Arts Groups to Receive Internet Training
A national program to provide Internet instruction to non-profit arts organizations is expanding its reach. Open Studio: The Arts Online will provide $25,000 apiece to 10 groups so they can train local artists and arts groups to use the Internet to communicate with one another, attract new people…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Guide Outlines Duties of Board Members
Nonprofit Boards: What to Do and How to Do It
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
Book Explains How to Provide Low-Cost Housing
Developing Affordable Housing: A Practical Guide for Nonprofit Organizations, Second Edition
By C. Quinn Hanchette
Contributor
Many Churches Amenable to Government Grants, Study Finds
Two years after the federal government overhauled its welfare programs, only about one-fourth of the nation’s religious congregations ALSO SEE:Good-Faith Effort Off to Slow StartChurch Group Uses Public Dollars to Support Job-Readiness ProgramReligious Congregations, Social Services, and Government…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Church Group Uses Public Dollars to Support Job-Readiness Program
In the fall of 1996, Daniel E. Perkins was shopping at a grocery store when he spied the cover of U.S. News & World Report, ALSO SEE:Good-Faith Effort Off to Slow StartMany Churches Amenable to Government Grants, Study FindsReligious Congregations, Social Services, and Government Funds which…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Charities Seek to Change Postal-Rate Irregularity
The Postal Service is expected to propose a solution this week to an unanticipated problem: Under the non-profit postage rates that took effect in January, some charities are paying more to mail magazines and other periodicals than they would under commercial rates. For example, Consumers Union, a…
By Holly Hall
Contributor
White House Gives Awards to 7 Volunteers
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Clinton’s Daily Points of Light Award. The awards, which are given to those who have done exemplary volunteer work, take their name from President Bush’s description of people who do community service…
Foundation Group Announces Awards
The Council on Foundations, which represents more than 1,700 grant makers, has announced the recipients of two of its most prestigious awards: * The Robert W. Scrivner Award for Creative Grantmaking has been given to Ethel Rios de Betancourt, president of the Puerto Rico Community Foundation, in…
A Call for Aid to Global Education
Foundations should rethink the type and level of their support for student exchanges and other forms of international education, a new report suggests. In the wake of cutbacks in such programs by federal and state governments, the report says, private grant makers should convene a conference to…