Businesses Generate Money and Results for Nonprofit Organizations
When Good Works Make Good Sense: Social Purpose Business Case Studiesdescribes four businesses developed by nonprofit organizations to bring in revenue and promote their missions. For example, one of the projects profiled is a secondhand store operated by a residential treatment center for women…
By Jessica Kronstadt
Contributor
Participating in the Policy-Making Process
Meaningful Participation: an Activist’s Guide to Collaborative Policy-Making, by Gayle L. Gifford, offers suggestions on how nonprofit organizations can change public policy. Ms. Gifford, president of Cause & Effect, a consulting firm in Providence, R.I., writes that groups can influence decision…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Giving Nonprofit Board Members the Courage to Raise Funds
Fearless Fundraising for Nonprofit Boards, by Worth George, helps nonprofit directors and board chairs motivate board members to participate in fund-raising activities for their organization. Mr. George, retired executive director of Pilgrim Place, a nonprofit organization in Claremont, Calif.,…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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New Director’s Lineage Is a Bonus
David B. Roosevelt doesn’t have any plans to turn New York back into New Amsterdam, but the new executive director of the Netherland-America Foundation does have a few changes in mind. The 82-year-old foundation, best known for its support of Dutch-American educational and cultural exchange…
By Jeffrey Klineman
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‘The Washington Monthly’: National Service
President Bush’s far-reaching but unrealized national-service program -- as well as a proposal to institute a civilian-service draft -- are the subjects of a package of cover stories in The Washington Monthly (March). The lead article, “What Ever Happened to National Service?” chronicles how USA…
‘Worth’: Prestigious Nonprofit Boards
Brad Wolverton Enticed by prestige and opportunities to make professional and social contacts, many of America’s wealthiest and highest-profile individuals serve on the boards of nonprofit organizations, according to Worth magazine (March), which profiles what it calls the 100 most prestigious…
Tax Agency Issues Ruling on Gifts of Patents
The IRS has issued a revenue ruling that explains how certain contributions of patents to charities may -- or may not -- qualify for charitable deductions. Revenue rulings from the IRS are designed to help the public by stating the government’s official position on aspects of tax law. In a…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Anonymous-Gift Fund Gets Final OK From IRS
Nearly a decade after its creation, a foundation that lets donors make gifts anonymously is finally poised to begin fulfilling that purpose. As part of a mediated settlement that follows years of litigation, the Internal Revenue Service has agreed to classify the Fund for Anonymous Gifts as a…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
Organization Offers Free Tax-Form Software
Charities can now take advantage of free software, available online, to help them file federal and state informational tax returns. The software, offered by the Urban Institute’s National Center for Charitable Statistics, includes the 2002 edition of Forms 990 and 990-EZ, the federal informational…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Text of New Standards Issued by a Major Charity Monitoring Organization
Following are new standards for charity management and fund raising issued by the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance: Governance and Oversight The governing board has the ultimate oversight authority for any charitable organization. ALSO SEE:Charity Watchdog Group Offers Seal of…
Charity Watchdog Group Offers Seal of Approval; Revises Standards
The BBB Wise Giving Alliance, the country’s major charity watchdog, will soon allow national organizations ALSO SEE:Text of New Standards Issued by a Major Charity Monitoring Organization that meet its accountability standards to trumpet that achievement by displaying a new Wise Giving Seal of…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Charity Leaders Discuss Computer Privacy and Other Technology Issues
Oakland, Calif. Information technology is creating a new economic system, a change that will have a profound effect on the role of nonprofit organizations in society, Jeremy Rifkin, president of the Foundation on Economic Trends, in Washington, told participants here at a joint session of several…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Closing the Gap: Tips for Negotiating a Robust Starting Salary
By Heather Joslyn Professionals for NonProfits, in New York, has learned during its seven years of operations why charities pay ALSO SEE:Charity’s Glass CeilingBoard Members Play Crucial Role in Closing the Gender Gap in PayMaking Salary Discussions Less Taboo Is Key to Helping Women Achieve Pay…
Making Salary Discussions Less Taboo Is Key to Helping Women Achieve Pay Equity
Charity leaders, recruiters, and researchers offer nonprofit employees and their bosses the following suggestions ALSO SEE:Charity’s Glass CeilingBoard Members Play Crucial Role in Closing the Gender Gap in PayClosing the Gap: Tips for Negotiating a Robust Starting Salary for bridging the current…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
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Board Members Play Crucial Role in Closing the Gender Gap in Pay
A couple of years ago, an educational organization started a search for a new chief executive. The group’s top fund ALSO SEE:Charity’s Glass CeilingMaking Salary Discussions Less Taboo Is Key to Helping Women Achieve Pay EquityClosing the Gap: Tips for Negotiating a Robust Starting Salary raiser…
Salary gap persists for women in nonprofit organizations Margaret Gibelman, a Yeshiva University professor, has studied the nonprofit world’s glass ceiling for more than ALSO SEE: How Pay for Men and Women Differs at Nonprofit Organizations Board Members Play Crucial Role in Closing the Gender Gap…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
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