Bits: An New E-Mail List and a Conference on Nonprofit Technology
By NICOLE WALLACE Sue Ellen Smith, at the Caribbean Conservation Corporation, has started the Environmental Fundraisers Discussion List. Participation is restricted to fund raisers who work for environmental groups. To subscribe, send an e-mail message to sesmith@cccturtle.org that includes your…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Surplus Items Matched With Needy Charities
By NICOLE WALLACEExcessAccess.com is an online service that matches individuals and businesses that have items to give away -- anything from furniture to building materials -- with charities that can put them to good use. Businesses and individuals who join the for-profit service post on the Web…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Technology Experts Volunteer Overseas
By NICOLE WALLACETechnology-savvy volunteers are working on projects in developing countries through a number of new programs. The United Nations Information Technology Service (http://www.unites.org) encourages both international volunteers and volunteers in the countries it serves to sign up for…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
California Grant Makers Share Information Online
By NICOLE WALLACEHealth foundations in California are using an extranet to share information about their grant making with one another. An extranet is a private Web site that staff members from more than one organization use to share information, whereas an intranet is a Web site restricted to…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: Data Standards and a Survey on Non-Profit Issues
By NICOLE WALLACE The Open Philanthropy Exchange Forum, a group of technology companies that provide products and services for charities, will meet in Chicago on September 21 to discuss the non-profit data-exchange protocol it introduced this summer (The Chronicle, August 10). The protocol is a set…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
N.Y. Activist Finances Online Lobbying Campaign
By NICOLE WALLACEAn activist in New York has invested $43,000 of her own money -- and countless hours of her time -- in an online lobbying campaign to persuade Congress to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act. Irene Weiser, a mediator at a dispute-resolution center, also heads the board of a…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Microsoft Gift to Lift Technology Efforts
By NICOLE WALLACEThe Microsoft Corporation will contribute $10-million in cash and $15-million in software over five years to develop technology-assistance programs for charities nationwide. The gift is part of a partnership between Microsoft and NPower that will allow the Seattle charity, which…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Woman Leaders in Community Development
Women as Catalysts for Social Change: A Study of Women-Led Development Organizations describes the experiences, leadership styles, and barriers faced by women who run community-development groups. The report is based on interviews with 121 women in leadership roles and with 21 grant makers and…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Annual Report on the Well-Being of Children in the United States
2000 Kids Count Data Book reports on the well-being of children in the United States by analyzing 10 indicators, such as infant-mortality rates, the percentage of teenage girls who gave birth, and the number of teenagers who were not attending school and not working. The report -- which is…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Using a Collaborative Approach to Solve Land-Management Problems
Making Collaboration Work: Lessons from Innovation in Natural Resource Management
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor