How to Prepare College Students to Volunteer
Reaching Out to Children and Families: Students Model Effective Community Service
By Janine E. Guglielmino
Contributor
How Nonprofit Groups Can Influence Legislation
The Legislative Labyrinth: A Map for Not-For-Profits
By Janine E. Guglielmino
Contributor
Careers in Community Development: a Handbook
A Guide to Careers in Community Development
By Janine E. Guglielmino
Contributor
‘Worth’: Questions of Donor Intent
Wealthy Americans “are increasingly turning to the modern-day equivalent of the pharaohs’ pyramids: the private foundation,” says Worth magazine (April). “Sufficiently endowed, these vessels of immortality get to dispense beneficent memories of the founder long into the future. Over time, however,…
‘Inc.’: the Economy and Venture Philanthropy
The Entrepreneurs’ Foundation, an effort to encourage philanthropy at companies in the start-up stage, is running into some obstacles in its own development, says Inc. magazine (April). The fund was started in 1998 by Gib Myers, a Silicon Valley venture capitalist. It has thus far persuaded 73…
California Provides Data on Electronic Drives
By HARVY LIPMANCalifornia’s annual report on commercial solicitors for the first time this year provides information on Internet fund-raising campaigns. The report lists 66 online campaigns, all conducted by Charitableway, an Internet fund-raising company, in San Carlos, Calif., that recently…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
New Online Option for United Ways
By NICOLE WALLACEA consortium of local United Ways has entered the electronic workplace-giving fray. For the forthcoming fall campaign season, participating United Ways will be able to use the United eWay.org system to work with companies to design customized Web sites that employees can use to…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Ecumenical coalition seeks to broaden support, restore faithA half century after its formation and decades removed from its heyday as ALSO SEE:National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA a leading voice of the civil-rights era, one of the United States’ largest religious alliances is…
By Debra E. Blum
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Hebrew University of Jerusalem Seeks $1-Billion in Campaign
By HAIM WATZMANHebrew University of Jerusalem has announced that it is seeking a total of $1-billion in a capital campaign, after already raising $600-million toward that goal. The announcement came as the university announced fund-raising figures for a five-year drive started in 1997. The…
By Haim Watzman
Contributor
Charity’s Founder Learns the Hard Way About Perils of Unscrupulous Solicitors
By HARVY LIPMANFor the first two years after she founded the Nation’s Missing Children ALSO SEE:Calling Solicitors to AccountHow Commercial Solicitors Rank on the Amount of Income Provided to CharityHow the Fund-Raising Companies Were RankedFor Small Charities, the Options Are Few and the Risks Are…
By Harvy Lipman
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