On-Line Solicitors: a Tangled Web
Companies’ ‘one-stop’ charity sites make it easy to give but raise questions about regulation A handful of World-Wide Web sites are vying to become donors’ one-stop choice for giving on the Internet. While many charity leaders have high hopes for sites that benefit an array of causes, many…
By Paul Demko
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‘Motley Fool’: Serious Fund Raising
Share Our Strength is thankful to be associated with a group of on-line Fools. The Washington antipoverty organization is $120,000 wealthier after an on-line fund-raising drive conducted in its behalf by The Motley Fool, an Internet investment publication that reaches about 750,000 people each…
Demands Rise for Food and Other Aid
Many charities continue to see long lines for food, counseling, and other social services -- and cannot keep up with demands for help from the poor, say two new studies. Catholic Charities USA says its 1,400 affiliates nationwide helped 12.8 million people in 1996, an increase of 18 per cent over…
By Paul Demko
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‘The Atlantic Monthly’: Group Fosters Global Leaders
Ashoka: Innovators for the Public, an Arlington, Va., non-profit group, is spurring a worldwide movement of “social entrepreneurs,” says an article in The Atlantic Monthly (January). “Ashoka is working against the backdrop of a major global development: the emergence of an international ‘citizens’…
By Paul Demko
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‘The Nation’: a Critique of Progressive Foundations
Liberal foundations have squandered their money and allowed conservative grant makers to swing the national debate to the right, says a cover story in The Nation (January 12) written by Michael H. Shuman, a fellow and former director of the Institute for Policy Studies, a liberal Washington think…
By Paul Demko
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NAACP Board Votes to Remove Embattled Trustee
The Board of Directors of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People has ousted Hazel Dukes as a trustee. In October, Ms. Dukes pleaded guilty to a charge of attempted grand larceny for stealing about $13,000 from a leukemia-stricken associate. She was asked to resign from the…
By Paul Demko
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Government Has Found God, but Some Charities Are Skeptical of Conversion
At Gospel Rescue Ministries of Washington, D.C., clients who show up looking for a hot meal and a clean bed are no longer required to attend worship services. The Rev. Edward J. Eyring, executive director of the charity, says that the new policy simply makes sound theological sense. “Making people…
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Faith-Based Charities to the Rescue?
Religious groups expand services and offer spiritual support to people forced to move from welfare to work Spurred by the new federal welfare law, religious charities and congregations nationwide are redoubling their efforts to pull people out of poverty. Some churches and other religious groups…
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Colorado Cops Collar Cash for a Cause
Police officers in Castle Rock, Colo., who pull over motorists for speeding this fall are also pulling in donations for the local Salvation Army. Under a program called “Santa’s Second Chance Christmas Special,” motorists assessed fines for speeding, reckless driving, and other traffic violations…
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Motorcyclists raise millions for non-profit causes -- and polish their image -- through pledge rides With the sun reflecting off their motorcycles’ freshly polished chrome, more than 600 bikers descended on this quiet resort community near Milwaukee one recent weekend. The telltale rumble of their…
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