Nonprofit Social Network Gains Traction
Facebook and Twitter might get all the fanfare, but a nonprofit in Eagan, Minn., has quietly built a social network that logged 43 million visitors last year.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Aquarium Tests E-Book to Woo Visitors
The free e-book, an important part of the aquarium’s advertising campaign. has been downloaded more than 40,000 times.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Some Boards Are Changing the Way They Pay Their CEO to Avoid Unwelcome Scrutiny
Concern about public scrutiny has lead some charities to scale back executive pay that accrues over many years as well as perks like club memberships and first-class travel.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
A Chain of Nonprofits Lends Volunteers the Tools They Need to Lend a Hand
A network of charities is sprouting to make it easy for nonprofits to get hammers, drills, wheelbarrows, and other items they need to run big-scale renovation and building projects.
By Michelle Gienow
Contributor
Former Komen Official Broadens Her Mission as the New Leader of YWCA USA
Dara Richardson-Heron became a doctor to help families, and in her new leadership job, she will have a bigger platform to advocate on behalf of women’s issues.
By nicole lewis
Contributor
Charities Find Ways to Give Board Members Bigger Roles in Policy
Charities say young trustees are demanding greater involvement and want to see results.
By MAUREEN WEST
Contributor
Building Stronger Ties With a Nonprofit’s Trustees: Tips From Charity Leaders
Savvy leaders share the spotlight with board members and don’t assume volunteers want to do the same work they do in their regular jobs, say experts.
By MAUREEN WEST
Contributor
Indian College Fund CEO Steps Up Search for Donors
Cheryl Crazy Bull, former president of Northwest Indian College, replaced Richard B. Williams, who is retiring.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Nonprofits Should Be Wary of Consultants’ Pay Data
Some compensation consultants may be telling charities what their clients want to hear, not how the IRS might view a charity CEO salary.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Nonprofit CEO Pay Won’t See Big Gains in 2012, Say Experts
Leaders of big charities and foundations got raises of 3.8 percent last year, a Chronicle survey finds, following a gain of 2.7 percent in 2010. Report Summary
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Charity Pays for Top Fundraiser to Live Close By
Greg Elfers, chief field-development officer at the American Diabetes Association, gets more than $20,000 to pay for housing near the charity’s suburban Washington headquarters so he can keep his home in Ohio.
By Doug Donovan
Contributor
New Head of NIH’s Foundation Has Long Ties to the Agency
Maria C. Freire will take over in November as she steps fron from the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation,
By nicole lewis
Contributor
The High Cost of Having Overseas Staff
Joseph Cerrell is paid the same salary as other program directors at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, but because he runs the London office, he also gets hundreds of thousands more to make up for extra taxes and other costs of living overseas.
By Doug Donovan
Contributor
NPR’s New Top Fundraiser Seeks to Build Collaboration With Local Stations
Monique Hanson moves from a job raising money at the YMCA of the USA to building support for the public radio network.
By Caroline Bermudez
Contributor
ASPCA’s Departing Leader Plans to Turn His Attention Abroad
Ed Sayres plans to step down by the end of the year after meeting his goals to build a better system for saving homeless animals and getting law-enforcement officials to give animal cruetly greater priority.
By Michelle Gienow
Contributor
A Pension Payout’s Two-Edged Sword
Stuart Pyhrr, a curator, received an $814,000 lump-sum payment as part of a pension plan he got when he joined the Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1971.
By Doug Donovan
Contributor