Charity’s Ice-Cream Franchise Hits a Rocky Road During Its First Year
Nonprofit leaders say many factors can help make a poor urban neighborhood stronger. For Lisa E. Johanon, ALSO SEE:Building the Charity FranchiseFranchises Can Offer Benefits, But Charity-Enterprise Experts Advise Caution a key ingredient is ice cream. As head of the Central Detroit Christian…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Building the Charity Franchise
Groups run businesses to expand their revenue and their missionsThe Dunkin’ Donuts in the Neighborhood Shopping Center in downtown Newark offers its patrons ALSO SEE: Charity’s Ice-Cream Franchise Hits a Rocky Road During its First Year Franchises Can Offer Benefits, But Charity-Enterprise Experts…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Guide to Resources for Seeking Jobs in Foreign Countries
JOB MARKET By Jeffrey Klineman In addition to Philanthropy Careers’ job listings, many other resources are available ALSO SEE:Tips for Building an International Career in Charities for the international nonprofit-job hunter. Job Listings Dev-Zone. This site, focused on international development and…
By Jeffrey Klineman
Contributor
Nonprofit Salary Gap Indicates Outdated Ideas, Says Reader
INBOX To the Editor: I always find The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s coverage of salary gaps for female executives of charities interesting in light of the fact that many charities have missions related to the full inclusion of all people into society and into decision-making positions, and these…
Tips for Building an International Career in Charities
JOB MARKET By Jeffrey Klineman It’s an unsolvable puzzle: For job seekers to get hired by a nonprofit organization abroad, ALSO SEE:A Guide to Resources for Seeking Jobs in Foreign Countries they’ve got to have overseas experience. But where do they get that experience? By working overseas. It can…
By Jeffrey Klineman
Contributor
Outside Organizations Helping Grant Makers
Toward More Effective Use of Intermediaries, by Peter L. Szanton, discusses the ways foundations use other organizations to strengthen their grant programs. Mr. Szanton, president of Szanton Associates, a consulting firm in Washington that works with government and nonprofit groups, writes that…
By Jessica Kronstadt
Contributor
List of Nonprofit Volunteer Opportunities
Make a Difference: America’s Guide to Volunteering and Community Service, by Arthur I. Blaustein, provides information about volunteer opportunities at more than 185 nonprofit organizations throughout the United States. In this revised edition of the book, Mr. Blaustein, a professor of urban…
By Jessica Kronstadt
Contributor
2003 Kids Count Data Book ranks states on 10 indicators designed to measure the well-being of children and youths. The Annie E. Casey Foundation, in Baltimore, produces this report annually and provides information both nationally and by state. According to the report, eight of the measures --…
By Jessica Kronstadt
Contributor
A Politician and Fund Raiser Returns to the Ministry
When William H. Gray III left his job as Democratic majority whip in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1991, many black leaders shook their heads. He was, after all, a rarity in national politics -- a black man who had risen up the ranks to become one of the most powerful leaders in the country.…
By Michael Anft
Contributor
Opposition Forms to Charity Tax Bill
Thirty-four nonprofit groups are opposing a Senate bill on charitable giving, saying a tax break in it to promote greater use of land trusts would be too costly and would put religious groups seeking to purchase land at a disadvantage. In a letter sent last week to chairmen of the House and Senate…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
IRS Increases Scrutiny of Credit-Counseling Groups
The Internal Revenue Service, which has spent the past year scrutinizing nonprofit credit-counseling organizations, announced this month that it is cracking down on the groups. The announcement came a few days after the IRS joined the Federal Trade Commission and a group of state charity regulators…
By Debra E. Blum
Contributor
The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas. Advocacy. OMB Watch (Washing-ton) has honored 15 individuals for their work promoting citizen participation, government accountability, and social justice: -- Christine…
New Survey Tracks Growth in College E-Mail Appeals
In a survey of college fund raisers, conducted by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, in Washington, 51 out of 119 respondents said their institutions have started making some of their annual-fund appeals via e-mail. The study found that e-mail solicitations still make up a very…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Tech Museum Names 2003 Award Winners
Four nonprofit organizations and one company were honored by the Tech Museum of Innovation for their creative use of technology to benefit society. The nonprofit winners, who each received $50,000, were: Equal Access, in San Francisco, which uses digital satellite radio and solar technology to…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Nonprofit Groups Urged to Follow Governance Act
Nonprofit organizations should apply to their own operations many of the same requirements companies must now follow as part of a federal law intended to improve governance and accountability, say several legal and financial experts. In a position paper on the issue, two prominent nonprofit…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
A New Paid-Leave System Makes a Charity’s Workers Less Harried
Five years ago, Delia Monroe’s life got a lot more complicated. As associate director of resource development, corporate and foundation affairs, at the American Foundation for the Blind, in New York, she already carried a full workload. But when her husband, Douglas, fell ill with a brain tumor,…
By Alison Stein Wellner
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