‘Washington Monthly’: Car Donations
Although many nonprofit organizations heavily promote them, car-donation programs often benefit everyone but the charities they are intended to help, says The Washington Monthly (June). “Most charities don’t have the resources to run car-donation programs themselves, and instead rely on private…
By Grant Williams
Contributor
Charities Facing Crisis as Board Seats Go Unfilled
Nonprofit groups are facing a “critical shortage” of qualified candidates to serve on their boards of directors, according to a new study that is based in part on interviews with charity, civic, and corporate leaders from across the country. Nearly 1.8 million board seats become available each…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
New study shows that few ads for nonprofit causes get noticed or rememberedNonprofit organizations frequently promote themselves with magazine and newspaper advertisements, ALSO SEE:Ads for Good Causes: What Works? but more often than not they are wasting donations of the space and any money they…
By Elizabeth Greene
Contributor
Charity Bills Under Review in Congress
Numerous bills affecting charities are now pending in Congress, but time ALSO SEE:Outlook for Philanthropy: Legislation Pending in Congress is growing short for legislators to act on the measures. Less than four months remain to work on bills during this session, since lawmakers will be out for the…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Outlook for Philanthropy: Legislation Pending in Congress
AID FOR CHARITIES (S. 1924)Background Legislative history Outlook
Federal report nudges IRS toward review of charity rulesWashington
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
Jewish Groups Raise $140-Million for Israel
United Jewish Communities, an umbrella organization encompassing 189 Jewish federations, has raised $140-million for relief efforts in Israel since beginning an emergency campaign in April. Called “We Stand With Israel Now and Forever,” the campaign commenced soon after a Palestinian suicide bomber…
By DAVID WHELAN
Contributor
Red Cross Revises Its Fund-Raising Policies for Disaster Aid
Washington In a move aimed at quelling concerns about how it raises funds, the American Red Cross last week announced new practices to make itself more accountable to donors. The Red Cross headquarters, in Washington, identified several steps it said would allow the organization to be more…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Letting Go of an Endowment Fantasy
We had the perfect plan: a for-profit Internet venture that would yield a $20-million endowment for the charity I run, Jewish Family & Life. With the $1-million a year in investment income this endowment would produce, I would be free to focus on mission -- using the Internet and other media to…
By Yosef I. Abramowitz
Contributor
Charities Try Rented E-Mail Lists
In the early days of the Internet, many nonprofit organizations thought, or at least hoped, that if ALSO SEE:Forging Links OnlineOnline Fund Raising: A Sampling of How Charities Are FaringOnline Charitable Giving Tops $96-MillionCharity Web Sites Spur Offline Gifts they built Web sites that could…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor