The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas. Indigenous development. International Funders for Indigenous Peoples (Fredericksburg, Va.) has presented its inaugural IFIP Award to Susan Berresford, president of the…
‘Vogue’: Teaching Youngsters How to Eat Well
At a typical public school, lunch is an unhealthy and unappetizing combination of government-surplus meat and prepackaged fare, and as a result young people have become “innocent consumers” of what a culture short on time and high on calories puts on their plates, says Vogue magazine (April). Alice…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
‘Governing’: Improving Life for City Dwellers
Fred Kent is not trained as an architect, but his ideas have helped shape some of the most attractive urban places in the country, says Governing magazine (April). As president of a New York nonprofit group, Project for Public Spaces, Mr. Kent is finding that more and more government agencies are…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Senators Seek to Limit Charity Insurance Deals
The leaders of the Senate Finance Committee say they are introducing legislation to crack down on companies that improperly benefit from charity-owned life-insurance policies. Many charities buy life-insurance policies on their donors and sell the interest in the policies to companies, which make…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Conservatives Protest Senate Efforts
A coalition of 68 conservative and religious groups has asked Senate Majority Leader William H. Frist to block the Senate Finance Committee from taking actions that would change the way charities, foundations, and donors operate. The Senate panel has spent more than a year reviewing nonprofit…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Tips for Getting Past ‘Us and Them’ Culture for Shared Technology Projects
Putting a shared-technology project in place -- and getting affiliates to use it -- can be a tall order ALSO SEE:Bridging Old DividesHelping 1 Million Kids: How a Charity Plans to Reach Ambitious Goal for national charities, whether the project in question is a common fund-raising database,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Helping 1 Million Kids: How a Charity Plans to Reach Ambitious Goal
Becoming a volunteer at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Northern New Mexico used to be a lengthy, cumbersome process. When people called to inquire, ALSO SEE:Bridging Old DividesTips for Getting Past ‘Us and Them’ Culture for Shared Technology Projects the Santa Fe organization sent them a package of…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Health and Human Services Most Popular With Donors
Ninety percent of Americans in a new survey said they gave to charity in the past year. Forty-two percent of people gave between $100 and $1,000 in the last 12 months, while nearly a quarter said they gave less than $100. The poll of 1,000 Americans was conducted by Freelanthropy, a fund-raising…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Direct-Mail Solicitations Reap Small Gains for Big Charities in 2004, New Report Says
Direct-mail appeals by big charities produced small gains last year, a new study has found. At 40 large national charities, donations in response to direct mail rose by a median of 3.5 percent -- meaning that donations to half the organizations grew more than that while half rose by less or…
By Holly Hall
Contributor
U.S. Postal Service Explains How Charities Should Comply With New Restrictions
Washington The U.S. Postal Service last week clarified what type of information charities may include in bulk mailings sent at nonprofit postage rates. The service’s announcement was designed to clear up several months of confusion among nonprofit organizations over what type of information about…
By Holly Hall
Contributor