World Leaders Seek to Bridge Digital Divide
By NICOLE WALLACEGovernments, grant makers, corporations, and non-profit organizations are turning their attention from the domestic to the global digital divide. The gap between technology use in North America and Western Europe and in the rest of the world was on the agenda at last month’s G-8…
2 Groups Release Protocols for Data on Donations
By NICOLE WALLACEThe issue of data standards for the non-profit world is heating up. Two for-profit organizations have released non-profit data-exchange protocols. The protocols are specifications for formatting data about charitable donations so that information about gifts can move easily between…
FCC Approves New Phone Number for Social Services
By DEBRA E. BLUMPeople looking for a food bank, an after-school program, or other health and social services soon will be able to dial only three numbers on their telephones for help -- 211. Under a plan approved last month by the Federal Communications Commission, the dialing code 211 will provide…
‘Volunteer Vacations’: Sources of Information
BRIDGES (Building Responsible International Dialogue Through Grassroots Exchange): Fellowship program that helps minority-group members and low-income people participate in ALSO SEE:The Pause That RefreshesNew Student Wave: Service Over SunbathingVolunteer Vacations and Charitable Deductions…
New Student Wave: Service Over Sunbathing
Just as “volunteer vacations” have become more popular with working adults and retired people, ALSO SEE:The Pause That Refreshes‘Volunteer Vacations': Sources of InformationVolunteer Vacations and Charitable Deductions they are also gaining ground among students looking for a new way to spend their…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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Vacation time is volunteer time for more and more AmericansSince 1994, Beth Van Gorp, 32, has spent three of her vacations in El Salvador. But the ALSO SEE:New Student Wave: Service Over Sunbathing‘Volunteer Vacations': Sources of InformationVolunteer Vacations and Charitable Deductions North…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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New Name,Vision for Fund Raisers
By DEBRA E. BLUMThe National Society of Fund Raising Executives next year will have a new name and a new strategic plan. Starting in January, the 40-year-old organization, which has more than 22,000 members, will be known as the Association of Fund-Raising Professionals. Plans for a new logo and…
By Debra E. Blum
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How Donors of Art Can Benefit the Most
By NICOLE LEWISDonors can get significant tax breaks by giving works of art to charity. But getting ALSO SEE:The Art of Using Gifts of ArtSome Practical Tips for Charities Interested in Soliciting Works of Arts maximum benefits can be tricky. At a minimum, donors can write off the amount they paid…
Some Practical Tips for Charities Interested in Soliciting Works of Art
By NICOLE LEWISAt California’s Scripps Memorial Hospital La Jolla, fund raisers solicit gifts not only for cancer ALSO SEE:The Art of Using Gifts of ArtHow Donors of Art Can Benefit the Most research or a new X-ray machine, but for artworks to be placed in a meditation garden. Donors who give…
By nicole lewis
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Charities find a wealth of uses for the treasures they receiveTwo weeks after John A. D’Elia joined Union Rescue Mission in Los Angeles as a fund raiser, ALSO SEE:Some Practical Tips for Charities Interested in Soliciting Works of ArtHow Donors of Art Can Benefit the Most the homeless shelter…
By nicole lewis
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