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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.

Foundation Giving

Service Helps Health Donors Identify Research to Support

FasterCures — a project of the Milken Institute, in Santa Monica, Calif., that seeks to accelerate the discovery of new treatments for debilitating diseases — has created a new service to help donors interested in medical research figure out the best way to spend their money. The Philanthropy…

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Fundraising

Millionaires Drop in Number; Recruiting Big Gifts for Hospitals

The ranks of the world’s financial elite have thinned, and a staggering amount of their wealth has been lost to the recession, Ileana van der Linde, a principal in Capgemini’s wealth-management practice, told the more than 700 fund raisers gathered here to discuss trends in identifying potential…

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Advocacy

Volunteering on Vacation

Volunteers work with Earthwatch Institute scientists to create a sustainable future.

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Fundraising

Recession Means Fund Raisers Have to Re-Assess Each Donor’s Wealth

Fund raisers re-assess wealth of potential donors

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Fundraising

Seeking Potential Donors in a Wide Range of Industries

Why seeking donors requires a diversified approach

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Fundraising

The Problem of Too Many Potential Donors

How to handle a surfeit of potential big donors

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Fundraising

Nonprofit Organizations Advised to Look for International Donors

Why nonprofit groups should look for international donors

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Fundraising

Casual Fridays for a Cause

Law firm uses Casual Fridays to raise money for charity

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Leading

Seattle Opera Sponsors Video ‘Confessions’ of Rookie Fan

When the curtain rises on the Seattle Opera’s production of the Ring Cycle next month, Cassidy Quinn Brettler will have a slightly different perspective than other audience members — one that she gained some 10 feet off the ground. The 19-year-old college student is the host of a video and blogging…

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Fundraising

Bits: JustGive.org Crosses $100-Million Mark

Founded in 2000, the online giving site JustGive.org has crossed the $100-million mark. In 2008, donors made online gifts totaling $21-million through the San Francisco charity. To get there: Go to http://www.justgive.org. The 10th annual “Grassroots Use of Technology” conference will be held…

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