How The Chronicle Compiled Its Philanthropy 400 Rankings
The rankings reflect cash and product donations as well as stock, land, and other gifts from individuals, corporations, and foundations.
By Marisa López-rivera
Contributor
Innovation Often Starts With the Words ‘What If?’
Innovation doesn’t always require research and testing. It can be just a matter of trying something that hasn’t been tried before—because it hasn’t been imagined.
By Bill Shore
Contributor
Pension Loophole Costs Staff at Religious-Affiliated Hospitals and Charities
Workers at some religiously affiliated hospitals and social-service agencies could lose much of their retirement money because their employers took advantage of a provision of federal pension law allowing them to adopt uninsured church pension plans, according to the Associated Press.
New Charity Helps Poor People Get Small Sums Online for Big Needs
Benevolent, whose founder Megan Kashner sees it as an “Internet matchmaker” for meeting small-scale requests for help, has already received grants from major foundations.
By Doug Donovan
Contributor
Head of Soros Fellowship Aims to Help Immigrant Students Thrive
Craig Harwood, an academic administrator, is the new leader of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans.
By nicole lewis
Contributor
‘New Republic’ Questions Ex-Clinton Fund Aide; ‘Forbes’ Talks to Buffett Family
Doug Band, a former top aide to Bill Clinton who helped create the Clinton Global Initiative, blurred the lines between the former president’s philanthropic endeavors and his own business interests, The New Republic alleges in a report by Alec MacGillis. The article, based on a nine-month…
By Maria Di Mento and SUZANNE PERRY
Nonprofits Differ on How to Shape Strategy Chiefs’ Roles
Some officials focus full-time on strategy while others also manage human resources, technology, evaluation, and other administrative functions.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities Can Benefit by Harnessing the Energy of Youthful Volunteers
Students can be a valuable pool of hidden talent and are often available because of their schools’ community-service obligations.
By Michelle Gienow
Contributor
Charities Turn to Chief Strategy Officers to Help Plan Their Futures
As competition for resources grows, nonprofits are hiring new executives to plan for the future and look beyond a group’s day-to-day operations.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Training Program Helps Board Chairs Understand the CEO’s Job
Two Philadelphia groups realized that nobody trains people who are in top leadership roles to work together.
By Eric Frazier
Contributor
Girl Scouts Cuts National Staff by 25%
The organization’s membership slip and other financial woes triggered the staff reductions -- and a new campaign to recruit Scouts led by Michelle Obama.
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
A Simple Question but So Hard to Answer: What Is Success?
The answer to that one question is the key to nearly everything else, like how much money you need to raise, what skills you need on your staff and board, and what milestones to measure.
By Bill Shore
Contributor
Causes Starts Social Network Focused on Charitable Passions
The company, which began as a Facebook application for donating money to charity, has transformed itself into a full-fledged social network.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Heads of Big Nonprofits Won 3% Raises Last Year
A Chronicle study of 313 groups found that leaders of some of the wealthiest charities and foundations fared less well than they did in last year’s survey, when their pay rose by nearly 4 percent.
By Doug Donovan
Contributor
Microsoft Gives Charities Free Web-Based Software
Microsoft is making Office 365 available free to eligible nonprofits in 41 countries, a number that will grow to 90 by July.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
$1.2-Million Grant Builds Database to Spur Autism Research
The group plans to build a confidential registry of all the people in Rhode Island who have the condition.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor