N.Y. and D.C. Nonprofits Plan New Hiring and Raises, but Turnover Worries Some
More than one-third of groups expect to increase employee pay by 3 percent or more.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Nearly Half of All Nonprofits Plan to Add Jobs; Few Predict Layoffs
Despite a generally rosy employment picture ahead, turnover, succession plans, and training remain challenging for many groups.
By nicole lewis
Contributor
New Foundation Leader to Focus on Those Who Lack Health Care
Judy Belk, who will take over the California Wellness Foundation, previously headed giving at Levi Strauss and now serves as an adviser to the wealthy.
By Michelle Gienow
Contributor
Live Updates From the 2014 SXSW Interactive Festival
Follow Twitter updates from our staff in Austin, Tex., as we cover nonprofit-focused sessions at the annual conference.
By CODY SWITZER and Raymund Flandez
How to Use a Website Tracking Tool to Improve Fundraising
Watch a half-hour tutorial and discussion about analyzing how people use your website.
Learn About Fundraising Apps That Will Make Your Life Easier
View a video discussion to find out how technology can help streamline your fundraising tasks.
Book Offers Virtual-Volunteering Basics
Manage online volunteers the same way you would others.
By CODY SWITZER
Contributor
Charity ‘Muttbombs’ Instagram Users
An animal-rescue group searches Instagram for people’s self-portraits and edits them to add a dog available for adoption to the photo.
By CODY SWITZER
Contributor
Facebook App Encourages College Savings
Juma Ventures, which encourages young people from needy families to go to college, is offering cash incentives and other prizes that makes a game of saving for college.
By CODY SWITZER
Contributor
After Living on the Streets, a Nonprofit Leader Seeks to Give the Homeless a Voice
Mark Horvath, whose video interviews of homeless people have a large online following, won a Dewey Winburne Community Service Award at the 2014 SXSW Interactive festival.
By Caroline Bermudez
Contributor
‘Fast Company’ Offers Glimpse of How DonorsChoose Will Use Data for Advocacy
The charity that helps schoolteachers finance classroom needs was ranked as one of the 50 most innovative companies in the United States.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Harlem Children’s Zone Prepares for Life After a High-Profile Leader
As Geoffrey Canada steps down from day-to-day duties, his successor, Anne Williams-Isom will face challenges from critics who say the group is not doing enough to improve education.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Contest Offers Charities Chance to Test Solutions to Social Problems
The Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy will offer three charities up to $100,000 to conduct tests that meet the gold standard of evaluation.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
SXSW Interactive Honors 10 People Who Use Technology for Social Good
Among the winners are one who helps artisans in Africa sell their products online and another that helps students pay their student-loan debts by working at nonprofits.
Boost Online Donations by Getting the Basics Right
Watch discussion on how to get better results from online giving.
Harlem Children’s Zone Leader to Step Down
Geoffrey Canada is leaving his post as chief executive of the antipoverty charity after more than 20 years but will remain president.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor