Q. Where would I find a list of nonprofit organizations in the Chicago area that use prospect researchers? A. Your best bet is to check out the member directory of the Association of Professional Researchers for Advancement. This group’s members conduct research on individuals and corporations to…
By Alison Stein Wellner
Contributor
Charities are natural environments for hiring committees, she says, because they promote joint decision making
By Alison Stein Wellner
Contributor
What Her First Job at a Food Bank Taught a Nonprofit Recruiter About the Organization of Charities
ENTRY LEVEL Susan Egmont Age: 48 First job: Associate director, Atlanta Food Bank, Atlanta Current job: Principal, Egmont Associates, Norwell, Mass. In the early 1980s, my church in Atlanta set up a homeless shelter and recruited me as a volunteer to plan the shelter’s meals. Another church, St.…
How a Medical School Reinvented Its Fund-Raising Appeal to Its Employees
BRAINSTORMS By Heather Joslyn When Barbara L. Walker became development director at Baylor College of Medicine six years ago, she began raising money for the Houston college’s capital campaign. But this drive, dubbed Investment in Discovery, would differ greatly from previous efforts. Ms. Walker,…
By HEATHER JOSLYN
Contributor
IRS Issues Final Rules on Corporate Sponsorship
Elizabeth Schwinn The Internal Revenue Service has issued final regulations designed to guide charities that enlist corporations to support nonprofit events. The government’s proposal clarifies when charities can accept corporate sponsorships and avoid paying unrelated-business income tax on…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Bushes, Cheneys Release Charitable-Giving Data
President George W. Bush and Laura Bush gave $82,700 to churches and charities last year, 11.6 percent of their taxable income of $711,453.
By GRANT WILLIAMS
Contributor
IRS Oversight Lacking, Draft Report Says
A draft report by the investigative arm of Congress concludes that the Internal Revenue Service lacks adequate data on the finances of nonprofit groups and has failed to develop effective strategies for overseeing charities. The report, prepared by the General Accounting Office at the request of…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
The following awards have been presented for achievement in fund raising, management, philanthropy, and research: Environment. The Goldman Environmental Foundation (San Francisco) has awarded its 2002 Goldman Environmental Prize to eight outstanding grass-roots environmental leaders hailing from…
Risk Management and Volunteers
No Surprises: Harmonizing Risk and Reward in Volunteer Management builds on the premise that groups and programs that rely principally on volunteers demand risk-management strategies different from those of other organizations. Such groups face special challenges because they tend to take on many…
By Katy Marquardt
Contributor
Capital Campaigns: Constructing a Successful Fund-Raising Drive, by Edward C. Schumacher, was written to help trustees make decisions about capital campaigns and understand what will be required of them in the process. Capital campaigns, which are generally conducted by a nonprofit organization…
By Katy Marquardt
Contributor
Policy-Minded Globe-Trotter’s Path Leads to MacArthur
With international conflicts and the U.S. war on terrorism dominating the news, Lukas Haynes has started his job as a program officer in International Peace and Security at the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, in Chicago, at a conspicuous time. Mr. Haynes, 30, was hired two months ago…
By DAVID WHELAN
Contributor
Winners of Communications Awards Made by Council on Foundations
ANNUAL and BIENNIAL REPORTS Community and Public Foundations, Assets of More Than $30-Million Gold: Marin Community Foundation (Larkspur, Calif.) Silver: Cleveland Foundation, Peninsula Community Foundation (San Mateo, Calif.), Arizona Community Foundation (Phoenix) Bronze: Community Foundation of…
77 Foundations Win Honors in Competition for Communications Efforts
Seventy-seven foundations will be honored for their communications efforts at this week’s annual ALSO SEE:Winners of Communications Awards Made by Council on Foundations meeting of the Council on Foundations, in Chicago. The council’s Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications,…
Bits: A Technology Conference; and Help Raising Money on the Web
“Thriving as a Dot Org: The Fourth Annual Silicon Valley Conference on Nonprofits and Technology” will be held on May 9 in San Jose, Calif. The meeting is being organized by the Center for Excellence in Nonprofits, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, and CompuMentor, in the Bay Area. For more…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Technology Playing Role in Economic Development
For the most part, local economic-development organizations have the hardware and software they need to do basic administrative tasks, but they are not able to take advantage of more sophisticated information technology in their work, says a new report entitled “The Evolving Role of Information…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
SBC Communications Offers Grant Program
SBC Communications will award grants totaling $25-million through its foundation this year to nonprofit technology projects in the 13 states in which the company provides telecommunications services. The San Antonio company is calling the new effort SBC Excelerator. The SBC Foundation will award…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor