A Hands-On Volunteer Program Enhances Classroom Learning
An Alabama lawyer has figured out how to combine hands-on volunteer experience for college students with classroom learning.
By Mary E. Medland
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Community Funds’ Online ‘Town Squares’ Link Charities and Donors
George Boosey, a longtime public-radio executive in Durham, N.C., was looking to donate some time and expertise to a local charity. Checking out the organization profiles on a site created by the Triangle Community Foundation, he was intrigued by the mission of Kids Voting Durham. He fired off a…
By Scott Westcott
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Event Brings Together Developers for Social Good
The Nonprofit Software Development Summit, in Oakland, Calif., on November 18-20 will bring together programmers and developers who are building or interested in building software and Web tools for charities and social-justice causes. For more information: Go to http://www.aspirationtech.org.…
By NICOLE WALLACE and PETER PANEPENTO
States Share Services Application
One-e-App — short for “one electronic application” — is a Web-based system that allows people in four states to find out whether they are eligible and then apply for a variety of public-health and social-service programs, such as Medicaid, food stamps, and the State Children’s Health Insurance…
By NICOLE WALLACE and PETER PANEPENTO
Web Site Offers Census Details
The Nonprofit Voter Engagement Network, a project of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits, has created a new Web site that provides information about the 2010 census and materials that nonprofit groups can use to encourage the people they serve to complete their census questionnaires. Visitors to…
By NICOLE WALLACE and PETER PANEPENTO
Federal Volunteer Agency Seeks to Do Better Job of Managing Operations
Stephen Goldsmith, a longtime political hand, has agreed to take a job that might be considered both a blessing and a curse. As the interim board chairman of the Corporation for National and Community Service, Mr. Goldsmith presides over an agency that is set to get more money and new…
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Former IRS Nonprofit Watchdog Seeks to Retool Government Oversight of Charities
For years, the Internal Revenue Service has been dogged by criticism that it doesn’t do enough to oversee charities and serve the needs of nonprofit organizations. The division that keeps track of charities is underfinanced and understaffed, the poor stepchild of an agency whose overall purpose is…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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American U. (Washington): Appointed Jane Chittick, director of principal gifts at the National Museum of the U.S. Army (Arlington, Va.), to be assistant vice president of development, and Raina S. Lenney, senior director of alumni relations at George Washington U. (Washington), to be assistant vice…
Staff and Budget Cuts at Nonprofit Organizations: a Sampling
Care Wisconsin First (Madison) The health and long-term-care organization plans to cut approximately 77 jobs, about 14 percent of its work force, in its home-care-services department beginning in December. Claremont Museum of Art (Calif.) The museum has laid off its five employees and plans to shut…
The Philanthropy 400 at a Glance
WHAT THEY ARE 118 colleges and universities 53 international groups 34 hospitals and medical centers 26 health charities 24 community foundations 22 social-service groups 16 museums and libraries 16 religious groups* 13 education groups 13 environmental and animal-welfare groups 12 Jewish…
By Holly Hall
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New on the Job: Robert Wexler, President, Center for Middle East Peace and Economic Cooperation
Background: Mr. Wexler, who will join the center at the start of next year, is a Democratic congressman from Florida, representing parts of Broward and Palm Beach Counties. He has served seven terms in the House of Representatives and is a member of the Foreign Affairs Committee. Before coming to…
By Ian Wilhelm
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AmeriCorps and a Nod from Obama Give College-Access Group a Lift
Admission Possible, in St. Paul, started in 2000 to support low-income high-school juniors and seniors pursuing college. It opened a Milwaukee pilot program last fall, its first expansion. The group’s founder, Jim McCorkell, says Milwaukee’s affiliate has already met student recruiting and…
By Scott Russell
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Timely Research Spurs Expansion Strategy for New York Organization
Per Scholas, a charity in the Bronx, N.Y., that focuses on job training, is moving ahead aggressively on its plans to expand during the recession. The organization hopes to open a new branch in the first quarter of 2010 and add a new city every eight to 12 months, says Plinio Ayala, the group’s…
By Scott Russell
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A Consultant’s Endorsement Paves Path for a Job-Readiness Charity’s Growth
David Phillips, once a partner at the now-defunct accounting firm Arthur Andersen, founded the nonprofit group Cincinnati Works with his wife, Liane, in 1997, to help the region’s chronically jobless people and those in low-wage positions. Now he looks ahead to the opening of three new affiliate…
By Scott Russell
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Two National Youth Charities Strike Partnerships to Share Resources
Ten years ago, Big Brothers Big Sisters of America, the mentor organization, and Boys & Girls Clubs of America embarked on an experiment: testing a program to encourage their local affiliates to work together to provide adult mentors for needy kids. Today at least 40 Big Brothers Big Sisters groups…
By EMAN QUOTAH
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Corporate America’s Fortunes Hold Key to a Job-Training Charity’s Plans
One organization finds its expansion hopes tied tightly to the fortunes of the business world. Genesys Works, in Houston, provides high-school juniors from needy families with computer-technology training, then places them in high-tech professional jobs their senior year. The intent, says the…
By Scott Russell
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