Bits: Heifer International Wins Award for Internet Fundraising
By Nicole Wallace The Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network, in San Francisco, a national organization for individuals, charities, and businesses that provide technology assistance to nonprofit groups, plans to hold a regional technology conference in San Diego on May 13. For more information: Go…
$1-Million Awarded to Technology Programs
By Nicole Wallace The Community Technology Centers’ Network, in Washington, has awarded almost $1-million to 50 nonprofit organizations that teach technology skills to disadvantaged youths, homeless people, and people with disabilities. The organization’s Connections for Tomorrow program -- a…
Internet Engages Youths in Citizenship Activities
By Nicole Wallace Young people use the Internet to register to vote, find volunteer opportunities, express their views on current events, and push for social change, according to a new report. “Youth as E-Citizens: Engaging the Digital Generation” -- published by the Center for Social Media at…
Web Site Offers New Evaluation Tools
By Nicole Wallace Innovation Network, a nonprofit organization in Washington that helps charities assess the impact of their work, has expanded the evaluation tools that it offers online. Visitors to the site can now gauge their organizations’ efforts in eight areas, such as planning, fund raising,…
N.Y. Nonprofit Groups Gave More Raises in 2003, Survey Finds
More nonprofit groups in the New York area gave raises to their employees last year than did so in 2002, ALSO SEE:Nonprofit Pay: Salary Ranges at Organizations in New York City with most of the raises hovering between 2 and 5 percent, according to a new survey of nonprofit employers. Seventy-nine…
By Cassie J. Moore
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Phrases a Charity Leader Coined in New Book
big uglies. Used with irony, this term refers to convicts, drug addicts, and homeless male adults ALSO SEE:Tough Words to SwallowBook’s Advice for Charity Leaders who, Robert Egger, founder of D.C. Central Kitchen, believes, are ignored by nonprofit groups that make fund-raising pitches on their…
Book’s Advice for Charity Leaders
In his new book, Begging for Change, Robert Egger, president of D.C. Central Kitchen, presents his “Rules for Nonprofit Groups.” Among them: “Look at what you do. Are you a 19th-century charity or a 21st-century community corporation?” “The recent downturn in public support for nonprofits isn’t…
Volatile Market and Terrorism Dampen Optimism Among Fund Raisers
Seattle Concern about the fluctuating stock market and the terrorist attack in Spain prompted many of the participants gathered here for the annual meeting of the Association of Fundraising Professionals to temper their enthusiasm for 2004’s fund-raising potential. Some fund raisers expressed…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Record Campaign Goal Announced: $3-Billion
The State University of New York has announced plans to raise $3-billion by 2012, a sum that exceeds the largest amount previously raised in a single higher-education campaign. The original $1-billion goal of the drive, which began in December 2000, was multiplied by three after it was accomplished…
By nicole lewis
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Salaries for Fund Raisers at Colleges Rose by Up to 8.8 Percent This Year, Study Finds
Median salaries for chief fund raisers at most types of colleges and universities rose by as much ALSO SEE: Median Salaries of College Fund_Raising Officials, 2003-4 as 8.8 percent in the current academic year, but median pay for fund raisers at two-year institutions dropped by 6.4 percent,…
By Cassie J. Moore
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