Fundraising in Diverse Cultural and Giving Environments
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Former Education Official Links Up With Tech Program
In Leonard Wibberley’s novel The Mouse That Roared, a tiny country declares war on the United States, with comic results. In New York City, Making Opportunities for Upgrading Schools and Education, known as Mouse, has declared war on technological illiteracy, and the results are no joke. It has…
By Jeffrey Klineman
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Nonprofit Employment Is on the Rise Around the Globe, Study Finds
Nonprofit groups in 35 countries employ the equivalent of about 40 million full-time workers, including some 22 ALSO SEE:Nonprofit Share of Work Force, by CountryWhere Nonprofit Groups Around the World Get Their MoneyCountries With Highest Percentages of Employees in Key Nonprofit Fields million…
By Stephen G. Greene
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‘Business Week’: Gates and Biology
Bill Gates’s avid interest in biology has informed both his investment strategy and his philanthropy, says Business Week (May 5). “My fascination is broadly with biology and the fact that our increased understanding of biology allows for breakthroughs in a broad set of diseases,” Mr. Gates told the…
By Ian Wilhelm and Stephen G. Greene
‘Harvard Business Review’: $100-Billion for Charity
If nonprofit groups took aggressive action to reduce their inefficiencies and cut costs, among other things, they could generate more than $100-billion a year in extra dollars for their charitable programs, says McKinsey & Company, a management-consulting company, in an article in the Harvard…
By Ian Wilhelm and Stephen G. Greene
Charities Venture Into Business
Yale contest draws hundreds of plans for for-profit enterprisesNew York In Washington, a day-care network that has the staff and equipment to prepare far more meals than it needs runs a ALSO SEE:Winners of Yale Business-Plan catering service. Two Minneapolis theaters that own thousands of costumes…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
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 IRS Advisory Committee on Tax-Exempt and Government Entities has scheduled a public meeting May 21 in Washington to discuss audit issues, abusive tax shelters, and other topics. To attend: call Demetrice Tuppince at (202) 283-9954. Tax Analysts, a nonprofit publisher of tax information, told…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (Rosemont, Ill.): Appointed Karen L. Hackett, executive vice president and chief operating officer at the American College of Healthcare Executives (Chicago), to be chief executive officer and executive vice president. American-Italian Cancer Foundation (New…
Winners of Yale Business-Plan Contest for Charities
Following are winners and finalists in the business-plan competition organized by the Yale School of Management-Goldman Sachs Foundation Partnership on Nonprofit Ventures: TOP WINNERS: $100,000 EACH CompuMentor (San Francisco) El Puente Community Development Corporation (El Paso, Tex.) Guthrie…
When Charities Use Personality Assessments at Hiring Time, Job Seekers Find No Easy Answers
JOB MARKET By Alicia Abell When Kris Huston applied for her job as director of human resources at the Blood Center of Iowa, in Des Moines, she was asked to take a personality-assessment test. She was skeptical. In her 15-year career in administration, she had never used the tests before. “As an HR…
By Alicia Abell
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A Fledgling Grant Maker Nurtures Young Jewish ‘Social Entrepreneurs’
TOOLS AND TRAINING By David Whelan Seminaries, synagogues, Zionist groups, neighborhood centers, summer camps, day schools, campus clubs, and countless other charities serve American Jews. Yet Yavilah McCoy, a black orthodox Jewish New Yorker now living in St. Louis, felt that there was room for…
By DAVID WHELAN
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How Small Charities Provide Retirement Benefits to Their Workers
JOB MARKET By Maura Webber After 14 years of doing without a pension plan, TreeUtah’s staff members will finally begin saving for their retirement later ALSO SEE:A Guide to Retirement-Plan Options for Nonprofit Employers this year with the help of their employer. Meryl Redisch, executive director…
By Maura Webber
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Charities Upset Over Lobbying Audits
Several organizations that represent charities are concerned over news that the Internal Revenue Service plans to audit numerous groups that attempt to influence federal legislation, saying they are afraid that the charities are being singled out because of the way they report lobbying expenses on…
Grant Making and the Environment
Sustainable Consumption and Production: Strategies for Accelerating Positive Change, by Joel Makower and Deborah Fleischer, describes how grant makers can promote practices and products that are not harmful to the environment. Mr. Makower, founder of GreenBiz.com, a Web site focused on corporate…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Making Grants to Improve Technology
From Obstacles to Opportunities, v.1.0: Six Interlocking Elements of Strategic Technology Grant Making, by Marc Osten, Jillaine Smith, and Rob Stuart, suggests ways that grant makers can help nonprofit organizations purchase and use technology to carry out their missions. Mr. Osten, founder of…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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