IN THE TRENCHES By Jennifer C. Berkshire When welfare benefits expired for tens of thousands of California residents on January 1, the Los Angeles Coalition to End Hunger and Homelessness was more than prepared. For months, the group’s Welfare Reform Advocacy Project had been conducting seminars…
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The Lives and Philosophies of History-Making Philanthropists
Notable American Philanthropists: Biographies of Giving and Volunteering, by Robert T. Grimm Jr., provides 80 biographical sketches of more than 110 people who have helped shape the American philanthropic tradition, starting in the 17th century. Mr. Grimm, who teaches philanthropic studies and…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Developing Giving Plans for Businesses
The Maryland Business Giving Workbook: Helping Your Business Make a Difference in Your Community offers advice to businesses seeking to develop and administer corporate-giving programs. The Baltimore Giving Project, affiliated with the Association of Baltimore Area Grantmakers, say national surveys…
By Jessica Kronstadt
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How to Follow Federal Law That Forbids Charity Officials From Getting Excessive Financial Benefits
The Law of Intermediate Sanctions: a Guide for Nonprofits
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Creating Tomorrow’s Philanthropists: Curriculum Development for Youth
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Commercial TV Executive Makes Switch to Public Broadcasting
Having spent much of his career as a commercial-broadcasting executive, Luca Bentivoglio is now charged with promoting Latino programming in the challenging arena of public television. In January, he was appointed executive director of Latino Public Broadcasting, a nonprofit organization in Los…
By Sandy Asirvatham
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The following awards have been presented for work in advocacy, fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas. Community development. The Local Initiative Support Corporation Chicago has presented its 2003 Chicago Neighborhood Development Awards to developers, projects, and…
‘City Journal’: Experiences at Teach for America
Joshua Kaplowitz joined Teach for America three years ago, and ended up getting sued for $20-million by a parent who accused him of physically harming her son. He provides a first-person account of his year teaching in a troubled District of Columbia school in City Journal (Winter). Teach for…
‘Inc.’: A Chief Executive Inspires Generosity
Many entrepreneurs make a point of doing good works, notes Inc. magazine (February), but few “come close to John Wheeler’s outsized predilection for charitable causes, most of which combine fun with community service.” Mr. Wheeler, founder of Rockford Construction, in Belmont, Mich., estimates that…
President Creates Council to Promote Volunteerism
President Bush has created a new President’s Council on Service and Civic Participation to encourage Americans to ALSO SEE:President Bush’s BudgetWhat Bush Administration’s 2004 Budget Means for Nonprofit GroupsPhilanthropy and President Bush’s Budget: the Key ProposalsBush and Senate Draw Up…
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Bush and Senate Draw Up Charity Tax Proposals
Two key developments in Washington this month could help charities that seek donations: ALSO SEE:President Bush’s BudgetWhat Bush Administration’s 2004 Budget Means for Nonprofit GroupsPhilanthropy and President Bush’s Budget: the Key ProposalsPresident Creates Council to Promote Volunteerism…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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What Bush Administration’s 2004 Budget Means for Nonprofit Groups
Following are some of the proposals in the president’s fiscal 2004 budget of interest to charities and foundations. ALSO SEE:President Bush’s BudgetPhilanthropy and President Bush’s Budget: the Key ProposalsBush and Senate Draw Up Charity Tax ProposalsPresident Creates Council to Promote…
By Michael Anft, GRANT WILLIAMS and Harvy Lipman
White House plan to transfer federal assistance programs to states’ control worries some charitiesWashington The fiscal 2004 budget President Bush submitted to Congress this month proposes hundreds of ALSO SEE:What Bush Administration’s 2004 Budget Means for Nonprofit GroupsPhilanthropy and…
By Harvy Lipman
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How a California Leader Got the Toughness She Needed to Rebuild a Community-Services Group
ENTRY LEVEL Esther Medina Age: 66 First nonbusiness job: Investigator of sex-discrimination complaints, Commission on the Status of Women, Santa Clara County, San Jose, Calif. Current job: Executive director, Mexican American Community Services Agency, San Jose, Calif. When I was about 5, my family…
Handling the Ethical Dilemmas that Corporate Partners Can Bring to a Charity
IN THE TRENCHES By Rebecca Gardyn Each year, for more than 40 years, the Reader’s Digest Foundation dutifully handed over a check for $40,000 to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. No strings. No quid pro quo. No questions asked. So when 1993’s check never showed up, Kurt Aschermann, chief marketing…
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A Job-Interview Lunch Serves Up a Full Plate of Anxiety –Â and Opportunity
JOB MARKET By Jeffrey Klineman To some job seekers, it’s as simple a matter as not ordering anything slippery, saucy, or stinky. But to others, it’s a complicated, ALSO SEE:Tips to Help Job Seekers and Employers Manage Interview Meals nerve-wracking dance, the kind that might end up with them…
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