the September 11 attacks in New York, reports Worth magazine (November). While it has not raised nearly as much money since the attacks as the American Red Cross, with…
By NICOLE WALLACE and Elizabeth Greene
‘Smart Money’: Helping Attack Victims
By Elizabeth Greene Running from downtown Manhattan on September 11 to escape the buildings collapsing a few blocks from her public-relations firm, Dana Victoria Sophia thought about the children who were suddenly left without one of their parents, recounts Smart Money magazine (December). Within…
By NICOLE WALLACE and Elizabeth Greene
South African Charity Among Tech-Award Winners
Four individuals and one charity were honored by the Tech Museum of Innovation for their creative use of technology to benefit society. The San Jose, Calif., museum received more than 390 nominations, representing 50 countries. A group of judges assembled by Santa Clara University’s Center for…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Technology Fund Will Provide Equipment
The Oracle Corporation, in Redwood Shores, Calif., has created a new grant-making organization to increase access to the Internet in schools and nonprofit organizations that serve young people from needy families. The company has committed to provide $6-million worth of equipment in the Oracle Help…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Tech Companies Team Up to Form Charity Site
AOL Time Warner, Cisco Systems, and Yahoo have joined together to start a new philanthropy Web site -- and a nonprofit organization to run it. The site, Network for Good, incorporates the tools and resources of Helping.org, the online giving site that the AOL Time Warner Foundation has operated…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: Peace Corps Offers Teachers Advice on Integrating Volunteer Projects into Lesson Plans
“Contributor Relationship Management: How Nonprofits Can Harness the Power of Technology to Build One-to-One Relationships” discusses how charities can raise more money by using database and Internet technology to tailor interactions with donors to the specific interests donors care about. Shirley…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Foundation Puts Housing Data Online
Working with 19 national nonprofit organizations, the Fannie Mae Foundation has created an online resource for information on housing and community development. KnowledgePlex features a library of reports, articles, and case studies organized by category. For example, the section of the library on…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Web Site Promotes New Holiday Tradition
Rather than heading to the mall the day after Thanksgiving, a group of volunteers plans to spend the day helping the causes they care about -- and they’re using e-mail and the Internet to ask America to join them. The volunteers call their effort Giving Day, and they hope the idea will catch on and…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor