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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.

Voices From the Gulf: Martha Bergmark

Voices From the Gulf: Martha Bergmark

A Mississippi charity moves past its “Katrina work.”

Voices From the Gulf: Doug Ahlers

Voices From the Gulf: Doug Ahlers

A Harvard University disaster-recovery expert helps a New Orleans neighborhood rebuild.

Voices From the Gulf: Keith Liederman

Voices From the Gulf: Keith Liederman

The leader of a New Orleans youth charity says the region’s nonprofit groups are banding together like never before.

Voices From the Gulf: LaTosha Brown

Voices From the Gulf: LaTosha Brown

A charity leader sees opportunity in a region battered by tragedy.

Wise Picks? Commentators Weigh In on the Social Innovation Fund Grants

Several commentators question the program’s decision to reward proven approaches rather than encourage experimentation.

The Challenge of Marketing to Potential Clients

Charities need to find better ways to reach out to the people they want to serve, argues a nonprofit consultant.

Online Giving Grew Fast This Spring, 2 Studies Find

Internet donations rose sharply, especially at large organizations.

A Very Special Thank You for a Bronx-Zoo Donor

A nonprofit zoo names a baby sea lion in honor of one of its contributors.

Health Group Shares Its Logistics Software

Technology has been critical in VillageReach’s work to improve the delivery of medical supplies to isolated, rural clinics in Malawi, Mozambique, and Senegal. Now the Seattle organization is making the “open-source platform” it used to develop its logistics software available free, in the hopes…

Internet Video Contest Invites Charities to Compete

A new competition that asks people to submit short videos that describe why an “open” Internet is important to them will honor the best submission by a nonprofit organization, among others. Sponsored by the Open Internet Coalition, an advocacy organization, the competition coincides with the…