Running a Nonprofit Group at a Young Age: Tips From a Veteran
Taking over the reins of an organization at a young age -- as Ari B. Solotoff did last year by becoming ALSO SEE:Playing to His Strengths the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra’s executive director at age 22 -- can present a set of challenges. John E. Forsyte, who 16 years ago was one of the youngest…
By nicole lewis
Contributor
23-year-old director brings new energy to a Fla. symphonyPensacola, Fla. At the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra’s weekly staff meeting, Ari B. Solotoff, the group’s executive director, ALSO SEE:Running a Nonprofit Group at a Young Age: Tips From a VeteranThe Pensacola Symphony Orchestra runs through…
By nicole lewis
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U. of Georgia to Establish New Fund-Raising Arm
The University of Georgia, in Athens, plans to establish a new fund-raising organization after taking the unusual step of terminating its decades-old relationship with the University of Georgia Foundation. The primary point of dispute between the university and its fund-raising arm, which holds…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Charity Leaders Call for Changes to California’s Nonprofit Legislation
Charity leaders around the country are raising concerns about provisions in a bill passed by the California Senate that would change the way many nonprofit organizations seek contributions in the state and operate internally. The bill, parts of which would also affect commercial fund raisers, is…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Online Fund Raising: How Much Big Charities Are Raising
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How The Chronicle Conducted Its Annual Survey of Donations Made Online
The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s fifth annual survey of online fund raising is based on data provided by 204 ALSO SEE:Online Donations SurgeHow Online Fund Raising Has Fared in Past Four Years at a Sampling of CharitiesOnline Fund Raising: How Much Big Charities Are RaisingCharities Divided Over…
By Leah Kerkman
Contributor
Charities Divided Over E-Mail Address Services
As charities try to encourage more donors to visit their Web sites, one stumbling block is that most organizations do ALSO SEE:Online Donations SurgeHow Online Fund Raising Has Fared in Past Four Years at a Sampling of CharitiesOnline Fund Raising: How Much Big Charities Are RaisingHow The…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How Online Fund Raising Has Fared in Past Four Years at a Sampling of Charities
» Related table: How Much Big Charities Are Raising Online
Is N.Y. Mayor Anonymous Carnegie Donor?
The Carnegie Corporation of New York announced last month that it had received $15-million from an anonymous donor to support arts and social-services organizations in New York. But the donor is widely thought to be a man who usually maintains a high profile: New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who,…
By Julia Green
Contributor
U. of Wisconsin Receives $31-Million; Other Gifts
Two universities and several other groups have received large gifts: The University of Wisconsin at Madison has received $31-million from Tashia F. Morgridge and her husband, John, president and chief executive officer of Cisco Systems, in San Jose, Calif., for the School of Education. The money…