AOL Offers Charities New Delivery Options
America Online has announced two new delivery options for nonprofit organizations to ensure that their e-mail messages reach supporters. The new program was announced three days after a coalition of nonprofit groups, political organizations, labor unions, and small businesses started an online…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
President’s Appointees Shun Red Cross Board Meetings
Washington Eight of the 50 trustees who oversee the American Red Cross are appointed by the White House, but six of the presidential appointees never attended any of the 23 board meetings held from October 2000 through May 2005, while another showed up just once, according to documents submitted by…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
The Assets of the Nation’s Charities Now Exceed $1.76-Trillion, Report Says
The number of charities in the United States is growing fast, but the wealth of those nonprofit groups is growing ALSO SEE: TABLE: Where Nonprofit Groups Got Their Money TABLE: The Charity World: a Statistical Portrait even faster, according to a new report. The total number of charities with…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
In Exploring New Revenue Opportunities, Charity Leaders Say to Learn From the Past
Atlanta As nonprofit organizations seek out innovative approaches to melding income-generating activities with efforts to advance their charitable mission, they need to recognize and learn from the experiences of charities that have been incorporating such methods into their work for decades,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
75% of Young Workers Have College Debts
Three in four recent graduates who take jobs at nonprofit organizations ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: A Growing Debt to Society bring educational debt with them, a marked increase over previous years, according to a new study, conducted for the Building Movement Project, a national organization in New York…
Young graduates shun nonprofit employers After George C. Wu graduates this spring from George Washington University Law School, he plans to join the ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: 75% of Young Workers Have College Debts Asian American Justice Center, a nonprofit organization in Washington that helps poor…
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Evaluating How Well a Fund Raiser Does in Luring Big Gifts
To evaluate the performance of fund raisers who seek big gifts, public-television stations have a new tool at their disposal. The premise of the evaluation system is simple: Fund raisers seeking big gifts should have a series of clear-cut annual goals — including a minimum dollar goal, as well as…
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Winning Large Gifts: Suggestions on What Works
Leah Kerkman To motivate donors to increase their contributions from a few hundred dollars annually to a much bigger amount, ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Broadcasting a Plea for Big Gifts most charities do not have the support being provided to the more than 100 public-television stations now participating in…
By Leah Kerkman
Contributor
Broadcasting a Plea for Big Gifts
Television stations overhaul approach they use to raise moneyWilliam and Delia Purdy had been giving to KCTS, their public-television station in Seattle, for more than ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Winning Large Gifts: Suggestions on What Works 20 years when they decided to make a fivefold increase in the…
By Leah Kerkman
Contributor
USC’s School of Fine Arts Receives $23-Million; Other Gifts
Five institutions have received big gifts: The University of Southern California’s School of Fine Arts, in Los Angeles, has received a $23-million pledge from Edward P. Roski Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of Majestic Realty, in Los Angeles, and his wife, Gayle Garner Roski. The donation…