How a National Crisis Propelled a Charity Leader’s Career
I was the middle child in a family of schoolteachers, and I was lucky enough to grow up in a happy, middle-class household in Gettysburg, Pa. I had a grandmother with whom
Report Scores Nonprofit Credit Counselors
Congress should consider new legislation to curb abuses by some nonprofit credit-counseling organizations and require the federal government to increase its scrutiny of the industry, recommended a report from an influential Senate panel. Some of the nation’s 872 tax-exempt credit-counseling…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Jury Allows Hospital to Retain Tax-Exempt Status
By Elizabeth Schwinn A nonprofit hospital may retain its tax-exempt status despite its partnership with a for-profit hospital company, a jury has ruled. St. David’s Health Care System, in Austin, Tex., may retain its nonprofit status even though half of the directors on its governing board were…
Congress Seeks to Stop Inflated Gift Deductions
By Elizabeth Schwinn Amid continuing concern by Congress and the U.S. Department of the Treasury that individuals and companies are taking overly generous deductions for their gifts of cars, art, and other noncash items, lawmakers are acting to limit such deductions. They are also asking the…
Bits: Heifer International Wins Award for Internet Fundraising
By Nicole Wallace The Nonprofit Technology Enterprise Network, in San Francisco, a national organization for individuals, charities, and businesses that provide technology assistance to nonprofit groups, plans to hold a regional technology conference in San Diego on May 13. For more information: Go…
$1-Million Awarded to Technology Programs
By Nicole Wallace The Community Technology Centers’ Network, in Washington, has awarded almost $1-million to 50 nonprofit organizations that teach technology skills to disadvantaged youths, homeless people, and people with disabilities. The organization’s Connections for Tomorrow program -- a…
Internet Engages Youths in Citizenship Activities
By Nicole Wallace Young people use the Internet to register to vote, find volunteer opportunities, express their views on current events, and push for social change, according to a new report. “Youth as E-Citizens: Engaging the Digital Generation” -- published by the Center for Social Media at…
Web Site Offers New Evaluation Tools
By Nicole Wallace Innovation Network, a nonprofit organization in Washington that helps charities assess the impact of their work, has expanded the evaluation tools that it offers online. Visitors to the site can now gauge their organizations’ efforts in eight areas, such as planning, fund raising,…
N.Y. Nonprofit Groups Gave More Raises in 2003, Survey Finds
More nonprofit groups in the New York area gave raises to their employees last year than did so in 2002, ALSO SEE:Nonprofit Pay: Salary Ranges at Organizations in New York City with most of the raises hovering between 2 and 5 percent, according to a new survey of nonprofit employers. Seventy-nine…
By Cassie J. Moore
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Phrases a Charity Leader Coined in New Book
big uglies. Used with irony, this term refers to convicts, drug addicts, and homeless male adults ALSO SEE:Tough Words to SwallowBook’s Advice for Charity Leaders who, Robert Egger, founder of D.C. Central Kitchen, believes, are ignored by nonprofit groups that make fund-raising pitches on their…
Book’s Advice for Charity Leaders
In his new book, Begging for Change, Robert Egger, president of D.C. Central Kitchen, presents his “Rules for Nonprofit Groups.” Among them: “Look at what you do. Are you a 19th-century charity or a 21st-century community corporation?” “The recent downturn in public support for nonprofits isn’t…
A new book by the founder of D.C. Central Kitchen offers blunt criticism of the nonprofit worldIt is midmorning on a Thursday, and Robert Egger can relax a bit. His trainees at D.C. Central Kitchen, the job-skills ALSO SEE:Book’s Advice for Charity LeadersPhrases a Charity Leader
By Michael Anft
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How to Find a Leadership Position at a Nonprofit Group
Search: Winning Strategies to Get Your Next Job in the Nonprofit World, by Larry Slesinger, is designed to help people find leadership positions at nonprofit organizations. Mr. Slesinger, founder of a consulting company in Bethesda, Md., that bears his name, offers advice for people who are…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Research on Nonprofit Organizations Hiring Recent College Graduates
Recruiting and Retaining the Next Generation of Nonprofit Sector Leadership: a Study of the (Missed) Connections Among Nonprofit Organizations, College Seniors, and Offices of Career Services, by Shelly Cryer, discusses some of the challenges nonprofit organizations face when seeking to hire recent…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Reflections on the Benefits of Volunteering
Get Up, Get Out, and Volunteer: a Simple Book That Will Change Your Life, by Dale Wallenius, identifies five primary motivations for volunteering. Mr. Wallenius, executive vice president for foundation and advancement at Palomar College, in San Marcos, Calif., offers statistics about the benefits…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Listing of Grants for Research Programs
Directory of Research Grants, 2004lists more than 3,500 grant programs that support research in the arts and humanities, child and youth services, community and economic development, education, medicine, and physical and social sciences. Most descriptions include details on program requirements,…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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