A Civil Society Needs a “Third Space”
Growing Civil Society: From Nonprofit Sector to Third Space
By Gwen A. Williamson
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A Foundation’s Strategy for Influencing Communications Media
Big Bird & Beyond: The New Media and the Markle Foundation
By Gwen A. Williamson
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Handbook Shows How to Deal With an Audit
API’s Complete Guide to the Non-Profit Audit
By Gwen A. Williamson
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RealNetworks Foundation Starts With $2-Million
By DEBRA E. BLUMA Seattle software company has created a new foundation to help make good on the company’s three-year-old pledge to give a substantial portion of its profits to charity. RealNetworks, the maker of RealVideo and RealAudio software, which allow video and audio signals to be…
By Debra E. Blum
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Awards Honor Charities for Technology Ideas
By NICOLE WALLACEUsing technology to overcome isolation -- both social and geographic -- is a common element in many of the project proposals that won Ericsson Internet Community Awards. Ericsson, a Stockholm telecommunications company, honored five nonprofit organizations from around the world for…
By NICOLE WALLACE
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Nonprofit Groups Propose Agenda for the Next President
Nonprofit leaders who participated in a recent online survey were given a list of
Campaign Financing Is Top Concern of Nonprofit Leaders in Online Survey
By ELIZABETH SCHWINNNonprofit leaders have plenty of suggestions for the next president of the United States, ALSO SEE:Nonprofit Groups Propose Agenda for the Next President such as calls for tax incentives to increase charitable donations. But their top priority for the new occupant of the White…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Alumni of Teaching Charity Pursue Variety of Public-Service Career Paths
By MEG SOMMERFELDWhen Wendy S. Kopp started Teach For America, she fully anticipated that many of the ALSO SEE: A Lesson in Charity Survival Nonprofit Groups Created By Teach For America Participants
By Meg Sommerfeld
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Teach For America turns around its operation after financial crisisMost college students turn in their senior theses, heave massive sighs of relief, and rarely think of their topics again. But 11 years after Wendy S. Kopp submitted hers to Princeton University, she continues ALSO SEE:Alumni of…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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Guidelines Show Charities How to Work With Internet Companies on Fund Raising
By GRANT WILLIAMSThe National Society of Fund Raising Executives has released “Internet Transaction Guidelines,” a set of 22 recommendations that charities can use when they work with Internet-based companies that help them raise money through Web sites or other methods. “For many smaller charities…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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