Sources of Information on How Charities Can Use Mapping Software
CommEn Space. Provides assistance to environmental and local activist groups in the ALSO SEE:Putting Charity on the MapSatellite Imagery Allows Charity to Map Changes in ForestsMaps Show Mismatch Between Locales of a City’s Food Pantries and Their ClientsMaps Help Charity Win Changes for Calif.…
Satellite Imagery Allows Charity to Map Changes in Forests
Conservation International has long known that the diverse plant and animal population on the African island of ALSO SEE:Putting Charity on the MapSources of Information on How Charities Can Use Mapping SoftwareMaps Show Mismatch Between Locales of a City’s Food Pantries and Their ClientsMaps Help…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Computer cartography helps groups analyze valuable dataWhen Gregory Reinholt became branch director at the Fox Point Boys & Girls Club, in Providence, R.I., in ALSO SEE:Satellite Imagery Allows Charity to Map Changes in ForestsSources of Information on How Charities Can Use Mapping SoftwareMaps…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Academy of Hope (Washington): Appointed Susan Ely, director of development and public relations at the Domestic Violence Crisis Center (Norwalk, Conn.), to be executive director. American Associates of Ben-Gurion U. of the Negev (New York): Appointed Seth Moskowitz, chief development officer at the…
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…
Learning How to Write Grant-Proposals
Grant-proposal writing is becoming an established profession, both for in-house personnel and consultants.
By Sandy Asirvatham
Contributor
Moving Up in the Nonprofit World
To get to the next level, you might have to strengthen yourself in areas, through academic courses or professional seminars.
By Sandy Asirvatham
Contributor
Engineering Careers in the Nonprofit World
Nonprofit organizations desperately need qualified technical help, but often can’t afford it.
By Sandy Asirvatham
Contributor
Tips for Giving Smoother, More Successful Speeches
IN THE TRENCHES By Alison Stein Wellner When Mimi Bliss took the podium two years ago at the annual volunteer-appreciation luncheon for the Monroe Harding Children’s Home, in Nashville, she faced a formidable scene: an audience of 150 volunteers and supporters, gathered at an event for an…
By Alison Stein Wellner
Contributor
The important thing is not to hide your employment history.
By Sandy Asirvatham
Contributor
How to Legally – and Humanely – Dismiss Nonprofit Employees
Responsible nonprofit managers know that, sometimes, an employee must be fired for the good of the organization. For those employers faced with the unpleasant task of lowering the boom, here’s a guide to doing it.
By Alicia Abell
Contributor
Establishing a Global Health Alliance
Developing Successful Global Health Alliances describes key questions that organizations should examine when considering whether to form or participate in such a partnership. The report was produced by McKinsey & Company at the request of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, creator of the Vaccine…
By Jessica Kronstadt
Contributor
A Concise Guide to Getting Grants for Nonprofit Organizations, by Mark Guyer, leads readers through the process of obtaining grants from foundations, corporations, and government agencies. Mr. Guyer, fund-raising coordinator at Stark County District Library, in Canton, Ohio, begins by describing…
By Jessica Kronstadt
Contributor
Struggles in the Fight for Human Rights
Taking Liberties: Four Decades in the Struggle for Rights, by Aryeh Neier, Aryeh Neier, president of the Open Society Institute and the Soros Foundations Network, in New York, reflects in this memoir on his 40-year career defending human rights. Mr. Neier says that in those years the work of…
By Jessica Kronstadt
Contributor
Grant Making to Improve Organizational Efficiency
Strengthening Nonprofit Performance: a Funder’s Guide to Capacity Building, by Paul Connolly and Carol Lukas, Foundations are increasingly supporting not just the programs of nonprofit organizations, but also projects to improve their organizational efficiency, the authors write. Paul Connolly is…
By Jessica Kronstadt
Contributor
One-Time Activist Vows to Spark ‘Sense of Urgency’ at San Francisco Fund
San Francisco Pamela H. David beat out 300 other applicants to become the new executive director of the Walter and Elise Haas Fund, in San Francisco. The foundation’s board considered 100 of the applicants to be serious candidates, but even after facing down such long odds, the former street…
By DAVID WHELAN
Contributor