A Case Study of Urban Revitalization
Putting Faith In Neighborhoods: Making Cities Work Through Grassroots Citizenship
By Katy Marquardt
Contributor
How Nonprofit Groups Can Improve Their Performance
Pathways to Nonprofit Excellence
By Katy Marquardt
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Resource Guide for Small Foundations
The Guide to Small Foundation Management: From Groundwork to Grantmaking
By Katy Marquardt
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Strategies for Cash-Flow Management
The Cash Flow Management Book for Nonprofits
By Katy Marquardt
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Bits: An Online–Fund Raising Survey, and a Conference for Grass-Roots Groups
The AAFRC Trust for Philanthropy and ePhilanthropyFoundation.Org are conducting an online survey that asks charities about their online fund raising. The results of the survey are scheduled to be included in Giving USA, an annual report on the state of philanthropy that the trust expects to issue…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Web Site to Aid International Projects
A new company founded by two former World Bank officials is working to create an online marketplace where people with an idea for an international-development project can promote their work and donors can contribute to the projects directly. Among the 113 projects listed on the Washington company’s…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Watchdog Group Puts Charity Ratings Online
A New Jersey nonprofit organization has entered the charity-rating business, and donors can check out the group’s findings online. Charity Navigator rates nonprofit organizations’ financial health based on both their short-term spending practices and their long-term prospects for success. So far,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
$217-Million Deal Struck in Arthur Andersen Case
The Arthur Andersen accounting company has reached a new agreement to pay $217-million to settle lawsuits arising from its role as auditor of the Baptist Foundation of Arizona, which collapsed in 1999 owing $570-million to more than 11,000 people who had bought securities from the nonprofit group.…
By Debra E. Blum
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Senator Asks Red Cross About Its Fund Raising
A key Republican senator who has been investigating numerous charities sent a letter last week to the American Red Cross requesting that the organization answer questions about its fund-raising tactics following the September terrorist attacks. Iowa Sen. Charles E. Grassley said he had heard from…
By Ian Wilhelm
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D.C. United Way Board Releases Financial Audit
Officials of one of the nation’s largest United Ways have tried to put an end to nearly a year of controversy by releasing an audit that looked into allegations of fiscal abuses originally raised by a former board member in July. The audit of the United Way of the National Capital Area, in…
By Harvy Lipman
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