Author Stresses Self-Fulfillment Through Charity
Philegatia: Living a Vision, Leaving a Legacy
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Cancer Executive Admits to Stealing
A former top executive of the American Cancer Society’s Ohio Division has pleaded guilty to embezzling more than $7.8-million from the charity. Daniel S. Wiant, chief administrative officer in the society’s Ohio headquarters, admitted that, dating back to 1997, he had engaged in bank fraud, money…
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Bits: Internet Philanthropy Conference, Tool for Donors, and the Digital Divide
By NICOLE WALLACE A conference to discuss the role of technology in philanthropy, “Expanding Philanthropy through the Internet,” will be held in San Jose, Calif., September 25-26. The meeting is a follow-up to a forum, “E-Philanthropy: Technology and the Nonprofit Community,” held last October as…
2004 Olympics Organizers Seek Advice on Internet
By NICOLE WALLACEAs Sydney gears up for this year’s Olympic Games, the host of the 2004 Games is using the Internet to seek advice from volunteers at previous Olympics. The Greek Deputy Ministry of Sports has created a Web site, Volunteer 2004, where volunteers at past Olympic Games and other elite…
Gifts of Computing Power Aid Cancer Research
By NICOLE WALLACEThe Compute Against Cancer campaign lets computer users donate their machines’ unused processing power to cancer-research efforts. Parabon Computation is a company in Fairfax, Va., that takes large research problems and divides them into much smaller tasks that individual computers…
New Technology Group Sets Future Agenda
By NICOLE WALLACEA new membership group, the Non-Profit Technology Enterprise Network, has announced its plans for bringing together non-profit organizations and consultants who provide technology assistance to charities. The organization, also known as N-TEN, was formed last fall and grew out of…
Israeli-born activist runs Web site that links idealists around globeNew York Ami Dar says the idea for his charity, which now runs one of the most popular ALSO SEE: Action Without Borders
By Jennifer Moore
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Teenagers Prefer Companies That Give, Survey Finds
By DEBRA E. BLUMYoung people are overwhelmingly likely to buy products from companies that support a charitable cause, according to a new survey. When price and quality are the same, 9 out of 10 teenagers said they would switch brands to one associated with a cause they care about, the survey…
By Debra E. Blum
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By JENNIFER MOORE and GRANT WILLIAMSState regulators are giving non-profit organizations their first road map showing how online fund-raising appeals will be monitored. The National Association of State Charity Officials, a group of government regulators, ALSO SEE:Full text of Internet-registration…