Helping Employees Have a Life: Results of a Chronicle Survey
Few surveys have tried to quantify what charities do to help their ALSO SEE:Balancing Work and FamilyHow 3 Charities Handle Employee BenefitsCharities Find That Telecommuting Helps Recruit and Keep Workers -- Despite GlitchesImproving Benefits at Small Groups: Tips From Charity Experts employees…
Agency Releases Data on Nonprofit Finances
The Internal Revenue Service has issued a report tracing the growth of charities from 1997 to 1998. The number of charities in the United States that filed Form 990 and Form 990-EZ informational tax returns with the government rose from 198,957 in 1997 to 207,273 in 1998, an increase of 4.2…
By Grant Williams
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Deductions Rise, Says IRS Report
New statistics released by the Internal Revenue Service show that deductions claimed for charitable contributions rose from $109.2-billion in 1998 to an estimated $125.8-billion in 1999, an increase of 15.2 percent. The jump marked the fourth straight year that charitable deductions claimed by…
By Grant Williams
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Amounts Raised and Distributed by Charities Collecting Money for September 11 Recovery Efforts
AMERICAN RED CROSSName of fund: Liberty Disaster Relief Fund
Q. I am looking into Dress for Success, a nonprofit organization that supplies suits and training to women who are transitioning from welfare into the work force. Dress for Success is established in more than 70 cities and offers support and expertise to founders of new affiliates. This is very…
By Alison Stein Wellner
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Q. I want to get more meaning from my work and use the skills I have developed in the for-profit world over the last 13 years to make a difference. What is the best way to go from the for-profit world to the nonprofit one? And what is the best way to find a listing of nonprofit organizations in my…
By Alison Stein Wellner
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Job Vacancies Persist at Charities in San Francisco Bay Area
Charities in the San Francisco Bay Area spent much of the last decade competing for staff members in a vibrant local economy. But the recession that started nearly a year ago has done little to make it easier to fill vacancies, according to a new study. The analysis, by CompassPoint Nonprofit…
By DAVID WHELAN
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Lessons Learned in Theater Prove Valuable to United Nations Online Volunteering Specialist
ENTRY LEVEL Jayne Cravens Age: 36 Current job: Online volunteering specialist, United Nations Volunteers Program, Bonn First job: Publicity intern, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Williamstown, Mass. I always thought I’d grow up to be a writer, but just as I was about to graduate from Western…
Former Bosses Who Hold a Grudge
Talk about your values and where you are in your career and what you want to accomplish at the new organization.
By Alison Stein Wellner
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Pro Bono Legal Sources IncompleteNews of Another Nonprofit Professionals Network
INBOX To the Editor: The Chronicle’s February 4 online story on legal services for nonprofits, “Lining Up Free Legal Help for Your Nonprofit Group,” was a good start on an important issue, but it omitted several critical pieces of information that your readers should know. First, the effort to…
IRS Issues Final Rules Telling How to Avoid Penalties for Improper Financial Dealings
The Internal Revenue Service has released final regulations on how it will enforce a federal law that is designed to crack down on people who receive improper financial benefits through their involvement with nonprofit groups. The final regulations spell out in detail how the IRS will enforce the…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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How Charities That Serve Young People Can Become Community Builders
Community Change for Youth Development in Kansas City: A Case Study of How a Traditional Youth-Serving Organization (YMCA) Becomes a Community Builder, by Tracey Hartmann, Bernadine H. Watson, Brian Kantorek. This report examines the lessons of a project run by the YMCA in Kansas City, Mo., to show…
By Katy Marquardt
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Venture Philanthropy: What Nonprofits Think About It
Accessing Venture Philanthropy: The Possibilities From a Nonprofit Perspective, edited by Vesper Society. Many nonprofit leaders are confused about what venture philanthropy means, and whether it makes sense for their organizations to pursue money from foundations and donors that model their giving…
By Katy Marquardt
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The following awards have been presented for achievement in leadership, management, research, and volunteerism: Higher education. The Council of Independent Colleges (Washington) has presented its 2002 Allen P. Splete Award for Outstanding Service to Patricia Willis, president of the BellSouth…
Sports Fan Repays Her Idols by Advising Them on Giving
When E. Hadley Morash moved to Boston at age 12, school hadn’t started yet and she didn’t know a soul. To take her mind off being the new kid in town, she would watch Red Sox ALSO SEE:About E. Hadley Morash, Founder of MVPhilanthropy games on television with her mother or go to Fenway Park with her…
By Meg Sommerfeld
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