Kellogg Builds on Lessons Learned in Acclaimed Fellowship Program with New Leadership Series
TOOLS AND TRAINING By Heather Joslyn For decades, the W.K. Kellogg Foundation worked to cultivate leadership through its fellowship program aimed at ALSO SEE:A New Generation of Programs Seeks to Cultivate Nonprofit LeadersLeadership Programs Benefit Charity Heads but Raise Fears About a Brain…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
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A New Generation of Programs Seeks to Cultivate Nonprofit Leaders
TOOLS AND TRAINING By Heather Joslyn Four years ago, Donele J. Wilkins was leading a brand-new nonprofit organization, Detroiters ALSO SEE:Leadership Programs Benefit Charity Heads but Raise Fears About a Brain Drain in Needy CommunitiesKellogg Builds on Lessons Learned in Acclaimed Fellowship…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
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The following awards have been presented for achievement in fund raising, nonprofit leadership, philanthropy, and other areas: Community development. The Fannie Mae Foundation (Washington) has announced the recipients of its 2002 James A. Johnson Community Fellows Awards, which provide…
Making Sure Female Artists Have a Place of Their Own
When Judy L. Larson was taking art-history courses at the University of California at Los Angeles in the late 1970s, she remembers raising a question in class: Where are all the women artists? “Sure, there was Georgia O’Keeffe and Mary Cassatt, but after that there was -- well, no one,” recalls Ms.…
By Brad Wolverton
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A Plan of One’s Own: a Woman’s Guide to Philanthropy asserts that women today control more wealth -- whether individual, family, shared, or inherited -- than ever before, and that their giving patterns differ from men’s as a result of social factors. Research by the Women’s Philanthropy Institute…
By Katy Marquardt
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Examining Health Grant Making in California
Health Philanthropy in California: the Changing Landscape, by James M. Ferris and Elizabeth A. Graddy, assesses changes in grant making to health groups in California that have taken place over the past two decades. For this report, the Center on Philanthropy and Public Policy, at the University of…
By Katy Marquardt
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Rule Could Exempt Charities From Ban on Campaign Ads
The Federal Election Commission this month proposed rules that could exempt most charities from an advertising prohibition contained in the new campaign-finance law. The commission has asked charities and others to submit their views on the proposals. The new law bars organizations from running ads…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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71% of Americans Trust September 11 Charities
Americans have more confidence in the charities that responded to last September´s terrorist ALSO SEE:How Americans View Charities’ Use of Funds attacks than in charities generally, according to the results of a poll released last week by Independent Sector, a Washington organization that…
By Harvy Lipman
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Departure of Nonprofit Coalition’s Leader Raises Questions About Future
Washington Sara E. Meléndez, the sometimes-controversial president of the nonprofit membership group Independent Sector, has announced that she will leave the coalition at year’s end. The organization, which is the chief representative of the interests of the nation’s biggest and most influential…
By GRANT WILLIAMS
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Internet service connects charities with board membersNancy Biberman had been chasing three men for eight months and not one of them would give her the time of day. She had heard it all -- “I’m out of the country,” “I’ll get back to you,” “I just don’t have the time” -- and she was tiring of the…
By Rebecca Gardyn
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Q. Where can I find information on the organizational structure of nonprofit fund-raising departments? A. The Association for Fundraising Professionals is probably your best bet for this kind of information. Try a booklet published by the organization called “Establishing Your Development Office,”…
By Alison Stein Wellner
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If you’re interested in working for yourself, setting up shop as a grant-proposal writer might be the easiest way to get started.
By Alison Stein Wellner
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Q. How can I evaluate salaries for a development specialist or coordinator job? I have recently been offered this job after only two years out of college, but I don’t know what fair compensation would be. A. Once upon a time, you would have had to rely upon gossip, intuition, or the honesty of your…
By Alison Stein Wellner
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Funding an endowment is more cost effective than seeking an annual gift each year from the same donor.
By Alison Stein Wellner
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A Web Site Helps Charities and Potential Trustees Find Each Other
BRAINSTORMS By Rebecca Gardyn Nancy Biberman had been chasing three men for eight months and not one of them would give her the time of day. She had heard it all -- “I’m out of the country,” “I’ll get back to you,” “I just don’t have the time” -- and she was tiring of the excuses. Who knew that…
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Florida Advocate for the Homeless Tells How Business Skills Led Her Into Nonprofit Work
ENTRY LEVEL Frances M. Esposito Age: 49 First job: Director, Community Homeless Assistance Project, Miami Current job: Executive director, Broward Partnership for the Homeless, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. My experience in the nonprofit world really started in the volunteer world. In the early 1990s, I…