Tested by Hurricane Katrina, a three-digit hotline for charities gains momentumMany charities are still emerging from their post-Hurricane Katrina phase, but enough time has passed that they can look back to evaluate which disaster-response programs succeeded ALSO SEE: MAP: Where the 211 System for…
By Sam Kean
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New York Audition Draws Hundreds in Search of ‘Fortune’
On a recent Friday morning, Rex Shaw came to the Park Central hotel here to ask for $2-million to replace the ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: The Rise of Charity TV overcrowded classrooms of the New Jersey school he runs. Feeling he had exhausted his traditional supporters — the state government, local…
By Ian Wilhelm
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A Guide to Charity-Themed Television Shows
The following charity-themed reality television shows are on the air or in development: The ACLU Freedom Files Summary: A show created by the American Civil Liberties Union that focuses on everyday people who are advocating for their constitutional and human rights. To tune in: The show’s first…
New crop of reality programs focuses on helping the needy, but critics say the shows exploit poor peopleCharity is coming to the small screen in a big way. The daytime talk-show queen Oprah Winfrey is producing two television shows ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: New York Audition Draws Hundreds in Search of…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced Closing date Goal Amount raised Purpose Brown U. (R.I.) Oct. 2005 Dec. 2010 $1,400,000,000 $939,000,000 For academic programs, the annual fund, facilities, public-health programs,…
Action Against Hunger USA (New York): Appointed Nan Dale, president and chief executive officer of Helen Keller International (New York), to be executive director. Alpha USA (New York): Appointed Gerard Long, senior vice president of corporate marketing at HSBC, based in Chicago, to be chief…
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that it will not increase the fees that it charges nonprofit organizations to apply for tax-exempt status or to receive written advice this year (Revenue Procedure 2007-8, Internal Revenue Bulletin 2007-1). Nonprofit groups that seek rulings for the first…
By Peter Panepento and Elizabeth Schwinn
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…
AFS-USA (New York): Announced the retirement of Alex J. Plinio, president, effective December 31, 2007. This organization operates a high-school student-exchange program. Air Serv International (Warrenton, Va.): Appointed Michael A. Webb, deputy chief of police in Boise, Idaho, to be chief…
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…
Video games and virtual communities offer new ways for nonprofit groups to educate people about social needsAs video-game sales reach $7-billion a year — providing growing competition for Hollywood’s $9-billion box-office take last year — ALSO SEE:Slide show: The Games Charities Play (requires…
By Sue Hoye
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Mixed Signals on Text Messages
Charities try cellphone appeals to raise money and awareness, but the cost is highAfter Hurricane Katrina, the American Red Cross raised $116,000 in eight weeks by working with ALSO SEE: Excerpt: Ghost Town Novella Web site: Ghost Town Novella Web site cellphone companies to run one of the nation’s…
By Debra E. Blum
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Face Time: Charities Flock to Social-Networking Web Sites
A growing number of charities tapping into online social networks to increase awareness, build membership, mobilize supporters, find volunteers, and support fundraising efforts.
By Scott Westcott
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A growing number of charities are taking advantage of new technologies to reach teenagers and young adults. Among the approaches that have shown promise -- albeit with some challenges: Hundreds of charities now post information about their organizations on social-networking sites such as MySpace…
The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas: Humanities. The Grawemeyer Foundation at the U. of Louisville (Ky.) has announced the recipients of the 2007 Grawemeyer Awards, which were presented in four categories.…
In 1919, Raymond Orteig, a hotel mogul, offered $25,000 to the first pilot who flew nonstop from New York City to Paris. Several aviators ALSO SEE: BIOGRAPHY: About Tom Vander Ark, president of the X Prize Foundation failed to complete the perilous journey, but in 1927 Charles Lindbergh succeeded,…
By Ian Wilhelm
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