Woman Leaders in Community Development
Women as Catalysts for Social Change: A Study of Women-Led Development Organizations describes the experiences, leadership styles, and barriers faced by women who run community-development groups. The report is based on interviews with 121 women in leadership roles and with 21 grant makers and…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Annual Report on the Well-Being of Children in the United States
2000 Kids Count Data Book reports on the well-being of children in the United States by analyzing 10 indicators, such as infant-mortality rates, the percentage of teenage girls who gave birth, and the number of teenagers who were not attending school and not working. The report -- which is…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Using a Collaborative Approach to Solve Land-Management Problems
Making Collaboration Work: Lessons from Innovation in Natural Resource Management
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Advice on Direct-Mail Fund Raising
Direct Response Fund Raising: Mastering New Trends for Results
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Building a Strong Board Is a Continual Process, Authors Assert
The Board Building Cycle: Nine Steps to Finding, Recruiting, and Engaging Nonprofit Board Members
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How the Information for The Chronicle’s Salary Survey Was Compiled
This is the ninth year that The Chronicle has gathered information about what the nation’s ALSO SEE:Keeping the Best on BoardPay for Leaders at Biggest Charities Rises 6.2%, Chronicle Survey FindsResults of 2000 Compensation SurveyAdditional Salary Survey Charts largest non-profit organizations pay…
Retirement Perks Help Keep Workers
As non-profit boards have realized in recent years that they must compete with businesses for executive talent, ALSO SEE:Keeping the Best on BoardPay for Leaders at Biggest Charities Rises 6.2%, Chronicle Survey FindsResults of 2000 Compensation SurveyAdditional Salary Survey ChartsHow the…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
Pay for Leaders at Biggest Charities Rises 6.2%, Chronicle Survey Finds
Editor’s Note: In the print version and an earlier Web version of this article, an incorrect organization was cited as having paid its top officials more than 2 percent of its total income. The correct group is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, not the United Negro…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
Charities Hurt by Their Distaste for Tough Recruiting Tactics
The tight job market isn’t the only obstacle facing non-profit groups that are looking for top-notch help. They are sometimes hindered by an unwillingness to embrace aggressive or creative recruiting methods, observers say. Richard Potter, vice president for development at American ALSO SEE:Keeping…
By Thomas J. Billitteri
Contributor
Report Urges Overhaul of Workplace Giving Campaigns
By DOMENICA MARCHETTICharities could reap an additional $500-million from annual on-the-job fund-raising drives if employers and employees became more involved in planning such campaigns and made changes to revitalize them, a new report says. The report, “Employee Workplace Campaigns at the…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
Contributor