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NICOLE WALLACE

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Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.

Fundraising

Online Giving a Bright Spot in 2010

Many charities saw increases of 20 percent or more.

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Giving for Japan Disaster Totals at Least $24-Million

Donors have contributed more than $1.2-million via text message.

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American Red Cross Waits for Request for Help From Japanese Counterpart

A spontaneous appeal on Twitter is already bringing in donations to help victims of today’s earthquake and tsunami.

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New iPad App for Human-Rights Group
Technology

New iPad App for Human-Rights Group

Human Rights Watch has created an iPad application that features the charity’s reports, videos, and photographs along with news updates about human-rights issues around the globe.

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A Nonprofit Devises Smarter Ways to Help Poor People Save Money
Innovation

A Nonprofit Devises Smarter Ways to Help Poor People Save Money

A San Francisco charity wants to figure out why its approach to ending poverty is working so that it can spread the lessons to others nonprofits.

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‘Swamp Gravy’ Cooks Teach Others How to Copy Their Recipe for Revival

The creators of Colquitt, Ga.'s ‘Swamp Gravy’ now offer advice to other communities.

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A Theatrical ‘Gumbo’ Helps a Small Town Stir Its Economy
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A Theatrical ‘Gumbo’ Helps a Small Town Stir Its Economy

A small Georgia town cooks up a homegrown play, a local rebirth, and a recipe for the revival of other struggling communities.

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Using Online Games to Spur Activity
Technology

Using Online Games to Spur Activity

While the lure of video games and other digital fare is often cited as a factor that contributes to childhood obesity, a nonprofit research organization is trying to use the Internet to boost physical activity among middle-school-age children.

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Text Donors Want to Give More

A new survey suggests that $5 and $10 text gifts are not coming at the expense of larger gifts that donors would have made using other methods of giving.

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Philanthropic Funds Sprout to Honor Arizona Shooting Victims
Foundation Giving

Philanthropic Funds Sprout to Honor Arizona Shooting Victims

At least nine charitable funds have been created to provide direct aid to victims and their families or to honor the lives of those who were wounded or killed.

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