Corporate-Giving Advice Available on New Site
Information about corporate social responsibility -- including philanthropy and employee volunteerism -- is available on a new Web site. The Global Business Responsibility Resource Center discusses topics related to corporate social responsibility -- organized into categories such as business…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities Offered Help Posting Public-Service Ads
Two Seattle software companies are helping non-profit organizations put their public-service announcements on line, at no charge. One of the companies, Encoding.com, digitizes the charity’s videotaped announcement into a computer-formatted video file. The other company, Alive.com, then uses its…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
States Plan to Put Charity Data On Line
Two state attorneys general plan to post on their Internet sites data from the informational tax returns filed by charities in their states. * In California, the Office of the Attorney General plans to add to its Web site this fall the most recent available Form 990 for each non-profit group in the…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Advertisements on Behalf of 9 Charities Are Honored With ‘Addy’ Awards
ALSO SEE:Charity Advertising Wins Honors ADVERTISING FOR THE ARTS, CAMPAIGN Winner: “Bebop Be Broke,” a campaign using posters and print ads to raise money to attract high-quality musicians to the Kansas City Blues & Jazz Festival (Mo.), created for the festival by Muller + Company (Kansas City,…
Charity Advertising Wins Honors
Advertising Campaigns Conducted by 9 Charities Snare ‘Addy’ Awards A stark black-and-white newspaper and magazine campaign designed to draw attention to the growing problem ALSO SEE:Advertisements on Behalf of
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
Contributor
Aided by a Rise in Gifts, Non-Profit Theaters Had a Healthy Financial Run, Study Shows
A new survey has found that a majority of non-profit theaters broke even or came out ahead in 1998. Theaters saw an 11.6-per-cent rise in income last year, while expenses grew 9 per cent. The Theatre Communications Group, a New York organization that represents non-profit theaters, ALSO…
By Meg Sommerfeld
Contributor
Grassroots Globalism, by Degrees
Novel training program links activist groups on 3 continents Since graduating in 1983 with an education degree from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, Rosa Mendoza has had few opportunities for formal training in non-profit issues or management. Yet as a trainer and consultant working with…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
California Telemarketer Loses Court Appeal
A California telemarketer who has raised millions of dollars in the name of charity has lost an attempt to lift a court ruling that prohibits the telemarketer and his associates from doing business in the state. The Fourth District Court of Appeal in Santa Ana, Cal., upheld a 1995 Superior Court…
New Policy Expected on Periodical Rates
The Postal Rate Commission has approved a plan that allows charities to choose what rates they will pay on their postage for periodicals: commercial or non-profit. The move came after the Postal Service acknowledged that it had made a mistake on periodical rates when it overhauled rates in January.…
Indiana Charities Challenge Law
Charities in Indiana are trying to persuade the courts to strike down a new state law that requires professional telephone solicitors to tell potential donors what percentage of their gifts will go to charity. They say the law, which took effect July 1, violates charities’ free-speech rights. The…