Fighting Cancer Takes On a New Dimension: Promoting Health Care
The American Cancer Society has been pushing for more-affordable health care, going beyond its original mission of fighting life-threatening disease.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
About the National Urban League
Year founded: 1910 Founders: A group of urban leaders led by Ruth Standish Baldwin and George Edmund Haynes Headquarters: New York Why it was founded: The organization grew out of a desire among social activists and philanthropists to help black people fleeing racial injustice in the South only to…
A N.C. Charity Finds Mergers Help It Expand Services
A North Carolina social-service charity prepares to make its fourth alliance in a year with nonprofits that might otherwise close.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
About the American Cancer Society
Year founded: 1913 Founders: A group of 15 doctors and businessmen who originally named it the American Society for the Control of Cancer Headquarters: Atlanta Why it was founded: To call attention to cancer and reduce fears about the disease, which at the time led to near-certain death What it…
In a Recession, Urban League Furthers Its Mission of Economic Equity
As it turns 100, the National Urban League finds growing demand for help in ensuring that blacks and other minorities can find jobs.
By Eric Frazier
Contributor
Nonprofits Strategize to Help Them Cope With a Perilous 2011
With 2011 looking at least as tough as the past year for nonprofits, charities and their supporters look for ways to pull organizations back from the brink.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Building Success for the Long Haul
Many of today’s best-known charities are celebrating their 100th anniversaries and figuring out their next steps in a new century.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Anika Rahman, Chief Executive, Ms. Foundation for Women
Anika Rahman, a lawyer who was born in Bangladesh, is the new leader of Ms. Foundation for Women.
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
Scott Steen, Chief Executive Officer, American Forests
Scott Steen now leads the Washington conservation group American Forests
By nicole lewis
Contributor
Richard N. Goldman, Philanthropist and Social Activist
The philanthropist was one of the first entrepreneurs to promote social responsibility. He also pushed foundations to give more each year, saying they shouldn’t save so much for the future.
By Caroline Bermudez
Contributor
Charity Sites More Popular Than Portals for Donations
A new study analyzing seven years of giving patterns shows that charities attract more donations from their own sites than through giving portals.
By Raymund Flandez
Contributor
Why Admitting Mistakes Can Help Charities Educate Donors
When charities own up to that fact that things sometimes go wrong, they show donors how complex their work can be and that they are learning from mistakes.
By Saundra Schimmelpfennig
Contributor
Does Your Charity’s Web Site Keep Donors in the Dark?
Nonprofit Web sites do very little to help donors understand the quality of the charity’s work.
By Saundra Schimmelpfennig
Contributor
Five United Ways in N.J. Merge Into One Group
The United Way of Morris County, in N.J., has merged with four other New Jersey United Way chapters to trim operating costs and increase fund-raising capabilities, reports the Daily Record.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
National Organization Acquires Volunteer Database
All for Good, a database of volunteer opportunities operated by the nonprofit Our Good Works, has been acquired by Points of Light Institute, an Atlanta and Washington nonprofit that promotes volunteerism and national service, according to a news release on the institute’s Web site.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
New Orleans Theater Cuts Staff and Performances
Le Petit Theatre du Vieux Carre, a nonprofit theater in the French Quarter section of New Orleans, has laid off four employees and canceled the remainder of its 2010-11 season, according to The Times-Picayune.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor