Alabama Public Television (Birmingham): Appointed Despina Vodantis, promotion director at WZZK (Birmingham), to be membership director. America-Mideast Educational and Training Services (Washington): Appointed James Grabowski, chief of party for the organization’s Administration for Justice Support…
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…
Celebrity Supporters Can Bring Visibility to Charities –Â but Careful Screening Is Crucial
VOLUNTEERISM By Jeffrey Klineman Misericordia/Heart of Mercy has been housing mentally retarded clients in Chicago for more ALSO SEE:Three Steps to Recruiting Celebrity Supporters for a Charity than 80 years. But to many Chicagoans, the charity is best known for its links to a local hero. “There’s…
By Jeffrey Klineman
Contributor
ENTRY LEVEL Diana Sieger Age: 51 First job: Assistant program director and coordinator, Service to Military Families, Veterans and Disaster Service, American Red Cross, Grand Rapids, Mich. Current job: President, Grand Rapids Community Foundation I grew up in an affluent, predominantly white suburb…
Three Steps to Recruiting Celebrity Supporters for a Charity
VOLUNTEERISM Finding a celebrity to represent a charity can resemble a cross between dating and looking to fill a job, ALSO SEE:Celebrity Supporters Can Bring Visibility to Charities -- but Careful Screening Is Crucial say nonprofit leaders. Here are three steps they recommend for finding…
Sources to Help Draw Up Nonprofit Employment Contracts
JOB MARKET Nearly any nonprofit-management book contains a section on employment contracts, but some volumes focus exclusively on the subject -- look for those in the business-law section of bookstores and libraries. Other resources include: The American Society of Association Executives’ Web site…
By Kelly A.J. Powers
Contributor
A Guide to Creating Employment Agreements That Protect Both Leaders and Their Charities
Employment contracts, when properly negotiated and constructed, benefit both the organization and the staff, say lawyers who help charities create those agreements. And yet, few nonprofit groups strike such deals with their leaders.
By Kelly A.J. Powers
Contributor
For Pregnant Nonprofit Employees, Negotiating Time Off Takes Careful Preparation
JOB MARKET By Alison Stein Wellner Leeann Doherty had just started her new job last year as a communication specialist at the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests, in Concord, when she got some unexpected news: She was pregnant for the first time. “I was really nervous about telling…
By Alison Stein Wellner
Contributor
Nobody Wants to Give Money Away, by Robert F. Hartsook, advises fund raisers on effective ways to cultivate large gifts. Mr. Hartsook, chairman and chief executive officer of Hartsook Companies, a fund-raising consulting company in Wichita, Kan., writes that while “nobody wants to give money away,”…
By Jessica Kronstadt
Contributor
Guide to Creating a Charity Budget
Budgeting Your Way to Financial Stability, by Debra L. Ruegg, Terry M. Fraser, Anne L. Howden, and Susan Kenny Stevens, explains how nonprofit managers and board members might design an annual budget for their small to mid-size organization. The authors, all of the LarsonAllen Public Service Group,…
By Jessica Kronstadt
Contributor
New President of Independent Sector Seeks to Build Strong Coalitions
As a child growing up in South Africa, Diana Aviv once aspired to be a ballerina. Her new job as president of Independent Sector, a coalition of nonprofit groups and grant makers, will require a different kind of agility if she is to help steer that organization onto center stage in the nonprofit…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas. Black philanthropy. Willie E. Gary, a prominent trial lawyer and businessman, has received the inaugural William H. and Camille O. Cosby Philanthropic Award, presented…
War Could Mean MoreAirtime for Charity PSAs
If television and radio stations shift to around-the-clock news coverage in the event of war in Iraq, charities might find new opportunities to get their public-service announcements on the airwaves, according to a company that produces such ads for nonprofit organizations. West Glen…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: An Electronic-Giving Survey, a Web Site’s Millionth Volunteer
The AAFRC Trust for Philanthropy and ePhilanthropyFoundation.org are conducting an online survey asking nonprofit organizations about their use of the Internet for fund raising in 2001 and 2002. The deadline for completing the survey is March 24. Results will be included in Giving USA, the trust’s…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Company to Give $9-Million in Technology Grants
SBC Communications will award grants totaling $9-million this year to nonprofit technology projects in the 13 states in which the company provides telecommunications services. The SBC Excelerator program is designed to help charities use technology to operate more efficiently and better fulfill…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Funds Held Steady for Key U.S. Programs
Late in February, Congress finished work on the budget for 2003 -- more than four months after the start of the fiscal year -- and provided as much money as it did in 2002 for two technology programs that President Bush wants to eliminate. The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Technology Opportunities…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor