Charity Gets Help From IRS in Dealing With Missing Funds
Not all charities are fond of a 1996 law that cracks down on nonprofit officials who receive overly lavish ALSO SEE:Falling Through the CracksA Controversial Provision Requires Charities to Tell IRS About Misdeeds of Top OfficialsHow ’96 Law on Financial Abuses Has Been Applied by IRS in Four Cases…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
A Controversial Provision Requires Charities to Tell IRS About Misdeeds of Top Officials
The Internal Revenue Service is seeking help from some unusual quarters as it enforces a law designed to punish ALSO SEE:Falling Through the CracksCharity Gets Help From IRS in Dealing With Missing FundsHow ’96 Law on Financial Abuses Has Been Applied by IRS in Four Cases charity executives and…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
IRS pursues few corrupt charities despite tough federal lawA federal law that was supposed to crack down on charity officials who reaped undue financial benefits from ALSO SEE:A Controversial Provision Requires Charities to Tell IRS About Misdeeds of Top OfficialsCharity Gets Help From IRS in…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Carnegie Science Center (Pittsburgh): Announced the resignation of its director, Seddon Bennington. Mr. Bennington left to become the chief ALSO SEE:Salvation Army’s Top Commander Views Job as a ‘Holy Calling’ executive of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (Wellington). Center for…
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 doors…
A Sampling of Books to Help Bolster Writing Skills
While dozens of sources advise how to make sure cover letters and résumés have a format that is stylish and eye-catching, it is probably more critical for most job seekers to concentrate on improving the substance of their materials: the writing.
By Sandy Asirvatham
Contributor
Community Foundation Head Says an Early Teaching Job Honed His Interest in Promoting Inclusion
ENTRY LEVEL Thomas E. Wilcox Age: 55 First job: Instructor, Fountain Valley School of Colorado, Colorado Springs Current job: President, Baltimore Community Foundation I had just graduated from college in 1970 and was hired as an instructor in history, government, and math at the Fountain Valley…
Why Cover Letters Matter, and How to Create Good Ones
In today’s tough employment market, when job seekers can e-mail their résumés to dozens of potential bosses in a matter of seconds, it may seem that sending a customized cover letter is an old-fashioned formality that will soon be obsolete.
By Sandy Asirvatham
Contributor
Charity Heads Who Leave Their Jobs Find New Roles In and Out of the Nonprofit Field
JOB MARKET By Rebecca Gardyn Everyone wakes up at least once in his or her life not wanting to go into work, but the morning it happened to Katie Sacco, it signified more than a case of the Monday blues. “I woke up and realized I was tired of constantly worrying about the budget, fund raising,…
By Rebecca Gardyn
Contributor
What a Master’s in Business Can Mean for a Career in Charities
TOOLS AND TRAINING By Alicia Abell When John Vogel graduated from Harvard Business School in 1980, job seekers who held master’s SAMPLES OF E-NEWSLETTERS:Where M.B.A. Holders Wind Up in the Nonprofit Field of business administration degrees were regarded with suspicion by nonprofit employers, he…
By Alicia Abell
Contributor
Where M.B.A. Holders Wind Up in the Nonprofit Field
TOOLS AND TRAINING In The Harvard Business School Guide to Careers in the Nonprofit Sector (Harvard Business SAMPLES OF E-NEWSLETTERS:What a Master’s in Business Can Mean for a Career in Charities School Press, 2000, $22.95), Stephanie Lowell provides an overview of the types of positions that…
Evaluating Gang Prevention and Intervention Programs
Targeted Outreach: Boys & Girls Clubs of America’s Approach to Gang Prevention and Intervention, by Amy J.A. Arbreton and Wendy S. McClanahan, evaluates two programs developed in response to the rise in the number of gangs in the early 1990s: one designed to keep at-risk youths from getting…
By Katy Marquardt
Contributor
Guide to Understanding Insurance for Nonprofit Organizations
Coverage, Claims, & Consequences: an Insurance Handbook for Nonprofits is designed to help nonprofit organizations gain a deeper understanding of their insurance needs, options, and opportunities. Based on the premise that an organization may find it difficult to decide which insurance coverage it…
By Katy Marquardt
Contributor
Amateur Writing Group’s New Director Pitches Its Story
Carrie Spitler is not a professional writer. She majored in political science in college, and has worked as a fund raiser for her entire professional life. She often spends her free time cooking or riding her bicycle. But that’s okay with the organization that just hired her to be its new executive…
By DAVID WHELAN
Contributor
IRS Gives Advice in Training Handbook
The Internal Revenue Service is giving its agents new suggestions on how to handle a range of issues important to charities that may arise in government audits or other work. The advice appears in the latest version of the revenue service’s “technical instruction” handbook. The publication is…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Legal Guide on Internet Activities
A new book offers advice on how the laws and regulations that govern nonprofit organizations apply to charities’ activities on the Internet. The Nonprofits’ Guide to Internet Communications Law discusses such topics as Internet fund raising, online-donation acknowledgment, unrelated-business…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor