Guide Helps North Carolina Groups Find Technology Advice
Non-profit organizations in North Carolina can receive free, on-line help in locating technology resources -- including low-cost Internet accounts and Web-site-development assistance -- through a new Internet site. The resource directory is interactive and searchable by geographic location,…
By Kristen R. Batch
Contributor
Poverty Issues Discussed on New E-Mail List
A free e-mail list that provides information about poverty issues has been created by the Coalition on Human Needs. The coalition will use the list to distribute analyses of Congressional bills, action alerts, and notices of meetings on topics such as the federal budget, Social Security, and food…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Paper Urges Dialogue on Role of Non-Profit Groups
Vision and Values: Rethinking the Nonprofit Sector in America, edited by Deborah S. Gardner, is a paper commissioned by the Nathan Cummings Foundation to explore the role that non-profit organizations should play in society. The paper includes essays from Peter Dobkin Hall, director of the Program…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
Study Details Governance of Federated Charities
Governance of National Federated Organizations, by Candace Widmer and Susan Houchin, examines the governing structures of roughly 50 national charities, such as Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the American Lung Association, that operate affiliate organizations or enlist individual members.…
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
New Guide Covers Charity Employment Laws
Nonprofit Compensation, Benefits, and Employment Law
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
Book Weighs Advantages of Charitable Work
Jobs and Careers with Non-Profit Organizations
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
Directory Details Funds That Gave a Total of $14.3-Billion
The Foundation Directory 1999, 21st Edition
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
Journal Assesses Potential of Capital Campaigns
Capital Campaigns: Realizing Their Power and Potential
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
‘Outside’: Green Groups Go to the Grassroots
As the modern environmental movement ends its third decade, “we’ve arrived at the age of the little guy,” says Outside magazine. While most major national organizations have been forced to trim their staffs and refocus their programs after losing support, the magazine says, much of the movement’s…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
‘Kiplinger’s’: Churches Hope to Stem Giving Declines
Many churches can barely keep their doors open, due to flat or declining donations, says Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine (May). Contributing to the problem are shrinking membership lists -- the Methodist church alone has lost 1.6 million members since the 1970s -- and some 25 years’ worth of…
By Holly Hall
Contributor