How Two Blue-Ribbon Commissions Changed Philanthropy
Private Charity and Public Inquiry: A History of the Filer and Peterson Commissions
By Janine E. Guglielmino
Contributor
Making Sense of Financial Planning
Financial Planning for Nonprofit Organizations
By Janine E. Guglielmino
Contributor
Multiple Sclerosis Association Settles Lawsuit Filed by N.J.
By HARVY LIPMANThe Multiple Sclerosis Association of America and two of its former officers have agreed to pay the state of New Jersey $225,000 to settle a lawsuit brought by the state attorney general’s Division of Consumer Affairs. The attorney general had accused the association, its founder and…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
‘U.S. News’: Ranking Nonprofit Programs
Harvard University has the best nonprofit-management program in the country, says U.S. News & World Report (April 9). In an examination of programs at public-affairs graduate schools, the magazine said Indiana University at Bloomington followed Harvard. Placing No. 3 was the University of…
‘Business Week’: Earmarking Gifts
More and more donors are “restricting gifts, large and small, to projects that reflect their values and priorities,” says Business Week (April 9). With the economy weakened, donors “have a lot of leverage today to negotiate what they want with charities,” Joanne Johnson, a wealth adviser at J.P.…
‘National Journal’: High-Tech Philanthropy
Despite the collapse of technology stocks, many dot-com executives still have plenty of money to give away to good causes, and those donors could have a significant influence on major social issues, says National Journal (March 31), a magazine that covers public policy. If the past is any…
Bits: Awards Program Suspended; Dot-Com Philanthropy Ventures Parodied
By NICOLE WALLACE On April 2, Ericsson, a Stockholm telecommunications company, announced the third annual Ericsson Internet Community Awards, or ERICA, which were to have awarded $500,000 in Web development services and equipment to charities with innovative technology ideas. But the program has…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Foundations Urge Creation of ‘Digital Trust’
By NICOLE WALLACEA new report calls for the creation of a national trust to promote the innovative use of information technology in education. “A Digital Gift to the Nation,” published by the Century Foundation, recommends that the federal government use the proceeds from the auction of the…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Civic-Action Groups Benefit From Dot-Com Decline
By NICOLE WALLACEElection season may be over, but the deal making hasn’t slowed for organizations that use the Internet to educate voters and encourage citizens to participate in the political process. Two charities have been the beneficiaries of failed dot-com political portals, and two others…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A World of Caring: U.N. Issues 6 Stamps to Mark the International Year of Volunteers
To celebrate the International Year of Volunteers, the United Nations Postal Administration last month issued six commemorative stamps. The United Nations General Assembly voted in 1997 to declare this year a time when volunteer contributions would be recognized and promoted worldwide. The stamps…