Red Cross Sees Jump in Internet Donations
The American Red Cross has seen on-line donations soar during the past year. The organization estimates that it received $2.5-million in Internet contributions from July 1998 through June 1999. Only $172,000 was collected on line during the same period the previous year. The American Red Cross says…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: Community Foundation Directory; a Guide to the Year-2000 Problem
* The Community Foundation Locator, a new directory on the Council on Foundations’ Web site, lists more than 300 community foundations in the United States, with links to those foundations that operate Web sites. The site also includes information on community foundations in Australia, Canada,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Free Fax Service Offered to Charities
A new program allows charities to send free fax messages to large numbers of people by using the Internet -- and bypassing expensive long-distance telephone lines. Fax4Free.com is a Los Angeles company that allows people to use the Internet to send and receive free fax messages within the United…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
State Solicitation Rules Posted on the Internet
Fund raisers can turn to a new on-line compendium to check charitable-solicitations requirements in the 50 states. Raffa & Associates, an accounting firm in Washington, has added a section to its Web site that explains registration requirements for charities that want to solicit residents of…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Non-Profit Internet Pioneer Changes Course
The Institute for Global Communications is getting out of the business of providing Internet-access services to focus on developing its Web sites and providing Internet training and consulting to activists and non-profit organizations. A project of the Tides Foundation, in San Francisco, the…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
On-Line Shopping Site Offers Deductions to Donors
An on-line charity shopping site, iGive.com, has made changes in the way it processes purchases and donations -- mainly in the hopes that doing so will allow customers to take a tax deduction for the portion of their purchases that are donated to charitable organizations. The iGive.com company, in…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: Practac Promotes Discussion Between Non-Profit Professionals and Scholars
* Board Café, the free monthly electronic newsletter for non-profit board members, has a new co-publisher. The National Center for Nonprofit Boards, in Washington, will be joining the Support Center for Nonprofit Management, in San Francisco, in producing the publication. To subscribe: Go to…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Education Advocacy Groups Get a New Web Resource
A new Web site guides activists and educators to information on the Internet about public-school reform. The Public Education Network’s site discusses hot topics in public education -- such as equity in school financing, parent involvement, school governance, and student testing -- and provides…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Internet Calendar Service Offers Aid to Charities
Charities can use a new Internet calendar service to remind members about next month’s fund-raising gala or the volunteer-appreciation picnic -- and raise money at the same time. The Daily Drill (http://www.dailydrill.com), a free Web site that allows individuals to set up calendars to keep track…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Panhandling Project Explores Attitudes Toward the Poor
Are you more likely to give money to a panhandler holding a sign or to someone who asks you for money? Would it make a difference if one were a man and the other were a woman? A member of a minority group? NeedCom, a new Web site that describes itself as “market research for panhandlers,” uses…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor