New Ethics Rules Cause Confusion for Charities
New Congressional ethics rules cause confusion for charities
A CEO Plans to Update and ‘Professionalize’ a Venerable Youth Charity
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By Caroline Preston
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Lessons on Empowering Low-Wage Workers
NEW BOOKS Investing in Low-Wage Workers: Lessons from Family Child Care in Rhode Island, by Anne Roder and Dorie Seavey, studies the Day Care Justice Co-op, an advocacy organization for family day-care providers. Founded in 1999 and led by a multiracial group of low-income women, the organization…
By Anne W. Howard
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NEW BOOKS Getting the Best From Your Board: An Executive’s Guide to a Successful Partnership, by Sherill K. Williams and Kathleen A. McGinnis, lays out six rules to help chief executive officers work effectively with their boards of directors. Each chapter focuses on a different rule, such as…
By Anne W. Howard
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How to Avoid ‘Harmful’ Grant Making
NEW BOOKS Taking Philanthropy Seriously: Beyond Noble Intentions to Responsible Giving
By Anne W. Howard
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