How Older Volunteers Can Best Serve Arts Organizations
Intergenerational Connections: Older Volunteers in the Arts and Humanities examines ways to persuade Americans approaching retirement to work or volunteer at cultural groups. The report recommends recruiting older people into volunteer roles through campaigns that tout the positive psychological…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Ways Companies Can Be Socially Conscious and Profitable
Values-Driven Business: How to Change the World, Make Money, and Have Fun
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Reports on Its Grant-Making Priorities
To Improve Health and Health Care, Volume IX
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Foundations Can Fight Poverty Through Public-Policy Change
Helping People to Help Themselves: A Guide for Donors
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
A Political Expert Girds for Battle as Head of Planned Parenthood
When Cecile Richards took over as the new head of Planned Parenthood last month, she said she hoped the good tidings she was hearing from well-wishers would continue. “I’d like to see the honeymoon last a while,” she says. But within a couple of weeks, it became clear that she would not have much…
By Michael Anft
Contributor
‘Teen People’: Activists on the Rise
PRESS CLIPPINGSAs teenagers become increasingly involved in community service and charity projects, many are using personal experiences or their reactions to global and local problems to start nonprofit organizations or act as fund raisers for other groups, says Teen People (April) in an article…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
‘Worth’: Hip-Hop and Philanthropy
PRESS CLIPPINGSSuccessful hip-hop performers and producers are increasingly using their “affluence and cultural influence to achieve philanthropic goals,” says Worth magazine (April). The article reports that, “as hip-hop enters its third decade, nearly every award-winning rap star boasts a…
By Brennen Jensen
Contributor
The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas. Asian-Americans. The Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund (New York) has presented its 2006 AALDEF Justice in Action Awards, which honor “exceptional…
Key Lawmaker’s Departure Weighed by Nonprofit World
TAX WATCHThe pending departure of a powerful House lawmaker with oversight over nonprofit organizations could be good news for charities that opposed his efforts to raise questions about whether all charities deserve their tax-exempt status. Rep. Bill Thomas, chairman of the House Ways and Means…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Fund-Raising Book Explores Role for E-Mail
A new book discusses the critical role of e-mail in online fund raising. Written by Madeline Stanionis, president of Donordigital, a consulting company in San Francisco, the book discusses techniques charities can use to build their lists of e-mail addresses. It also covers how to craft effective…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor