Court Orders San Francisco United Way to Repay $4.7-Million
The San Francisco Superior Court has awarded Network for Good — an organization that collects online gifts for charities nationwide — more than $4.7-million in damages in its lawsuit against the United Way of the Bay Area that stemmed from the 2003 collapse of PipeVine, a donation-processing…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Calif. United Way Ordered to Repay $4.7-Million
Calif. United Way ordered to repay $4.7-million
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: Darwin, Australia, Library Wins Award From the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
The Northern Territory Library, a regional library system in Darwin, Australia, has won the 2007 Access to Learning Award from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in Seattle, for its work bringing information technology to indigenous groups. The library system will receive $1-million from the…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Surgeons Go Online for Help With Cases
When plastic surgeons in developing countries are confronted with difficult cases, they often don’t have colleagues nearby with whom they can consult. Interplast, a charity in Mountain View, Calif., is trying to lessen the effects of that isolation with an online system that lets those surgeons…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Google and YouTube Offer Charity Programs
Two leading Internet companies — Google and YouTube — have announced new efforts to help charities raise money and spread the word about their work online. Through the end of 2008, nonprofit organizations will be able to use the Google Checkout service to accept online contributions on their Web…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Why don’t people talk honestly about what works best in philanthropy?
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Two Organizations Announce Staff Changes
Two nonprofit technology groups are undergoing leadership changes: the Nonprofit Technology Network and the ePhilanthropy Foundation. On November 1, Katrin Verclas will step down as executive director of the Nonprofit Technology Network, a national organization for individuals, charities, and…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities Enlist Help to Review Legislation
Government watchdog groups have joined forces on a project that asks citizens to help investigate Congressional earmarks. Earmark Watch builds on databases that Taxpayers for Common Sense, in Washington, has created, which list thousands of measures inserted into 2008 spending bills by members of…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Offers of Technology Aid Often Go Unused
Few small grass-roots organizations in California take advantage of the free or low-cost services offered by nonprofit technology-assistance groups, or even know that those services are available, according to a new study. Researchers at the University of San Francisco’s Institute for Nonprofit…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor