Free Software Offered to Filter Out Spam
Mailshell, a San Francisco software company, is working with the nonprofit site TechSoup.org on a campaign to help charities fight unwanted e-mail messages. The effort will culminate in Mailshell’s giving copies of its spam-filtering software free to American and Canadian nonprofit organizations…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Colleges and Schools Send E-Mail Appeals
In a survey of college and private-school fund raisers, conducted by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, in Washington, about half of the 510 respondents said their institutions had started making annual-fund appeals via e-mail. The study found that e-mail solicitations still make…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Software Company Expands Its Reach
Kintera, a San Diego company that provides Web-based software for nonprofit organizations, has signed an agreement with Intuit to acquire American Fundware, which makes accounting software designed for charities and government agencies. Intuit, a Mountain View, Calif., company that produces…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Humanitarian Groups Rethink Operations After Apparent Death of Iraq Worker
Last week’s news of the apparent killing of Margaret Hassan, a CARE official in Iraq, left many humanitarian workers not only mourning her death but also pondering its implications for how they must operate in the future. Mrs. Hassan, 59, was abducted last month from the office where she worked as…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charity Leaders Debate How to Handle Increased Government Scrutiny
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By Brad Wolverton
Contributor
A growing number of small nonprofit groups are making personnel efforts more professionalThe work was piling up on Audrey Alvarado. As executive director of the National Council of Nonprofit Associations, in ALSO SEE:The Buddy SystemOnline Resources for ManagersExperts Offer Advice to Inexperienced…
By Jeffrey Klineman
Contributor
By Jeffrey Klineman The following resources can help nonprofit groups create their first human-resources department: American Society for ALSO SEE:The Buddy SystemHuman Resources From ScratchExperts Offer Advice to Inexperienced Human-Resources Managers Training and Development. The society offers…
By Jeffrey Klineman
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$30-Million Pledged to Help End Chronic Homelessness
Advocates for the homeless have announced an ambitious new goal, backed by $30-million from seven foundations and financial institutions: ending long-term homelessness in 10 years. The aim will be to eliminate the most entrenched and problematic form of homelessness -- those people who rarely…
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
Guidelines for Reporting Planned Gifts Provoke Debate Among Fund Raisers
To help nonprofit organizations focus more public attention on the money they raise through planned gifts, the National Committee on Planned Giving has introduced new guidelines for reporting fund-raising totals. Fund raisers have historically wrestled with how to characterize planned gifts such as…
By Brad Wolverton
Contributor
3 of 4 Wealthy Americans Expect Giving to Mirror 2003
Nearly 75 percent of wealthy Americans plan to give the same amount to charity in the next 12 months as they contributed during the previous 12 months, according to a new survey. For the past six years, the semiannual survey has tracked spending and investing habits among the wealthiest 10 percent…
By nicole lewis
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