‘Fast Company’: Conservationist’s New Path
A prominent environmentalist is making waves by working for Wal-Mart on sustainability issues, says Fast Company magazine (September). Adam Werbach “has made a leap that is either visionary or naïve, depending on your perspective,” says the magazine. Mr. Werbach, former president of the Sierra…
By Nicole Lewis
Contributor
‘Traveler’: Clinton’s ‘Whirlwind of Philanthropy’
Few presidents of the United States have had more impact out of office than they did in the White House, and “William Jefferson Clinton aims to be one” who accomplishes such a feat, says the cover article in Condé Nast Traveler’s September issue. “His mission is monumental — to turn the planet’s…
By Grant Williams
Contributor
Study Compares Charitable Giving in Boston Area and Elsewhere in U.S.
NEW BOOKS Geography and Giving: The Culture of Philanthropy in New England and the Nation, is based on research by John J. Havens and Paul G. Schervish, at Boston College’s Center on Wealth and Philanthropy. The study looked at religious and secular giving by income level, geographic region and…
By Anne W. Howard
Contributor
Bits: Celebs Gone Good Chronicles Charitable Activities of the Famous
Grassroots.org, a nonprofit technology organization, and SEO.com, a consulting company in Lehi, Utah, are offering free two-hour telephone consultations to help nonprofit organizations improve their visibility on Internet search-engine listings. For more information: Go to…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Grant Competition Seeks Plans for Healthy Games
Video games often get a bad rap for encouraging unhealthy, sedentary behavior. But the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is looking for novel ways that video and computer games can actually promote health and well-being. The Princeton, N.J., foundation is co-sponsoring an online competition called…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Many Donors Go Online to Learn About Charities
A new survey suggests that an organization’s Web site is important to all kinds of donors, not just those who make gifts online. The study found that nearly 40 percent of people who support nonprofit organizations either as a donor, volunteer, or advocate report that they consult online sources of…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Laotian Immigrant Bucks Cultural Taboos to Help Hmong Women
In 1976, when I was 8 years old, my family and I came to the United States as refugees from Laos. We are Hmong,
Bill Would Forgive Workers’ Education Debt
By Suzanne PerryThe House of Representatives has passed a bill that would allow some charity workers to get their student-loan debt forgiven, and nonprofit groups are hoping to persuade the Senate to go along as Congress works out a compromise bill this fall. Both houses passed bills in July that…
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Nonprofit Leader Finds Mission in Helping Others Find Theirs
When David Buck, 47, was laid off from his real-estate-development job more than a year ago here, he had a vague yearning to do something more meaningful. He’d been wondering for a few years, “Is this going to be my legacy, to leave a few buildings on this earth?” Instead of looking for a new job…
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Charities urge IRS to scale back changes and delay debut of new informational tax returnNonprofit executives and accountants are pressuring the Internal Revenue Service to slow down its efforts to overhaul the Form 990 informational tax form to make sure the revised form does not place unreasonable…
By PETER PANEPENTO
Contributor
Accounting Service Helps Charities Raise Growth Funds, for a Price
In the for-profit world, a promising young business usually has little trouble raising money ALSO SEE:DOCUMENT: Private Placement Memorandum and Prospectus to help pay for growth. The company could sell shares to investors — perhaps through a public offering in the stock market — and use the…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Charity Seeks to Extend Opportunities for Immigrants by Expanding Services
For many charities that want to offer their services to more people, a first step is to add a site in a nearby city. ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Way to GrowARTICLE: Back to SchoolARTICLE: After a Century of Operations, a Charity Starts Its Growth SpurtARTICLE: Community-Service Group Develops a Guidebook to…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Community-Service Group Develops a Guidebook to Manage Growth
City Year, the youth service corps that started in Boston, wants to operate in 20 cities by its 20th anniversary, in 2008. ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Way to GrowARTICLE: Back to SchoolARTICLE: After a Century of Operations, a Charity Starts Its Growth SpurtARTICLE: Charity Seeks to Extend Opportunities for…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
After a Century of Operations, a Charity Starts Its Growth Spurt
Proponents of a move to rapidly expand successful nonprofit programs — or “take them to scale” — tend ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Way to GrowARTICLE: Back to SchoolARTICLE: Community-Service Group Develops a Guidebook to Manage GrowthARTICLE: Charity Seeks to Extend Opportunities for Immigrants by Expanding…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Timothy Flowers won a prestigious Truman Scholarship while at Wabash College, and he had planned to use ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Way to GrowARTICLE: After a Century of Operations, a Charity Starts Its Growth SpurtARTICLE: Community-Service Group Develops a Guidebook to Manage GrowthARTICLE: Charity Seeks…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Harlem Children’s Zone, in New York City, works with 10,000 children a year, up from just 1,500 in 1990 — and it plans to grow by another 50 percent in the next four years. Teach for America has ALSO SEE: TABLE: Expanding the Reach of Charities: a Decade of Growth ARTICLE: Back to School ARTICLE:…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor