Paralyzing Fall Sets Woman on Quest to Help Others Get Better Care
I have no memory of the fall that nearly took my life, left me unable to walk -- and ultimately set me on a path to leading an organization dedicated to giving people with disabilities more control over their care and their lives. It happened in 1984, about three
Communications Help: a Sampling of Resources
Communications Tool kit: A Guide to Navigating Communications for the Nonprofit World. A guidebook ALSO SEE:Marketing the Message to help organizations apply lessons from the corporate world on topics such as conducting market research, communicating with constituents during a public-relations…
The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas. Arts. Americans for the Arts (Washington) has presented its 2005 Selina Roberts Ottum Award, which recognizes exemplary local arts leadership, to Jill McGuire, executive…
Business-Plan Competition Draws 460 Applications, Awards 4 Top Prizes
Jersey City, N.J. Two technology services aimed at nonprofit groups, a finance institution that makes low-cost loans to overseas agricultural cooperatives, ALSO SEE:Winners of Yale Business-Plan Contest for Charities and a venture that sells new books to children’s charities took top honors in the…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Closing Charities: Groups Shut Down Over Terror Allegations
Action taken by U.S. government Allegations against the organization What group says about the charges Holy Land Foundation for Relief and Development (Richardson, Tex.) Assets were frozen in December 2001. A federal grand jury in Dallas last year issued a 42-count indictment against the…
Scrutiny of Muslim charities raises knotty questionsRichardson, Tex. A document on a bulletin board at KinderUSA, a Muslim charity here, outlines what employees should do if police or ALSO SEE:Closing Charities: Groups Shut Down Over Terror Allegations federal investigators knock on the door. If…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Making the switch from for-profit to non-profit work
Many essential skills learned in one environment are transferable to a number of different areas.
By Rebecca Gardyn
Contributor
Fighting the ‘Overqualified’ Label
“Overqualified” can sometimes be an employer’s code for “lack of fit.”
By Rebecca Gardyn
Contributor
HOTLINE By Rebecca Gardyn The Chronicle’s Philanthropy Careers section asks its readers to submit questions about job hunting, recruiting, and management challenges in the nonprofit world. In our monthly advice column, we respond to some of those inquiries with tips about resources and wisdom from…
By Rebecca Gardyn
Contributor
The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas. Health. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (Princeton, N.J.) has announced the recipients of awards through its 2005 Community Health Leadership Program. Following are…
Director of PBS Foundation Pledges to Work With Public TV Stations
Ever since Cheri Carter took the helm last month of the PBS Foundation -- the Public Broadcasting System’s new fund-raising arm -- the television in her office has been tuned to the network’s children’s shows. Ms. Carter wants to familiarize herself with kids’ programming, she says, because it is…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
IRS Proposes Rules on Patents, Other Gifts
The Internal Revenue Service has proposed new guidelines on what information charities should expect donors to provide when making gifts of patents and other intellectual property. The guidelines were issued under the American Jobs Creation Act of 2004, which sharply reduces the size of the tax…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Key Members of Congress Review Hospital Tax Breaks
By Harvy Lipman Two influential members of Congress are raising questions about the legal requirements nonprofit hospitals should meet in order to qualify for tax-exempt status. Sen. Charles E. Grassley, Republican of Iowa and chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has sent a letter to 10 major…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Former Habitat Executive Renames New Charity
Millard Fuller, founder and former president of Habitat for Humanity International, last month renamed his new housing charity to avoid a legal battle with his former organization. At the opening of the new group’s headquarters in Americus, Ga., Mr. Fuller announced that the charity’s name would be…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
What to Do When a Donor’s Check Bounces
Q. I am a fund raiser for an arts organization. We recently received a donation check that bounced. We are trying to find the most tactful and appropriate way to write to the donor regarding this sensitive issue. Do you have any suggestions for wording or language, and any other advice to resolve…
By Rebecca Gardyn
Contributor
Audit of Atlanta Scouts Finds Problems
The top executive of the Boy Scouts of America’s Atlanta council has resigned after an audit found that the organization had falsified the number of boys it had signed up under a program designed to increase the number of minority youngsters who become scouts. David Larkin, Scout executive for the…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor