An organic farm provides counseling, chores, and a chemical-free haven to recovering addictsOrganic farms shun artificial chemicals — a perfect setting for drug addicts and ALSO SEE:Summary: Special Report: Charities and BusinessArticle: Making Money With a MissionLIVE DISCUSSION: Read the…
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‘Fast Company’: Awards to Charities
PRESS CLIPPINGSBy Sam KeanForty-three nonprofit groups outdid all others in coupling philanthropic goals with business strategies, and their success has earned them recognition in Fast Company‘s fourth annual Social Capitalist Awards (December/January). Of the 314 organizations considered for the…
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‘SmartMoney’: Religious Giving
PRESS CLIPPINGSBy Sam KeanContributions to churches have grown far faster than donations to secular charities, with contributions reaching $93.2-billion in 2005. But that growth has brought with it an increasing need for financial sophistication among church administrators — and many are struggling…
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‘Red Herring’: Philanthropic Business
PRESS CLIPPINGSBy Sam KeanMany corporations have enhanced their philanthropic efforts by encouraging employees to spend business days volunteering. But because time is too valuable to waste, those businesses also demand that charities start proving they are worth the investment, reports Red Herring…
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After 400 years, laws governing nonprofit groups get a long-anticipated overhaulBritish nonprofit leaders have griped for years, without great exaggeration, that they are hemmed ALSO SEE: Article: An American Charity’s Atlantic Crossing Faces Glitches, Financial Woes Info: Britain’s Charity World:…
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An American Charity’s Atlantic Crossing Faces Glitches, Financial Woes
Until a few years ago, scarcely any financial reports from British charities were available online. And ALSO SEE:Article: Britain’s New Rules with a long backlog, it took the government’s Charity Commission days to dig up paper documents about the organizations it monitors. At the same time that…
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Young Filmmakers Use Web to Teach About Global Issues
Believing that stories are the most powerful teachers, the nonprofit group Curriki, in Washington, has enlisted 15 filmmakers in developing countries to produce short narrative videos designed to help students learn about strife and poverty across the globe. Each of the two- to five-minute pieces —…
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‘Good’: a Magazine to Encourage Altruism
PRESS CLIPPINGS A new magazine called Good plans to examine the people, ideas, and institutions that are seeking to improve society. In its premiere issue, which was released this month, the magazine includes features on many local and nonprofit efforts. Among them: 826 Valencia, a tutoring center…
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PRESS CLIPPINGS Nonprofit groups around the country study the Robin Hood Foundation and borrow its ideas, says Fortune magazine (September 18). But “perhaps most important, Robin Hood has brought the idea of philanthropy to a younger generation of superwealthy Americans who might not otherwise have…
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