Most Michigan Charities Have Internet Access
More than 90 per cent of non-profit organizations in Michigan have access to desktop or laptop computers and fax machines, according to a new survey. The survey -- commissioned by United Way Community Services, in Detroit, and the University of Michigan School of Social Work, in Ann Arbor, and…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities Get Free Help in Building Web Sites
A free Web publishing service allows non-profit organizations -- and their local affiliates -- to create Web sites quickly and without having to know any Internet programming language. Charities can go to WeGo.com and build their own Web sites by filling in templates that the Palo Alto, Cal.,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Resources on Philanthropy Subject of On-Line Guide
Independent Sector and the University of Maryland’s Civil Society Initiative have created a new Web site to guide visitors to on-line resources on philanthropy. NonProfit Pathfinder features annotated links to Web sites run by academic research centers and associations that study philanthropy,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Reports on Evaluation Now Available on Internet
Two reports on evaluating non-profit programs are now available on line. “Program Evaluation Practice in the Nonprofit Sector” focuses on the extent to which staff members, volunteers, and clients are involved in evaluation activities and if the level of their involvement affects whether the…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Project Eyes Public’s Role in Regulating Internet
The John and Mary R. Markle Foundation, in New York, will spend more than $1-million on its new Internet Governance Project, which is designed to insure that the public’s interests are represented on non-governmental bodies that are being established to regulate the Internet. The foundation has…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Effort Seeks to Expand Technology Access for Poor
More than a dozen companies, foundations, charities, and government agencies have joined together to start a new non-profit organization, PowerUp, to increase poor children’s access to technology. The Stephen Case Foundation, established by the co-founder of America Online and his wife, Jean, is…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Technology Bits: Survey on On-Line Donations and the ‘Digital Divide Summit’
* In a survey conducted for America Online by Roper Starch, 29 per cent of the 505 participants said they would be interested in making on-line donations to charity. Interest among young people was particularly strong -- 53 per cent of respondents between the ages of 18 and 24 said they were…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Non-Profit, Commercial Sites Match Donors and Charities
Two new Web sites -- one commercial and one non-profit -- ALSO SEE:Correction are using the Internet to match donors and non-profit organizations. GrantMatch.com, a company founded by lawyer Lawrence M. Elkus in Southfield, Mich., allows charities to post appeals for either general operating costs…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Web Site Links Food Banks to Surplus-Food Donors
The Hewlett-Packard Company, based in Palo Alto, Cal., has teamed up with America’s Second Harvest, a network of food banks, to create a new Web site, ResourceLink. The site matches food manufacturers that have surplus products to donate with charities that can distribute the food to the hungry.…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charity Data Goes On Line — and Then Off
At the end of last month, Philanthropic Research posted more than 190,000 Forms 990, the informational tax returns that charities file with the Internal Revenue Service, on its GuideStar Web site -- but had to take them down after some documents were found to include information about donors. The…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor