Study Analyzes Effects of Foundation Spending Rates
Spending Policies and Investment Planning for Foundations: A Structure for Determining a Foundation’s Asset Mix, by Carter R. Harrison, Jr., argues for maintaining the current federal requirement that foundations distribute at least 5 per cent a year of net investment assets. ALSO SEE:To Live…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Council on Foundations Issues Salary Survey
1999 Grantmakers Salary Report offers compensation data based on information provided to the Council on Foundations by 745 foundations and corporate-giving programs. ALSO SEE:Foundation Employees Saw Salaries Rise by 5 Per Cent, New Survey Finds The participating organizations held 43 per cent of…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Why Charities Fail or Prosper: Scholars Find No “Silver Bullet”
Nonprofit Organizations in an Age of Uncertainty: A Study of Organizational Change By Joseph Galaskiewicz and Wolfgang Bielefeld After examining more than 300 non-profit organizations in Minneapolis and St. Paul from 1980 to 1994, the authors write that it is their own analysis that has raised the…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Fund Raisers Answer Frequently Asked Questions
The Grantseeker’s Answerbook: Fundraising Experts Respond to the Most Commonly Asked Questions By Jacqueline Ferguson, Laurel Drake-Major, and Michael V. Gershowitz Fund-raising fledglings as well as experienced grant seekers are the intended audience of this book, written in question-and-answer…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
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Resources on Philanthropy Subject of On-Line Guide
Independent Sector and the University of Maryland’s Civil Society Initiative have created a new Web site to guide visitors to on-line resources on philanthropy. NonProfit Pathfinder features annotated links to Web sites run by academic research centers and associations that study philanthropy,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Reports on Evaluation Now Available on Internet
Two reports on evaluating non-profit programs are now available on line. “Program Evaluation Practice in the Nonprofit Sector” focuses on the extent to which staff members, volunteers, and clients are involved in evaluation activities and if the level of their involvement affects whether the…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Project Eyes Public’s Role in Regulating Internet
The John and Mary R. Markle Foundation, in New York, will spend more than $1-million on its new Internet Governance Project, which is designed to insure that the public’s interests are represented on non-governmental bodies that are being established to regulate the Internet. The foundation has…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Effort Seeks to Expand Technology Access for Poor
More than a dozen companies, foundations, charities, and government agencies have joined together to start a new non-profit organization, PowerUp, to increase poor children’s access to technology. The Stephen Case Foundation, established by the co-founder of America Online and his wife, Jean, is…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
7 Maryland Charities Certified as Excellent
The Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations has announced the names of the first seven charities to be certified as ethical and accountable under its new “Standards for Excellence” program approved last year. Under the program, independent peer-review teams scrutinize charities to determine…
N.Y. Museum Wins Temporary Victory
A federal judge has temporarily ordered New York City Mayor Rudolph Giuliani and the city government to continue providing city support to the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Last month, Mr. Giuliani halted the city’s regular monthly payment to the museum because he objected to a controversial art exhibit…