An Entrepreneur and Explorer to Lead Outward Bound
Inspired by the teachings of Outward Bound USA, a nonprofit organization that was a pioneer in wilderness education, Richard Bangs started a for-profit business leading people on river-rafting trips. Now, 28 years later, the entrepreneur and international explorer who founded a company that has…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Income Gaps Cause Decline in Volunteering, Study Finds
Americans are less likely to volunteer today than in years past, in part because the disparity in incomes has grown and because so many women now hold full-time jobs, according to a new study. Economists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Tufts University have estimated that people ages…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Midsize Performing-Arts Organizations Face Financial Threats, Pew Trusts’ Study Finds
Midsize theaters, symphonies, and opera and dance companies are struggling to survive in the face of rising costs, shrinking audiences, and declining revenue, a new report says. ALSO SEE:Performing-Arts Organizations and Their Finances Large and small arts groups, however, are managing to succeed,…
By nicole lewis
Contributor
Bits: A Discussion List for Women in Technology; a Volunteer Group Gets Noticed
Women in Nonprofits, Technology Assistance Providers --or WIN-TAP -- is a new e-mail discussion list for women who help nonprofit groups deal with technology, either as an employee or as a volunteer. The list grew out of discussions at a conference of nonprofit technology experts. To subscribe: Go…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Web Sites Urge Taxpayers to Donate Their Rebates
A growing number of Web sites have sprung up to urge Americans to donate FROM THE ARCHIVES:Nonvirtual Reality Hits Giving Sites (6/14/2001)Online Companies Merge Operations (3/22/2001)Online-Giving Company to Cease Operations (3/8/2001)Financial Turbulence Hits Charity Sites (1/11/2001)A Hunger for…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Financial Woes Continue to Dog Charity Sites
Several companies that run major charity sites are facing financial troubles. GreaterGood.com, one of the first charity online shopping malls, has shut down after its board of directors voted last month to halt further investment in the company and put it up for sale. The online site raised about…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Court Upholds Group’s Firing of Gay Worker
In a case watched closely by supporters and critics of President Bush’s effort to help religious groups, a federal judge has ruled that a state-supported Baptist foster home in Kentucky did not illegally discriminate when it fired a gay counselor. U.S. District Court Judge Charles R. Simpson III…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
A Sampling of Sites Offering Customized E-Mail Alerts
ALSO SEE:Prospecting the Web for Donors Arrange Online. Users can sign up to receive a free alert from a national obituary archive whenever an obituary matches their search criteria. Search categories are family name, hometown, club or church membership, alma mater, business name, or military…
Prospecting the Web for Donors
Up-to-the-minute news delivered to fund raisers automaticallyLewisburg, Pa. Top officials at Bucknell University were all set to ask a wealthy alumnus ALSO SEE:A Sampling of Sites Offering Customized E-Mail Alerts to give $10-million for a new campus building. But just days before the scheduled…
By Meg Sommerfeld
Contributor
Project That Gives Handmade Blankets to the Poor Among New ‘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…