Web Site Provides Data on Services for Disabled
A new Web site, TheArcLink.org, offers a database of organizations that provide services to mentally retarded people in Indiana and New Mexico -- and has the ambitious goal of eventually listing service providers across the country. The site is a joint project of The Arc of the United States and…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
CD-ROM Helps Charities Assess Risks
By NICOLE WALLACEA new CD-ROM helps charities evaluate whether they are taking the necessary precautions to protect themselves from lawsuits, accidents, and other hazards. The Nonprofit Risk Management Center, in Washington, created the Nonprofit Computer Assisted Risk Evaluation System, or…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Activists Use E-Mail to Combat Torture
By NICOLE WALLACEAmnesty International USA last month activated its new Internet advocacy network by asking members to send e-mail appeals to Turkish authorities on behalf of Sehmuz Temel. Mr. Temel is a Kurd who was being held at police headquarters in Istanbul and had been severely tortured…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
One Man’s Hunger to Change the Way Food Charities Operate
By GRANT WILLIAMSRobert Egger says his organization’s approach to feeding the poor can be seen in the way the ALSO SEE:No Relief for Nation’s Food Banks D.C. Central Kitchen recently handled its first-ever direct-mail campaign. The fund-raising company hired to do the mailing felt that the group…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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No Relief for Nation’s Food Banks
Demand for aid surges in wake of welfare overhaulNonprofit food banks and soup kitchens are changing their operations to cope with swelling demand from needy Americans. ALSO SEE:One Man’s Hunger to Change the Way Food Charities Operate Many are expanding the types of services they provide, such as…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
Fixed Postal-Rate Discount for Charities Is Signed Into Law
By NICOLE LEWISPresident Clinton has signed into law a measure guaranteeing that nonprofit groups will always receive a fixed-percentage discount on their postage rates. Most types of letters sent by nonprofit groups will cost roughly 40 percent less than the price charged to commercial mailers;…
By nicole lewis
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Fund Raisers Find For-Profit Jobs Give Them Best of Both Worlds
By DEBRA E. BLUM and DOMENICA MARCHETTIWhen Gregory A. Schupra left his fund-raising job at a community foundation last year for a new job with a big bank, ALSO SEE:Chasing Charitable AssetsFees Paid to Donors’ Financial Advisers Stir Debate in the Philanthropic World his colleagues in the…
By Debra E. Blum and DOMENICA MARCHETTI
Fees Paid to Donors’ Financial Advisers Stir Debate in the Philanthropic World
By DEBRA E. BLUMWhen Eaton Vance Management, a Boston mutual-fund company, ALSO SEE:Chasing Charitable AssetsFund Raisers Find For-Profit Jobs Give Them Best of Both Worlds opened two charitable-giving funds this year, financial advisers received some generous incentives to sell the funds to…
By Debra E. Blum
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Mentors, Tutors, and Teachers Among ‘Points of Light’ Honorees
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’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…
Assets at Community Funds Climb 20%, Survey Finds
By HARVY LIPMANDriven by the booming stock market and an influx of new donations, ALSO SEE:Community Foundations’ Assets, Gifts, and Grants in 1999 combined assets at community foundations across the nation grew to nearly $30-billion last year, an increase of almost 20 percent from 1998, according…
By Harvy Lipman
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