NICOLE WALLACE, Author at Chronicle of Philanthropy

NICOLE WALLACE

Features Editor

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

Holiday Watch: Random Acts of Kindness and Photos With Santa

Holiday watch: Good deeds and Santa photos

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

Fundraising

Holiday Watch: Musical Greetings of the Season and Virtual Fruitcakes

Holiday watch: e-cards and virtual fruitcakes

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

News

Solicitation Overload, Plus More: Monday’s Roundup

Solicitation overload, plus more: Monday’s roundup

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

Fundraising

Colorado Public Radio Holds a Pledge Drive — for Another Group

Colo. public radio station helps the symphony

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

Fundraising

Fund-Raising Advice for Community Organizers

Fund-raising advice for community organizers

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

Foundation Giving

Arts Group Boosts Patronage With Cellphone Tool

Memphis residents have a new source for information about the latest performances, exhibits, and other cultural events — their iPhones. ArtsMemphis has created an application that brings its calendar of cultural events to the popular cellphone. From individual listings — which provide dates, ticket…

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

Fundraising

Study Examines Donors’ Views of Online Networks

Americans seem conflicted about the role of social networks as a way to support the causes they care about. According to a new survey, while nearly eight in 10 people who use online media think that companies and nonprofit organizations should use the technology to raise money and awareness for…

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

Fundraising

YMCA Turns to Teenagers to Document Program and Create Videos

YMCA turns to teenagers for video footage

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

Innovation

Web Conferences Link Rural Doctors

The scarcity of nearby medical specialists, inadequate insurance, and the time and expense required to travel to Albuquerque or Santa Fe makes it difficult for many people in rural New Mexico to get treatment for complex, chronic diseases. But a university program is trying to bridge the distance…

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

Technology

Event Brings Together Developers for Social Good

The Nonprofit Software Development Summit, in Oakland, Calif., on November 18-20 will bring together programmers and developers who are building or interested in building software and Web tools for charities and social-justice causes. For more information: Go to http://www.aspirationtech.org.…