Online Archive Extends Access to Journals
A nonprofit organization in New York that was founded in 1995 to help college and university libraries deal with a space crunch in the stacks has expanded access to scholarly journals both in the United States and abroad. JSTOR, which got its start as a project of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A New Manager for Dot-Org Domain
Come January a new organization will be managing the dot-org Internet domain that thousands of nonprofit organizations call home in cyberspace. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, or ICANN, has selected the Internet Society, in Reston, Va., to succeed VeriSign as the domain’s…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
United Way Accountability Standards
Endorsed by United Way of America National Professional Council, October 2002United Way is recognized as a leader in the Nation. Our work in bringing people together to create positive impact and deliver innovative collective responses to the most compelling human needs makes us unique. Annually,…
United Way Crafts New Accountability Standards
In the wake of controversy at the United Way that serves metropolitan Washington, United Way ALSO SEE:United Way Accountability Standards, endorsed in October 2002 of America has endorsed new accountability, disclosure, and financial practices for local United Ways. The standards are designed to…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
Most Charities and Religious Groups Evaluate Programs, Report Says
Slightly more than 85 percent of U.S. nonprofit groups and 72 percent of religious congregations ALSO SEE:TABLE: Measuring Performance: Challenges Charities and Religious Groups FaceTABLE: How Nonprofit Groups and Religious Congregations Evaluate Accomplishments evaluate their programs, according…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Abbott Northwestern Hospital Foundation (Minneapolis): Appointed Sid Mallory, vice president for ALSO SEE:Amateur Writing Group’s New Director Pitches Its Story development at U. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, to be president. Albright College (Reading, Pa.): Appointed Patricia R.…
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…
The IRS is seeking comments on its plan to substantially revise and streamline Form 1023 -- the document that organizations file with the IRS when they seek tax-exempt status as charities or foundations -- as well as the instructions for the form (Announcement 2002-92, Internal Revenue Bulletin…
By Grant Williams
Contributor
Tips for Getting the Most From a Mentor
IN THE TRENCHES By Alison Stein Wellner If it’s Friday, and it is between 10 and 11 a.m, it’s easy to find Wanda Y. Jenkins, of the Chattahoochee Valley Community Foundation, in Columbus, Ga.: She’s on the phone with Ruben Orduña, of the Boston Foundation. What does Mr. Orduña, director of…
By Alison Stein Wellner
Contributor
Small Charities Find Online Giving Full of Rewards and Challenges
IN THE TRENCHES By Kimberlee Roth Street-Level Youth Media, a Chicago charity that provides free computer and ALSO SEE:Tips for Creating an Online Fund-Raising System video technology to local inner-city young people, has maintained a Web site for its entire seven-year history. But two years ago,…
By Kimberlee Roth
Contributor
Readers Respond to Articles About Leadership Development and the Coming Nonprofit Labor Crunch
INBOX Leadership Cultivation Should Begin in Communities To the Editor: The lead article in the August 22 edition, “A New Generation of Programs Seeks to Cultivate Nonprofit Leaders,” failed to identify one of the most effective leadership-development strategies being supported by a large number of…
Tips for Creating an Online Fund-Raising System
IN THE TRENCHES Even the smallest charities can give online fund raising a try, say those who have ALSO SEE:Small Charities Find Online Giving Full of Rewards and Challenges helped nonprofit organizations set up that option for donors. Nonprofit services such as Network for Good and CanadaHelps.org…
Policy Change Means Some Get More Relief
Last year’s decision to ease the federal policy on providing disaster relief has created a disparity in the amount of money given to the families of those killed in last year’s terrorist attacks, according to an official at the New York State Attorney General’s Office. Following concern about slow…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Poet’s Winding Path Leads to a Job as a Foundation President
Edward Hirsch, a prize-winning poet and the beneficiary of prodigious amounts of philanthropic support, will become president of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in January. Mr. Hirsch has been awarded a “genius” fellowship from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, the…
By DAVID WHELAN
Contributor
Crafting an Attention-Grabbing Policy Report
The Big Idea: a Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Effective Policy Reports, by Suri Duitch, Kathleen McGowan, and Carl Vogel, walks through the process of creating an attention-grabbing policy report, describing each step: conducting the research, writing it, and releasing the report, or “selling,”…
By Katy Marquardt
Contributor
Decisions on Election Activity Meet With Mixed Reactions
Washington The Federal Election Commission has stepped back from regulating charities’ political advertising, leaving it to the Internal Revenue Service to decide whether such ads violate the federal ban on electioneering by charities. At the same time, an effort in Congress to allow churches to…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor