NAACP Asks Tax Agency to Speed Up Inquiry
TAX WATCHBy Elizabeth SchwinnThe National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, which has been the subject of a federal tax investigation for a year and a half, wants the government to either proceed quickly with its audit of the civil-rights organization — or drop it entirely. The…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Relief Groups Join Forces to Review Tsunami Efforts
Washington Former President Bill Clinton announced last week that nine U.S. international aid groups will work together on a six-month review of ways to make global relief efforts more effective, drawing on lessons learned from the massive response to the South Asian tsunamis. Mr. Clinton, who is…
By SUZANNE PERRY
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How to Prevent Ex-Convicts From Returning to Crime
NEW BOOKS When the Gates Open: A National Response to the Prisoner Reentry Crisis, by Joshua Good and Pamela Sherrid, reports on Public/Private Ventures’ Ready4Work program, which enlists religious organizations and other charities to help the 750,000 people released from prisons each year.…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Ways in Which Social-Change Groups Can Raise Money
NEW BOOKS Promising Practices in Revenue Generation for Community Organizing, by Sandy O’Donnell, Jane Beckett, and Jean Rudd, analyzes how big a role grant makers and other sources of money play in supporting advocacy and social-change organizations. It reports on a survey’s findings that 62.7…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
A Report on Foundation Giving in Los Angeles
NEW BOOKS Foundations for Los Angeles?: An Analysis of the Scale, Scope and Reach of Foundation Philanthropy in Los Angeles County, by James M. Ferris, Rachel Potter, and Michael Tuerpe, examines the Los Angeles charities that received grant money from local foundations from 1992 to 2002. The…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Foundations That Offer Matching and Endowment Grants
NEW BOOKSDirectory of Matching and Endowment Grants, details information on 712 foundations that offer grants for endowments or that match pledges made by other donors. The reference guide categorizes the grant makers by state, with full contact information, geographic restrictions on grants, how…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How to Comply With Accountability Laws
NEW BOOKS Sarbanes-Oxley and Nonprofit Management: Skills, Techniques, Methods
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Legal Methods of Being a Fiscal Sponsor
NEW BOOKS Fiscal Sponsorship: Six Ways to Do It Right, Second Edition
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
An Investigation Into the Bishop Estate’s Governance Scandal
NEW BOOKS Broken Trust: Greed, Mismanagement & Political Manipulation at America’s Largest Charitable Trust
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Bits: Organizers’ Collaborative Preps Grassroots Use of Technology Conference
The Center for Public Policy and Administration at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst is holding a conference on May 31 about information technology for nonprofit organizations. Participants can choose one of two workshops: “Technology Planning and Database Fundamentals” or “eAdvocacy and…
By Leah Kerkman
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