Interviewing Tips for Job Candidates and More
INBOX Questions every applicant should ask To the Editor: The implication in the article on interview techniques in the February 22 issue of Philanthropy Careers, “Nonprofit Managers and Recruiters Offer Tips for Interviewing Job Candidates,” was that candidates for fund-raising positions are…
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The Nonprofit World: Financial and Employment Trends
JOB MARKET Nonprofit organizations in the United States spent nearly $785-billion in 1999, accounting for ALSO SEE:The Nonprofit World: Financial and Employment Trends 8.5 percent of the nation´s gross domestic product, according to data released last week. When inflation is taken into account,…
TOOLS AND TRAINING By Heather Joslyn The following resources can help identify and lead to treatment for compassion fatigue: The Compassion Fatigue Self-Test, designed by Charles R. Figley, founder of ALSO SEE: How Compassion Fatigue Can Overwhelm Charity Workers -- and What to Do About It the…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
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How Compassion Fatigue Can Overwhelm Charity Workers — and What to Do About It
Various medical nonprofits discuss how they combat compassion fatigue.
By Heather Joslyn
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Salaries at New York City Nonprofit Groups Grew 3 to 7 Percent Last Year, Report Says
JOB MARKET By Ian Wilhelm The September 11 terrorist attacks, combined with the recession, slowed the growth in nonprofit salaries in New York City last year, according to a new survey. Salaries rose an average of 3 to 7 percent, depending on the size and type of organization, with most, if not…
By Ian Wilhelm
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How Charities Balance News-Media Demands With Social-Service Clients’ Need for Privacy
IN THE TRENCHES By Sandy Asirvatham For a documentary feature film called Domestic Violence, which was released this winter, the director Frederick Wiseman was granted wide-ranging access to the clients in a Tampa, Fla., women’s shelter called the Spring. For more than two months in 1998, Mr.…
By Sandy Asirvatham
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Write-Offs: Environmental Group Accused of Lobbying, and IRS Releasing Donation Lists
A conservative organization wants the IRS to strip an environmental group of its tax-exempt status, charging that the group’s advocacy efforts amount to political lobbying, which is sharply restricted for groups organized under section 501(c)(3) of the tax code. The group, the Center for the…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Revenue Service Increases Fees
The IRS has raised the fees it charges charities for key rulings and applications this year (Revenue Procedure 2002-8, Internal Revenue Bulletin 2002-1). Tax-exempt organizations seeking private-letter rulings from the government on how to handle complex legal issues, or how to get official…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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IRS Plans to Examine Nonprofit Groups
To determine how well different types of nonprofit groups comply with the tax laws, the IRS this year will begin “market segment” studies of six types of nonprofit organizations, including religious groups, groups that offer donor-advised funds, and social-service organizations, according to an IRS…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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