Tips for returning to the job market after a long illness
Q. I’m starting a new job search after a long illness. I was an executive director of a charity before I got sick, and my rsum reads well except for the glaring five-year gap. How do I address this with potential employers? A. The answer is simple: Tell the truth, says Louise Shea, vice president…
By Sandy Asirvatham
Contributor
Roughly 90% of Charities Have Made Policy Changes
Nearly nine out of 10 nonprofit groups have changed their governance policies in the five years since Congress passed stricter rules on corporate responsibility, according to a new survey. While the 2002 law, known as Sarbanes-Oxley after the lawmakers who sponsored the measure, applies mostly to…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
‘Fast Company’: the Growth of Social Enterprise
By Nicole WallaceThe language, practices, and outlooks of business and philanthropy are becoming increasingly intertwined in the field of social entrepreneurship, with important ramifications for both for-profit and nonprofit institutions, says Fast Company magazine (December). On the nonprofit…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
‘Barron’s’: Effective Philanthropists
A new effort to rank the most-effective philanthropists — not just the most-generous ones — has been undertaken by Barron’s magazine (November 26). Among the donors on the list: Eugene Lang, who started the I Have a Dream Foundation, pledging to high-school students that he will pay for their…
IRS Revokes Charity Status of California Organization
By Peter PanepentoThe Internal Revenue Service has revoked the tax-exempt status of a California nonprofit organization after the agency determined that the charity was funneling money to the campaign fund of a former state official. The decision follows a 2004 investigation by the California…
By PETER PANEPENTO
Contributor
Bits: Ed Dept. Awards $32-million to Benetech
By Nicole Wallace The U.S. Department of Education has awarded a $32-million grant over five years to Benetech, a technology charity in Palo Alto, Calif. The money will enable Benetech to add more than 100,000 new books to its Bookshare.org online library for people who are blind or have other…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Medical-Simulation Program Wins $15.6-Million Grant
By Nicole WallaceA San Francisco company has created complex medical-simulation software that allows health-care professionals to forecast the effectiveness and cost of different treatments and to compare the approaches. Now the company is getting philanthropic help — $15.6-million from the Robert…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Tech Museum Honors Five Innovative Charities
By Nicole WallaceThe Tech Museum of Innovation has presented its annual awards honoring the creative use of technology to promote economic development, education, the environment, equality, and health. Each of the five winners — all nonprofit groups — received $50,000: Bhagwan Mahaveer Viklang…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Innovative Shelter Offers Women Many Services Under One Roof
The staff and board members of Interact of Wake County, in Raleigh, N.C., an 18-bed shelter for victims of domestic violence and sexual assault, were tired of turning away so many women who needed the charity’s help. The charity couldn’t keep up as the county’s population grew by more than 60…
By Sandy Asirvatham
Contributor
Charities Set Differing Rules for Employees’ Relationships
In the wake of the American Red Cross’s dismissal last month of its leader, Mark W. Everson, over his affair with the ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Red Cross Revelations leader of a Red Cross affiliate, charity employees may be taking a closer look at their organization’s policies about romantic and other…
By Denise Kersten Wills
Contributor
The board of the American Red Cross took 16 months to find Mark W. Everson — and just over a week to fire him. ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Charities Set Differing Rules for Employees’ Relationships In the six months that Mr. Everson served as the charity’s chief executive officer, the Red Cross was by most…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Alliance for Children and Families (Milwaukee): Appointed Elizabeth Carey, executive director of the Michigan Federation for Children and Families (Lansing), to be senior vice president and chief operating officer. American Red Cross (Washington): Appointed Mary S. Elcano, general counsel, to be…
Following are summaries of recent reports by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance. This private group reports on whether charities meet standards for fund raising, governance, financial management, and public information. The alliance does not approve or disapprove of charities, and urges potential donors…
Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (Nairobi, Kenya): Appointed A. Namanga Ngongi, former under-secretary-general at the United Nations (New York), to be president. Callen-Lorde Community Health Center (New York): Appointed Wendy Stark, deputy executive director for finance and…
Following are summaries of recent reports by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance. This private group reports on whether charities meet standards for fund raising, governance, financial management, and public information. The alliance does not approve or disapprove of charities, and urges potential donors…
The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas: Corporate giving. The Business Civic Leadership Center of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Washington) has announced the winners of its 2007 Corporate Citizenship Awards in…