States Share Services Application
One-e-App — short for “one electronic application” — is a Web-based system that allows people in four states to find out whether they are eligible and then apply for a variety of public-health and social-service programs, such as Medicaid, food stamps, and the State Children’s Health Insurance…
By NICOLE WALLACE and PETER PANEPENTO
Web Site Offers Census Details
The Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network, a project of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, has created a new Web site that provides information about the 2010 census and materials that nonprofit groups can use to encourage the people they serve to complete their census questionnaires. Visitors to…
By NICOLE WALLACE and PETER PANEPENTO
Cancer charities use Twitter and Facebook to raise money and build awareness.
By NICOLE WALLACE and PETER PANEPENTO
Fund Raisers Rethink Scope of ‘Big’ Contributions
Very large gifts are a lot harder to come by thanks to the troubled economy. The Nature Conservancy (No. 14), in Arlington, Va., received 53 donations of $1-million or more during its 2009 fiscal year, down from 84 in 2008. The Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (No. 89), in Boston, met the $1-billion…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Americans Unsure About Social Media’s Charity Benefits, Survey Finds
Americans unsure about social media’s charity benefits, survey finds
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Calvert Giving Fund Invests Gifts in Promoting Good
The Calvert Giving Fund works much like other donor-advised funds but with a twist — the assets that donors contribute to set up their funds are invested in companies and other efforts that promote the social good. Most other funds simply invest in traditional stocks, bonds, and other ways to…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Conservation Stations Get Solar Power
The Wildlife Conservation Network is bringing sophisticated solar-power systems to scientists who study and protect endangered species in some of the most remote areas on earth — thanks to the efforts of a dedicated volunteer. Six years ago, Stephen Gold attended the Los Altos, Calif.,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities Compete in Giving Challenge
The Case Foundation is sponsoring the second annual America’s Giving Challenge to encourage people to use their online networks to raise money for charity. From now until November 6, participants — either individuals or nonprofit groups themselves — will compete to see who can attract the largest…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Gas Company Fuels Change in Rural Africa
VillageReach, a nonprofit organization in Seattle, has taken a novel approach to improving the health of people in remote areas of Northern Mozambique: It runs a propane-distribution company. In 2002 the charity started VidaGas with the country’s Ministry of Health as its first and, at the time,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charity Raises Money for Small Loans to Help Overseas Students
The Vittana Foundation, a new organization in Seattle, has created a Web site that allows people on the Internet to make smalls loans to help students in emerging countries, such as Nicaragua, Peru, and the Philippines, pay for college or vocational training. Microfinance institutions want to make…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor