Salaries and Benefits at Foundations
Median Foundation Salaries, by Position Chief executive officer $104,000 Associate director/executive vice president 114,001 Vice president (administration) 100,000 Vice president (program) 110,000 Chief financial officer/treasurer 94,500 Controller 65,720 Chief investment officer 228,781 Program…
Snagging a Family Foundation Job
Family foundations look carefully at the important intangibles.
By Rebecca Gardyn
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How to Manage the Stress of Work at a Charity
Some nonprofits share their tips for dealing with the stress of charity work.
By Alison Stein Wellner
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Summary of HIV/AIDS Grant Making
Report on HIV/AIDS Grantmaking by U.S. Philanthropysummarizes AIDS-related financing by foundations, charities, and companies in 2001 and 2002. According to the report, in 2001 grant makers in the United States committed more than $500-million. In 2002, they pledged approximately $291-million, but…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Foundations & Public Policymaking: Leveraging Philanthropic Dollars, Knowledge, and Networks, by James M. Ferris, discusses the benefits, costs, and risks to grant makers in trying to influence public policy. Mr. Ferris, director of the Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy at the University of…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Staying In Touch With Former Clients
Finding Out What Happens to Former Clients, by Ritu Nayyar-Stone and Harry P. Hatry, urges social-service organizations to survey their clients months or even a year after the clients have used the groups’ services. Ms. Nayyar-Stone, a research associate at the Urban Institute, in Washington, and…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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An Overview of Volunteer Activities for Teenagers
Teenagers and Community Service: a Guide to the Issues
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Advice for Raising Money During Hard Times
Fundraising in Times of Crisis
By Jessica Kronstadt
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IRS Releases Data on Nonprofit Finances
By Elizabeth Schwinn The number of charities that filed Form 990 and Form 990-EZ informational tax returns with the government rose from 211,615 in 1999 to 230,159 in 2000, an increase of 8.8 percent, according to the Internal Revenue Service. That figure was more than double the growth in…
Treasury Seeks to Lower Donated-Car Deductions
By Elizabeth Schwinn Saying that some donors who give automobiles to charity are taking deductions from their income taxes for far more than the true value of their gifts, the U.S. Department of the Treasury has asked Congress to impose new restrictions on such gifts. The proposal would reduce…