Free Internet Course on Managing Charities
Charity officials and others can now participate in a free, 12-course non-profit management program without ever leaving their desks. The Management Assistance Program for Nonprofits, in St. Paul, is offering the program on its Web site. Topics of study include fund raising and grant-proposal…
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Fund Offers Grants for Humanities Projects
The National Endowment for the Humanities is now offering grants to support high-tech projects such as CD-ROM’s, Web sites, or interactive video exhibits aimed at expanding audiences for the humanities. Libraries, museums, public television and radio stations, and other non-profit groups focused on…
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Bits: New Web Sites for Points of Light Foundation and Heifer Project
* The Points of Light Foundation has started a new Web site and on-line discussion group for managers of volunteers who work for government agencies. The Web site lists forthcoming conferences related to government volunteer programs, as well as papers by non-profit managers, among other things.…
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On-Line Effort Matches Volunteers Worldwide
The Ecovolunteer Web site enables potential volunteers to find environmental projects around the world. The group, based in Hengelo, the Netherlands, lists opportunities to volunteer for projects in at least 17 countries. Visitors can search the data base by location, type of work, or type of…
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Internet Rally to Build Web Sites in a Day
Charities in Austin, Tex., are preparing for an old-fashioned “Web raising.” In September, 20 non-profit groups will gather for the “Accessibility Internet Rally.” With help from teams of Internet experts, the charities will create Web sites from scratch over the course of a day. Experienced…
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Company Helps Charities Use the Internet Effectively
A Seattle software company hopes to help charities take better advantage of the Internet. Real Networks, which has developed software that allows audio and video signals to be broadcast over the Internet, has started a service called Real Impact. It is an expansion of the company’s “WebActive” site…
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Who Benefits From This Charity? Some Say It’s the Founder, Not AIDS Patients
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. Driving to her job at a charity here that provides health care to kids with AIDS, Stormy Schevis says she grew increasingly puzzled every time she passed by the National Foundation for AIDS Relief. Parked in front of the organization’s offices would be a brand-new Porsche…
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Troublesome AIDS activist blasts charities; they say he’s off base Michael A. Petrelis stands in the middle of Pennsylvania Avenue on a recent humid afternoon, surrounded by a crowd of more than 100 reporters, AIDS activists, and bewildered tourists. Beside him is the corpse of his friend and…
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$51.8-Million Ford Grant to Assist Homebuyers
The Ford Foundation will give $51.8-million over the next five years in an attempt to help at least 35,000 low-income families buy homes. The grant, which is expected to stimulate at least $2-billion in commercial loans to first-time homebuyers, is believed to be the largest foundation grant ever…
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Pew Partnership Tries to Spur ‘Civic Change’ in Small Cities
Rebecca Anderson long had a hunch that western North Carolina’s history as a center of handmade crafts could be used as a catalyst to attract tourists, bolster the economy, and improve life in the region. But even when she worked at the Asheville Chamber of Commerce, she lacked the resources she…
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