A Pioneering Program Offers Graduate Degrees in Economic Development to Busy Nonprofit Workers
TOOLS AND TRAINING By Jennifer C. Berkshire MANCHESTER, N.H. -- When Joyce Dickens decided to enroll in the National Weekend Masters Program at Southern New Hampshire University’s School of Community Economic Development in 1988, she had a concrete goal. “I looked around my town and saw that there…
By Jennifer C. Berkshire
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Tips on Developing a Strategic Plan
Thinking Strategically Within Nonprofits, by Michael S. Dore, offers charities advice on developing a long-term plan. Mr. Dore, president of MSD Resources, a consulting and training company in Austin, Tex., in collaboration with Barry Silverberg, director of the Center for Community-Based and…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Lessons on Grant Making for Women in Developing Countries
More Than Money: Strategies to Build Women’s Economic Power offers advice to grant makers seeking to improve the economic status and well-being of women. The report draws from the experiences of the Global Fund for Women, which supports labor-rights advocacy, loans to help women start small…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Working With Volunteer Fund Raisers
Exploring the Relationship Between Volunteers and Fundraisers
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Guide to Establishing a Private Foundation
Creating a Private Foundation: the Essential Guide for Donors and Their Advisers
By Jessica Kronstadt
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A Former Lieutenant Governor Rises to the Defense of Bullied Children
Loser. It’s a tough word to be on the receiving end of, both in the schoolyard and in politics. The difference is, when you’re in politics, you’ve made the decision to put yourself into a position where you can win or lose. In the schoolyard, it’s usually an involuntary, painful label. It goes with…
By Jeffrey Klineman
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The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas. Arts. The McKnight Foundation (Minneapolis) has presented its 2003 Distinguished Artist Award to Mike Lynch, a Minneapolis painter. The award, which is accompanied by a…
California College Offers New Major: Activism
College students and activism have long gone hand-in-hand. Now a San Francisco college is taking this association a step further by offering students a chance to major in social change. The 30-year-old New College of California this month is introducing humanities-degree programs -- both a…
By Leah Kerkman
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Aid Organizations Confront Safety Concerns in Iraq
Growing concern about insecurity in Iraq has prompted some charities to pull workers out of the country. But other organizations say they have no immediate plans to cut back on their activities there, despite recent attacks that killed or injured some aid workers. Oxfam announced last week that it…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Excerpts of the Audit of the D.C.-Area United Way
Following are excerpts from the executive summary of an investigation of the United Way of the National Capital ALSO SEE:What Went Wrong? Area by PricewaterhouseCoopers, in Washington. The summary and full 243-page audit report can be viewed on the charity’s Web site at…