NICOLE WALLACE, Author at COP Staging

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.

Advocacy

Face of Philanthropy: Nonprofits Whose Stories Touched Us

An advocacy group that teaches residents to test for water quality and a nonprofit cemetery that brings history to life are two of many organizations.

by Ariella Phillips and NICOLE WALLACE

Innovation

Google Will Award $25 Million for A.I. for Social Good

Any organization can apply for money, as well as coaching and other advice on how to expand projects that harness this fast-growing type of technology.

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

Advocacy

Philanthropy Puts a ‘Chokehold’ on Innovation, Says Nonprofit Veteran

Robert Egger, a nationally known nonprofit founder, says he’s quitting his own work to help a new generation of leaders battle problems that hobble the ability of organizations to make a difference, including lack of political power and close-minded thinking of grant makers.

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

Communications

Facebook Fundraising Hits the $1 Billion Mark

Much of the money goes to charities as people ask friends and relatives to give to good causes, but the company declined to say how much is for personal causes, such as family medical emergencies and tuition help.

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor