The following awards have been presented for achievement in leadership, management, research, and volunteerism: Grass-roots leaders. The Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation (Winston-Salem, N.C.) has presented its 2001 Nancy Susan Reynolds Awards honoring North Carolinians who have worked largely without…
New Director Strives to Keep Dance Company on its Toes
After mustering the courage to audition for his college’s chorus, Jeffrey H. James found that ALSO SEE:About Jeffrey H. James, Executive Director of the Cunningham Dance Foundation his strength lay not in singing but in helping manage the group, mainly by selling its records at concerts and…
By nicole lewis
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Policies and Programs to Promote Low-Wage Workers’ Steady Employment and Advancement, by Carol Clymer, Brandon Roberts, and Julie Strawn, examines recent efforts by state policy makers and local practitioners to find ways to help low-income workers remain employed and advance in their jobs. The…
By Janine E. Guglielmino
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Housing-Development Programs: Assessing What Difference They Make
Measuring the Economic Impact of Community-Based Homeownership Programs on Neighborhood Revitalization, by Lindley R. Higgins, assesses the economic impact of housing-development programs on five neighborhoods in Houston, Seattle, Washington, and Kalamazoo, Mich., in an effort to complement…
By Laura Hruby
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How Charities Can Use the Internet to Raise Money
Fundraising on the Internet, Second Edition
By Laura Hruby
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Charitable Foundations in Europe
Foundations in Europe: Society, Management, and Law
By Laura Hruby
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Book Explores Ideas of “Civil Society” and “Social Capital”
Beyond Tocqueville: Civil Society and the Social Capital Debate in Comparative Perspective
By Laura Hruby
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‘Mother Jones’: Volunteer Vacations
Global Volunteers sends 2,000 Americans a year on public-service missions to impoverished countries, but based on one volunteer’s experience renovating a community center in Hagley Gap, Jamaica, “it’s hard to tell who’s helping whom,” reports Mother Jones (December). Bud Philbrook, a Minnesota…
By David Whelan
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