It is important to consider what would make your organization stand out from other international organizations already operating there.
By Alison Stein Wellner
Contributor
Starting a career in the nonprofit world
Many entry-level positions, although listed as administrative in nature, involve significant support activities and tap staff talents.
By Alison Stein Wellner
Contributor
Determining a Charity’s Effectiveness
A nonprofit organization should be glad to show you its annual report.
By Alison Stein Wellner
Contributor
Raising Funds for Staff Salaries
Operating support is a much riskier investment for the funder than providing project support.
By Alison Stein Wellner
Contributor
Raising Funds for Staff Salaries
Q. We are trying to create a nonprofit arts organization for youth. At this stage, we need an administrator and clerical support. Do you have any information on how to raise funds for the salaries of executive staff members? A. Your first step should be to look for a grant. To get started, you’ll…
By Alison Stein Wellner
Contributor
The After-School Corporation (New York): Appointed Daniel Kreiss, director of an after-school program at the Church Avenue Merchants Block Association (New York), to be director of major gifts. America’s Promise-the Alliance for Youth (Alexandria, Va.): Appointed Lizette Corro, managing director at…
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 philanthropy. The Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy (New York) has presented its Excellence in Corporate Philanthropy Awards, which honor companies…
New Director Hopes to Restore Reputation of Scandal-Ridden Charity
Tour buses stop every 15 minutes outside of the Hale House Center’s landmark brownstone -- a ritual Randolph McLaughlin, the organization’s new executive director, sees as a testament to the symbolic value of a building that has been a center of hope in a Harlem neighborhood plagued by poverty,…
By PETER PANEPENTO
Contributor
‘Weekly Standard’: Problems With Foundation Prizes
The Bradley Prizes, which offer $250,000 apiece to prominent conservatives, are an example of conservatives’ “taking a liberal idea, aping it, and managing to make it dumber,” writes Andrew Ferguson, senior editor at The Weekly Standard magazine (March 7). The prizes are given out by the Lynde and…
‘Time’: Fostering Innovation in Philanthropy
In its series on innovators, Time magazine focuses on four people in the nonprofit world who are pioneering new ways to give (March 7). The magazine’s choices: Women for Women International, an organization that helps women in war-torn countries. The organization was founded by Zainab Salbi, who…
Corporate Funds May Help Workers Hurt by Tsunamis
The Internal Revenue Service has announced it will allow corporate foundations to provide money to employees of their corporations who need help because they were victims of the tsunamis in South Asia. Without government authorization, such payments would be considered improper “self-dealing” by…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Bush Will Not Promote Charitable-Giving Incentive
The Bush administration no longer supports legislation that would provide a charitable deduction to people who do not itemize deductions on their tax returns, in part because “there was never a lot of enthusiasm for this from the standpoint of tax policy” from Congress, according to a White House…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
AmeriCorps Did Not Violate Constitution, Court Says
In a victory for the Bush administration and its efforts to help religious groups, a federal appeals court has ruled that the AmeriCorps national-service program did not promote religion and violate the Constitution by using federal money to support its participants as teachers in inner-city…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Global Video Conferences Bring Students Together
Global Nomads Group, in New York, is harnessing the power of video and satellite technology to bring American students together with their peers in hot spots around the world. This month the organization is linking students in New York with students in Columbo, Sri Lanka, for a series of three…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
New Web Site Offers Access to Federal Data
A new online database makes it easy for nonprofit organizations to get information about federal spending and local statistics that might influence their work. The National Priorities Project Database provides data from 1983 to the present in the categories of basic demographic information,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor