New President of Independent Sector Seeks to Build Strong Coalitions
As a child growing up in South Africa, Diana Aviv once aspired to be a ballerina. Her new job as president of Independent Sector, a coalition of nonprofit groups and grant makers, will require a different kind of agility if she is to help steer that organization onto center stage in the nonprofit…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas. Black philanthropy. Willie E. Gary, a prominent trial lawyer and businessman, has received the inaugural William H. and Camille O. Cosby Philanthropic Award, presented…
War Could Mean MoreAirtime for Charity PSAs
If television and radio stations shift to around-the-clock news coverage in the event of war in Iraq, charities might find new opportunities to get their public-service announcements on the airwaves, according to a company that produces such ads for nonprofit organizations. West Glen…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: An Electronic-Giving Survey, a Web Site’s Millionth Volunteer
The AAFRC Trust for Philanthropy and ePhilanthropyFoundation.org are conducting an online survey asking nonprofit organizations about their use of the Internet for fund raising in 2001 and 2002. The deadline for completing the survey is March 24. Results will be included in Giving USA, the trust’s…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Company to Give $9-Million in Technology Grants
SBC Communications will award grants totaling $9-million this year to nonprofit technology projects in the 13 states in which the company provides telecommunications services. The SBC Excelerator program is designed to help charities use technology to operate more efficiently and better fulfill…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Funds Held Steady for Key U.S. Programs
Late in February, Congress finished work on the budget for 2003 -- more than four months after the start of the fiscal year -- and provided as much money as it did in 2002 for two technology programs that President Bush wants to eliminate. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Technology Opportunities…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
3 Honored for Work Promoting Access
A nonprofit official, a charity, and a member of Congress have been honored for their work in expanding access to information technology. Last month the Alliance for Public Technology, a coalition of nonprofit organizations dedicated to equal and affordable access to technology, held its eighth…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Nonprofit Groups Seek to Connect With Hollywood to Promote Causes
It’s rare for charities to be approached to play a significant role in a movie -- as Childreach ALSO SEE:Reaching for the Stars was asked to do in About Schmidt, the latest Jack Nicholson feature -- but filmmakers and others in the entertainment media are increasingly showing interest in promoting…
By nicole lewis
Contributor
Little-known charity tries to get the most from movie appearanceWhen the curtain rises at the Academy Awards ceremony later this month, staff members at Childreach, ALSO SEE:Nonprofit Groups Seek to Connect With Hollywood to Promote Causes an international aid organization in Warwick, R.I., will be…
By nicole lewis
Contributor
The Triumphs and Travails of a Traveling Charity Leader
The charity I lead is based near Boston, but more and more my work calls for me to be elsewhere to meet with potential board members, foundation program officers, and leaders of nonprofit groups we might want to work with. I’ve learned the hard way that there is a direct relationship between how…
By Yosef I. Abramowitz
Contributor