Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced Closing date Goal Amount raised Purpose Culver Academies (Ind.) Oct. 2004 Oct. 2008 $200,000,000 $100,000,000 For the annual fund, endowment, and renovations Jesuit School of Theology…
Pittsburgh charities pool efforts to hire a personnel managerFor more than a decade, when the Pennsylvania Organization for Women in Early Recovery had a job opening, ALSO SEE:Online Resources for ManagersHuman Resources From ScratchExperts Offer Advice to Inexperienced Human-Resources Managers the…
By Marilyn Dickey
Senior Editor, Copy
Resources to Help Charities Prevent Violence
IN THE TRENCHES Critical Incident and Violence Intervention League. Intended for employees of the National Institutes of Health, ALSO SEE:Keeping Workers Safe this Web site includes helpful information for supervisors on the topic of violence on the job. Specifically, it provides advice on how to…
Advice for Nonprofit Groups on Implementing a Merger
The Nonprofit Mergers Workbook, Part II: Unifiying the Organization After a Merger, by La Piana Associates, provides guidance on how nonprofit organizations can best integrate their employees, programs, and operations after a merger. Written by David La Piana and other members of the consulting…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Report Assesses Child Well-Being
2004 Kids Count Data Book ranks states according to 10 indicators designed to assess child well-being. Produced annually by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, in Baltimore, the report gives Minnesota and New Hampshire the highest ratings, while Louisiana and Mississippi receive the lowest scores. At…
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Book Documents Civic Engagement of Religious Groups
Street Saints: Renewing America’s Cities
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Guide for Using Evaluations to Improve Grant-Making Effectiveness
Foundations and Evaluations: Contexts and Practices for Effective Philanthropy
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Humanitarianism Eroded by Political and Market Concerns, Authors Write
The Charity of Nations: Humanitarian Action in a Calculating World
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Catholic Values Spur a Lawyer’s Passion for Helping Immigrants
Much of what I do is motivated by faith. I think of the passage in Matthew 25, which says that your life will be measured by how you have helped the homeless, prisoners, hungry, sick, and strangers. I was born and grew up in Washington. When I was in high school, our church was going through a…