A Veteran Antipoverty Activist Finds a Cheaper Way to Achieve Results
A new effort to fight poverty shifts responsibility from caseworkers to poor families themselves.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
An Alzheimer’s Charity Takes Aggressive Steps to Reach Minorities
The Alzheimer’s Association, New York City Chapter, tells how it furthered its mission by reaching into some of the Big Apple’s most insular ethnic neighborhoods.
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
AARP Foundation (Washington): Appointed Jo Ann Jenkins, chief operating officer at the Library of Congress (Washington), to be president. Ms. Jenkins succeeds Robin Talbert, who has resigned. African Enterprise (Monrovia, Calif.): Appointed Christopher J. Doyle, president of American Leprosy…
Top Social Media Tools Used by Charities For Online Fund Raising
Source: The Chronicle of Philanthropy‘s annual survey of online fund raising.
Fund Raisers Focus on the Economy and Fighting Turnover
Fund raisers at the annual meeting of the Association of Fundraising Professionals discussed how to deal with the long-term problems caused by the economy and how to improve the performance of development officers.
By Caroline Preston
Contributor
Boy Scouts Found Negligent in Abuse Case
An Oregon jury has decided that the Boy Scouts of America owes $1-million in a sexual-abuse case, saying the charity should have taken greater preventative steps.
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
New President at Alliance for Women in Media Named; Other Personnel Changes in the Nonprofit World
Alliance for Women in Media (McLean, Va.): Appointed Cary J. Broussard, vice president for communications at the Wyndham Hotel Group (Parsippany, N.J.), to be president. Al Wooten Jr. Heritage Center (Los Angeles): Announced the appointment of Renee White-Stoeckel, associate director of…
Staff and Budget Cuts at Nonprofit Organizations: a Sampling
The latest news about layoffs and other cuts at a sampling of nonprofit organizations.
Mergers Announced by Charities
AIDS Action Committee of Massachusetts, in Boston, plans to merge with Cambridge Cares About AIDS, also in Massachusetts. Chicago Association for Retarded Children and Clearbrook, a human-services organization in Arlington Heights, Ill., plan to merge. Child & Family Service, in Ewa Beach, Hawaii,…
Turning a Toy Into a Reading Tool
The Education Development Center, in Newton, Mass., has received $1.2-million from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for a two-year project to create hand-held games for the Nintendo DSi to help struggling middle-school readers.
Federal Plan Could Aid Online Advocacy
In its new National Broadband Plan, the Federal Communications Commission offers recommendations on how high-speed Internet service can be used to get people involved in community activities.
Charity’s Text Campaign Draws Complaint
An innovative text-messaging campaign has run afoul of one of the large cellphone carriers.
Facebook’s Co-Founder Seeks to Spark Giving
Facebook’s co-founder hopes his new charity site, Jumo, will make it impossible for people to say they would like to help but don’t know where or how to do so.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor