Two Family-Services Groups Merge
Two family-services groups, ChristieCare, in Marylhurst, Ore., and Youth Villages, in Memphis, have agreed to a merge, according to Native American Times.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
How Grant Makers Can Help Nonprofits Deal With Cash Crunches
The tight credit market has made it tough for charities to get the cash they need to keep running, so grant makers may want to step in to provide “flexible” capital.
By Norah McVeigh
Contributor
A Sampling of Sessions at Johns Hopkins University
e-Philanthropy: Best Practices and Common Mistakes in E-Mail Communications With Constituents Ethical Principles: Where Accountability Meets Ethics Getting Out the Door: Tips and Techniques for Planning, Strategizing, and Organizing Trips Gift-Officer Performance Metrics and Work-Plans Overview…
John C. Haas, Businessman and Philanthropist
Mr. Haas, who led a big chemical company founded by his father, channeled hundreds of millions of dollars to charities.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Nonprofit Hiring Shows Signs of Recovery in 2011, New Survey of Employers Finds
Most of the nonprofits that are adding jobs plan to hire more people to provide direct services.
By Eric Frazier
Contributor
Exit Interview: Greg Chaillé, President, Oregon Community Foundation
Greg Chaillé will become a senior adviser at the Oregon Community Foundation.
By nicole lewis
Contributor
Alliance for Housing and Healing (Los Angeles): Appointed Rafael Cosio, director of development and public relations at Gay & Lesbian Elder Housing (Hollywood), to be director of development. American Technion Society (New York): Appointed Jerome A. Kleinman, senior director of development at North…
Kiva Reaches $200-Million in Loans
Kiva—which uses the Internet to match entrepreneurs in developing countries with people who want to lend them money to build their businesses—this month announced it has helped arrange $200-million in loans. The group, which was founded in 2005, reached the milestone a little more than a year after…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New on the Job: Jessy Molina, Outreach Director, Welcoming America
A daughter of Indian immigrants joins a group that seeks to help other new Americans feel at home.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
The 940 Dance Company, a contemporary-dance troupe in Lawrence, Kans., has announced it will disband, writes The Topeka Capital-Journal.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Nonprofits Fall Short in Creating Diverse Staffs, Study Finds
A national poll of nonprofit workers finds that most are frustrated that their organizations don’t do more to hire and keep minorities.
By Sandy Asirvatham
Contributor
Baltimore Shakespeare Festival Closes
The Baltimore Shakespeare Festival has closed, the result of insurmountable financial struggles, reports The Baltimore Sun.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Debt-Ridden Symphony Files for Bankruptcy
With more than $5-million debt, the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra plans to file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and will disband, according to the Syracuse Post-Standard.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
The University Cultural Center Association, a group that promotes and supports urban development in Detroit, and the New Center Council Inc., a business-development group in Detroit, plan to merge, writes the Detroit Free Press.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Two California Human-Service Groups Plan Merger
Mid Valley Recovery Services, in El Monte, Calif., is merging with Social Model Recovery Systems, in Covina, Calif., writes the San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Wallace Foundation Names New President; Other Personnel News in the Nonprofit World
Alliance for Community Trees (College Park, Md.): Appointed Carrie Gallagher, vice president for programs and strategic outreach at Keep America Beautiful (Stamford, Conn.), to be executive director. Baylor U. (Waco, Tex.): Appointed Jerry T. Haag, president of Florida Baptist Children’s Homes…