Online Guide Gives Parents Literacy Tips
A bilingual website offers games and other activities that parents and caregivers can use to help young children get ready to read and write.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Foundation Support Grows for Projects That Use Data to Tackle Problems
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation last month joined grant makers that are financing charities merging complex data to solve health and humanitarian challenges.
By Sarah Frostenson
Contributor
New Site Streams Condors in the Wild
Conservation scientists are able to move the camera using their office computers to monitor the birds and look for signs of illness.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Pro Bono Design Event to Focus on 2 Nonprofits for a Weekend
A “hackathon” at Lake Tahoe in early 2014 will feature six senior designers.
By MATTHEW SCHARPNICK
Contributor
Social-Change Activist to Step Down
Paul Schmitz, CEO of Public Allies, a national group that trains community leaders, said he would leave when a successor is found.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
Kennedy Center Leader Taking Arts Institute to U. of Maryland
Michael M. Kaiser will step down as president of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts four months early and take the arts-management training program he leads to the University of Maryland, The Washington Post reports.
High Expectations Cause Many Top Fundraisers to Be Fired, Book Says
Chief development officers often don’t know how to work with the leadership team, set strategy, or shape a vision and budget.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Hiring a Chief Fundraiser: What CEOs and Boards Should Ask
A new book suggests that beyond asking about skills, boards should think hard about whether they are picking a proven leader and “thought partner” for a nonprofit’s executives.
Technology Bits: Foundation Online Tools Promoted
A two-day conference on using data to improve programs and a report about online tools that help foundations work together.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Text Campaign Focuses on Type 1 Diabetes
People who sign up for T1D for a Day can learn how glucose testing, insulin injections, and carefully considering food choices affect the lives of those with the disease.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Food Bank Seeks Input on Web Redesign
The designers with whom the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank is working are using blogs and social media to talk about the project and ask for ideas.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
2 Small Endowments Take Different Paths to Growth
Advocate Charitable Foundation Endowment’s market value: $45.5-million Fiscal year ends: December 31 Growth in market value from 2011 to 2012: 27 percent Growth in market value from 2008 to 2012: 155 percent, after inflation Behind the numbers: Despite the downturn, the Advocate Charitable…
Reliance on Stocks and Alternatives Produce Disparate Results
Chicago Symphony Orchestra Endowment’s market value: $232.6-million Fiscal year ends: June 30 Decline in market value from 2011 to 2012: 6 percent Decline in market value from 2008 to 2012: 6 percent, after inflation Behind the numbers: The Chicago Symphony Orchestra places more than half of its…
Evaluation Service Helps Small Donors Make Giving Decisions Like the Wealthy Do
The founder of a for-profit service called Intelligent Philanthropy says other charity raters are limited in their usefulness because their data are often out of date.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Foundation Leader Looks for Unconventional Allies on Gay Rights
Courtney Cuff, new head of the Gill Foundation, sees opportunities to advance support for LGBT interests by working at local and state levels, rather than trying to influence national policies.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Special Olympics CEO Touts the Group’s Public-Health Efforts
Janet Froetscher, the new leader of the organization, will focus on community building and more international fundraising.
By Caroline Bermudez
Contributor