Company Creates Guide for Left-Wing Advocates
Phil Mitchell is trying to simplify life for the “progressive” on-line advocate. Fed up with the amount of time it took him to sort through all the e-mail legislative alerts he received, Mr. Mitchell has started “If Not Now.” The Web site serves as a clearinghouse for policy information from 14…
By Paul Demko
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Religious Groups Create Disaster-Relief Web Site
A coalition of 10 religiously affiliated disaster-relief groups has started the “Disaster News Network.” The on-line news service provides coverage of floods, tornadoes, and other disasters -- both natural and man-made. The goal is to become the place that people turn to for information on…
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Bits: an E-Mail Guide to Resources; Social Entrepreneurs on the Web
* Action Without Borders has started an e-mail guide to on-line non-profit resources. The biweekly e-mail newsletter, “Ideas in Action,” highlights articles and Web sites that deal with fund raising, non-profit management, and other topics of interest to charity executives. To subscribe, go to…
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Roman Catholic Groups Start Community Foundation
Lay members of the Roman Catholic Church have formed a community foundation to raise money for non-profit organizations throughout the nation. The National Catholic Community Foundation, in Millersville, Md., bills itself as the first Catholic community foundation that is national in scope. Most…
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Non-Profit Group Offers Free Data-Base Program
A data-base program aimed at helping non-profit groups keep track of activists and donors is now available free on line. “Ebase” was developed by Desktop Assistance, a non-profit group in Helena, Mont., that helps charities use technology to fulfill their missions. The program allows groups to keep…
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Internet Service Seeks Out Social-Service Information
HandsNet has created a service that scans the Internet each weekday for documents of interest to social-service organizations and delivers the information directly to subscribers by e-mail. People who sign up for WebClipper, as the service is known, choose which topics related to social services…
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Election Resource Guide Available On Line
The John and Mary R. Markle Foundation and Harvard University’s Joan Shorenstein Center on Press, Politics, and Public Policy are using the Internet to make sure that nobody has an excuse for being uninformed this Election Day. The two non-profit groups have created the Web White & Blue Web site.…
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Increase in Gifts to Community Foundations Falls Short of Past Years’ Gains
Community foundations continue to see large increases in giving, although their growth rate is slowing, according to a new survey. ALSO SEE:Community Foundations’ Gifts, Grants, and Assets in 1997 Gifts to community foundations increased by 9.9 per cent in 1997, to more than $2.4-billion, according…
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Web Site Helps Charities Comply With Disclosure Rules
A new Web site is offering to post charities’ informational tax returns and applications for tax-exempt status -- but few non-profit groups seem to be interested. Eric Mercer, manager of services at DU Educational Technology Services, a non-profit group that provides on-line education programs, is…
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