How to Steer Clear of Age Discrimination
Paying attention to language when interviewing candidates can help keep hiring managers from making a costly mistake.
By Jennifer C. Berkshire
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Older nonprofit workers fear discrimination from employers looking to hire younger and cheaper help.
By Jennifer C. Berkshire
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How Nonprofit Executives Can Overcome Shyness and Inexperience to Woo Potential Supporters
IN THE TRENCHES By Rebecca Gardyn Mary Kate O’Leary has a master’s degree in counseling psychology, a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice, and extensive experience as a program director for nonprofit children’s-services organizations. But what she didn’t have four years ago, when she became the…
By Rebecca Gardyn
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Report Assesses Achievements and Failures of Grant-Making World
State of Philanthropy 2004 is a collection of essays evaluating the success of philanthropy in helping the nation’s neediest people. Written by leading figures in the nonprofit, advocacy, academic, and foundation worlds, the report describes how grant makers might support nonprofit groups in…
By Caroline Preston
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Overview of Charitable Support in the Aftermath of September 11
September 11: The Philanthropic Response is the final component of the Foundation Center’s three-year effort to assess the philanthropic world’s response to the September, 11, 2001, attacks. The volume presents an overview of the $1.1-billion in grant money provided by 1,339 foundations and…
By Caroline Preston
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Fighting HIV/AIDS Through Development and Humanitarian Efforts
Mainstreaming HIV/AIDS in Development and Humanitarian Programmes, by Sue Holden, explains how international organizations can respond to the challenges posed by HIV/AIDS without setting up special treatment or care programs. Ms. Holden, an honorary research associate at Lancaster University, in…
By Caroline Preston
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New Head of Child-Advocacy Group Brings a Mother’s Perspective
Stephen Spencer has been shunned and misunderstood. He has been expelled from schools, excluded from social groups, and separated from his family. Stephen, 14, is bipolar and, as a result of his condition, he has been routinely dismissed by teachers, other children, and parents as an out-of-control…
By PETER PANEPENTO
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Government Requires Electronic Filing
The Internal Revenue Service announced last week that some large nonprofit organizations will be required to file their federal informational tax returns over the Internet starting next year. In new regulations, the IRS said that for returns that cover the 2005 tax year and are due to be filed in…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Educator’s Skills Aid Effort to Expose ‘Hidden’ Crime
I grew up in a large family in Cumberland, Md., and went to Catholic schools. My teachers were the School Sisters of Notre Dame, and it was the holiness and goodness of these women that led me to become a
‘Fast Company’: Social Entrepreneurs
Ashoka, the nonprofit organization that helps so-called social entrepreneurs, is “this century’s (much better) version of the United Way,” says Fast Company magazine (January). In a profile of the organization and its founder, Bill Drayton, the magazine notes that Ashoka has been expanding rapidly.…
By Brennen Jensen
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‘The Nation’: Charity-Run Businesses
Nonprofit groups, especially those promoting “progressive” causes, need to be more aggressive in looking for ways to earn revenue to help finance their own operations, say Michael H. Shuman and Merrian Fuller in an article in The Nation (January 24). In the current political climate, say the…
By Brennen Jensen
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Civil-Rights Groups Seek to Build Ties to White House
As two of the nation’s largest civil-rights organizations undergo changes in their top leadership, both groups are ALSO SEE:Giving a Voice to Hispanics embarking on new approaches designed to thaw the chilly relationships they have had with President Bush. Both the National Association for the…
By Michael Anft
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After building a big civil-rights network, a longtime activist retires from his jobThe young Latino activist was aghast as he watched leaders of the National Council of La Raza argue loudly with ALSO SEE:Civil-Rights Groups Seek to Build Ties to White House each other on a convention podium in…
By Michael Anft
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Deficit, tax-cut plans, and stepped-up government scrutiny give charities plenty of cause for concernWashington
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Stars Hope to Set Example With Big Donations to Help Tsunami Victims
Steven Spielberg, the Hollywood producer, who makes most of his philanthropic contributions anonymously, broke ALSO SEE:SPECIAL REPORT: Rebuilding Nature’s Ruin that tradition by announcing soon after the Asian tsunamis that his family had contributed a total of $1.5-million to CARE, Oxfam, and…
By Caroline Preston
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