A Native-Alaskan Program Builds Engineers on Their Home Turf
Foundations are pouring money into a program that seeks to overcome barriers, like a lack of physics and math courses.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Filling a Technology Job: 10 Steps That Experts Take
In hiring a technology worker, it’s not necessary to understand the jargon, but you do need to explain clearly what your organization wants to accomplish.
By Michelle Gienow
Contributor
Science Studies Get a Big Boost
Grant makers hope to interest girls and minorities in new paths and to jump-start the economy by promoting better instruction in math, technology, and education.
By Michael Anft
Contributor
White House and Congressional Budget Plans Battle It Out Over Charitable Deduction
The House plan goes further in seeking to draw tax revenue from nonprofits and sends a strong message about how lawmakers want nonprofit groups to spend money.
By Alex Daniels
Contributor
Think Tank Gets $20-MillionFrom a Financier
Daniel D’Aniello, co-founder of the Carlyle Group, gave $20-million to the American Enterprise Institute and is exploring where else he wants to make his mark in philanthropy.
By Caroline Bermudez
Contributor
6 Apps to Simplify Fundraising Tasks
Experts recommend tech tools that allow fundraisers to know when an important supporter has arrived at an event and to dictate notes on donor meetings into text.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Nonprofits and Taxes: Key Proposals
President Obama and the House Ways and Means chairman have each crafted plans that seek to raise revenue by imposing new tax rules that affect donors, foundations, and other nonprofits.
Community-Action Groups Survive Political Storms
In the mid-60s, when community-action agencies began springing up across the country, many state and local officials felt threatened by legislation that funneled federal money directly to antipoverty groups.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
News Briefs for March 13, 2014
Share of American Volunteers Dropped 1% Last Year to Lowest Rate Since 2002 The percentage of Americans who did volunteer work last year was lower than at any time since the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics began gathering the data in 2002. About 62.6 million people, or 25 percent of the public,…
Obama Budget Would Support Anti-Poverty Efforts and Early-Childhood Education
His plan would also use federal money to revive poor urban and rural areas, but it would slash funds to Community Services Block Grants and other programs.
By Alex Daniels and SUZANNE PERRY