American Symphony Orchestra League (New York): Appointed Michael Lawrence, manager of artists and programs at the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (Newark), to be program manager. Anti-Defamation League (New York): Appointed Marshall S. Levin, executive director of financial-resource development at…
Nonprofit Professionals Recharge Their Energy at Three Free Retreats
TOOLS AND TRAINING By Jennifer C. Berkshire David Mann was facing a pair of major changes in his life back in 1997: the impending birth of his first child and an offer to become co-director of a nonprofit group he had helped start, the Minnesota Alliance for Progressive Action, a statewide group in…
By Jennifer C. Berkshire
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How the Head of a Group That Promotes Citizen Diplomacy Learned the Art ‘One Handshake at a Time’
ENTRY LEVEL Sherry Lee Mueller Age: 59 First nonprofit job: Program officer, Institute of International Education, Washington Current job: President, National Council for International Visitors, Washington My parents owned a turf farm in northern Illinois -- my father provided the sod for Wrigley…
Tips for Getting a Charity’s Views Into a Newspaper’s Editorial Pages
Newspaper editors say they welcome the contributions of nonprofit organizations to their opinion and letters pages because they help broaden the section’s collection of voices.
By Jeffrey Klineman
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Reader Finds Inspiration in Nonprofit Leader’s Story
INBOX To the Editor: I am a 43-year-old trying to break back into the work force after being off with medical problems for the past three years. I barely made it through high school, and now realize what a mistake it was to take my education so lightly. In today’s times, when an education is the…
Newspapers Favor Donated Health Ads
Newspapers run more public-service advertisements about health than about any other subject, followed by education, “community,” family, and then public safety and poverty, a new study by the Advertising Council has found. Magazines are most likely to run advertisements on behalf of nonprofit…
Several conservative advocacy organizations have started a publicity campaign aimed at ousting Patricia Ireland from her new position as chief executive officer of YWCA of the USA because of her ties to abortion rights and gay causes. The organizations are encouraging United Ways and individual…
Senators Question Nature Conservancy About Land Donations and Other Issues
A key member of the Senate committee that oversees nonprofit groups is considering whether new tax legislation might be needed to prevent financial arrangements such as the ones previously offered by the Nature Conservancy. The Washington Post reported earlier this month that the Arlington, Va.,…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Juvenile-Justice Agencies and Religious Groups Collaborating to Help Youths
Moving Beyond the Walls: Faith and Justice Partnerships Working for High-Risk Youth, by Tracey A. Hartmann, evaluates how well religious organizations were able to work with each other and with juvenile-justice agencies in a project that sought to reduce crime and provide services for high-risk…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Improving Services for Homeless People
Holes in the Safety Net: Mainstream Systems and Homelessnesspresents some of the failures of government-financed programs for homeless people, and suggests ways in which foundations can improve social services to the homeless. This report, prepared by Katharine Gale Consulting, in Berkeley, Calif.,…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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The Lives of 12 Philanthropists in the 19th and 20th Centuries
By Their Bootstraps: the Lives of Twelve Gilded Age Social Entrepreneurs, by Martin Morse Wooster, offers brief biographical sketches of a dozen individuals who worked to improve society in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Mr. Wooster, a visiting fellow at the Capital Research Center, in…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Career Fund Raiser Finds Lots of Appeal in New Role as Director
When Marcia Kerz quit her job teaching emotionally disturbed children in St. Louis to create and head the Missouri Governor’s Conference on Education in 1975, her goal was to help overhaul the state’s education system. Her first responsibility: raise $350,000. Ms. Kerz has been raising money for…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
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Red Cross Disaster Fund Falls Below $5-Million
The American Red Cross says its disaster-relief fund has declined precipitously, and it is appealing for donations to replenish it. The fund’s balance has plunged from $68-million last year to just $5-million today, not even enough to cover the estimated $8-million cost of current relief efforts in…
By Stephen G. Greene
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Online Game Teaches Entrepreneurship
The Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, in Kansas City, Mo., is collaborating with Disney Online to promote youth entrepreneurship through a new online game. Hot Shot Business, for children ages 9 through 12, allows players to see what it is like to establish and run their own businesses -- in this…
By Elizabeth Greene
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Boston Charity Offers Local Technology Aid
At Rosie’s Place, a shelter for homeless women in Boston, staff members used to compile information on clients in writing. Every three months, employees spent hours synthesizing all the scraps of paper into a report for donors on how many women were helped by the organization’s services. Today, the…
By Elizabeth Greene
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Small charities find ways to offer retirement plans to employeesAfter 14 years of doing without a pension plan, TreeUtah’s staff members will finally begin saving for their ALSO SEE:A Guide to Retirement-Plan Options for Nonprofit Employers retirement later this year with the help of their…
By Maura Webber
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