Site Allows Sharing of Technology Curriculums
A new Web site allows charities to share their technology-training materials online. Created by CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, a nonprofit organization in San Francisco that provides management and technology assistance to other charities, the site offers training curriculums on software…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
The following awards have been presented for achievement in community service, fund raising, philanthropy, and research: AIDS. The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation (Santa Monica, Calif.) has announced the recipients of its new International Leadership Awards, which provide three-year,…
Charities Say They Don’t View Advocacy as Political
Nearly nine in 10 charities advocate for changes in public policy, but fewer than half of those surveyed say they make overt efforts to influence lawmakers, according to a study of over 1,700 nonprofit groups across the United States. The two-year study was designed to find out why charities become…
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Coalition Opposes Legal-Service Limits
A lawsuit in New York that challenges advocacy restrictions placed on nonprofit providers of legal services to the poor has started to garner attention from charity leaders nationwide. At issue is whether the government can force groups it supports to abide by limits on how they use private aid.…
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Bush Seeks Changes at Volunteer Agency
President Bush hopes to build political support for his proposed expansion of the Corporation for National and Community Service by recommending several changes to its service programs, which includes AmeriCorps and other efforts that receive federal dollars. The corporation, which was created by…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
President Bush’s call to service is getting mixed reactionsWoody Drake, a 32-year-old painter in Columbus, Ohio, hadn’t planned to spend the next couple of years teaching kids to dance, perform, and do other arts projects after school. At least, not before September 11. But the shock of the…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
How Charities Get Employees to Contribute
Nonprofit groups do not have to have highly paid employees to make it ALSO SEE:Making house calls worthwhile to ask them for donations, say some longtime fund raisers. While most charities won’t raise much by soliciting employees, many nonprofit officials say doing so usually provides useful income…
By nicole lewis
Contributor
How a medical school found major donors under its own roofWhen Barbara L. Walker became development director at Baylor College of ALSO SEE:How charities get employees to contribute Medicine six years ago, she began raising money for the Houston college’s capital campaign. But this drive, dubbed…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Retired Schoolteacher Among ‘Points of Light’
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Bush’s Daily Points of Light Award. The Points of Light Foundation, a Washington charity, assists the president in making the choices and carrying out the award program. More information about the…
$42-Million Committed for Arts Center; Other Gifts
Three nonprofit organizations recently received large donations: William Winspear, a Dallas manufacturer, and his wife, Margot, have pledged $42-million to help build the proposed Dallas Center for the Performing Arts. Construction on the center, which will be located in the city’s downtown arts…