‘Town and Country’: America’s Big Donors
Bill and Melinda Gates, by donating $2-billion in Microsoft stock to their namesake foundation, receive top billing in the November Town & Country magazine’s coverage of the year’s most generous philanthropists. The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s endowment now totals $23.5-billion and remains…
By David Whelan
Contributor
‘Worth’: The Nation’s 100 ‘Best’ Charities
The financial magazine Worth has issued a list of what it calls the nation’s 100 best charities (December). The list was based on suggestions made to the magazine by people with expertise in the fields of health, human services, relief and development, the environment, and education. The…
Investment losses and spending policies prompt major cuts in journalism programs and staffing at Freedom ForumThe slide in the stock market since the spring of 2000 has had devastating effects on the portfolios ALSO SEE: Percentage of Endowments Spent at Operating Funds: a Sampling How Freedom…
By Harvy Lipman
Contributor
Online Advocacy: Resources for Nonprofit Groups
Activist Toolkit Developed by ONE/Northwest, a nonprofit group in Seattle that provides technology assistance to environmental organizations, this Web site explains how to use e-mail and the Internet for communicating with supporters, organizing, and advocating for causes.…
Edgy Online Advocacy Campaign Clicks With Young Activists
A coalition of more than 80 environmental groups in British Columbia has been working ALSO SEE:Taking Action OnlineCareful Planning Is Key to Success of Online Advocacy, Charity Leaders SayOnline Advocacy: Resources for Nonprofit Groups for six years to secure both national and provincial…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Careful Planning Is Key to Success of Online Advocacy, Charity Leaders Say
Nonprofit organizations have learned that running a successful online advocacy effort ALSO SEE:Taking Action OnlineEdgy Online Advocacy Campaign Clicks With Young ActivistsOnline Advocacy: Resources for Nonprofit Groups takes more than asking members to flood their elected representatives with…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Advocacy groups pursue local issues with e-mail alertsWhile e-mail alerts and sample “Dear Senator” letters on Web sites have become staples of most national ALSO SEE:Careful Planning Is Key to Success of Online Advocacy, Charity Leaders SayEdgy Online Advocacy Campaign Clicks With Young…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Surge in Online Giving Lifts Hopes for Some Charities
The extraordinary tragedy of September 11 led to an extraordinary outpouring of ALSO SEE:War and Recession: A Challenge for CharitiesTrimming Holiday HopesMinnesota’s Freeze Hinders AIDS GroupAtlanta Arts Coalition Braces for Lean Performance in 2002Youth Group Asks Loyal Donors to Remove Strings…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Food Bank Buys Goods as Gifts Lag
For the first time in almost 20 years, the Mid-Ohio Food Bank, in Columbus, ALSO SEE:War and Recession: A Challenge for CharitiesTrimming Holiday HopesMinnesota’s Freeze Hinders AIDS GroupAtlanta Arts Coalition Braces for Lean Performance in 2002Youth Group Asks Loyal Donors to Remove Strings on…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Mood at the Denver Art Museum Is a Mile High
With travel and tourism down sharply since the September 11 terrorist ALSO SEE:War and Recession: A Challenge for CharitiesTrimming Holiday HopesMinnesota’s Freeze Hinders AIDS GroupAtlanta Arts Coalition Braces for Lean Performance in 2002Youth Group Asks Loyal Donors to Remove Strings on Their…
By Meg Sommerfeld
Contributor
Coping With Hard Financial Times: Experts Offer Advice to Charities
With the nation officially in a recession, many nonprofit groups are worried about how to grow ALSO SEE:War and Recession: A Challenge for CharitiesTrimming Holiday HopesMinnesota’s Freeze Hinders AIDS GroupAtlanta Arts Coalition Braces for Lean Performance in 2002Youth Group Asks Loyal Donors to…
Star Widens Refugee Group’s Appeal
Well-publicized natural disasters and armed conflicts often swell the coffers ALSO SEE:War and Recession: A Challenge for CharitiesTrimming Holiday HopesMinnesota’s Freeze Hinders AIDS GroupAtlanta Arts Coalition Braces for Lean Performance in 2002Youth Group Asks Loyal Donors to Remove Strings on…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
Youth Group Asks Loyal Donors to Remove Strings on Their Gifts
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston, which has seen its budget double in the ALSO SEE:War and Recession: A Challenge for CharitiesTrimming Holiday HopesMinnesota’s Freeze Hinders AIDS GroupAtlanta Arts Coalition Braces for Lean Performance in 2002Star Widens Refugee Group’s AppealMood at the Denver…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
Atlanta Arts Coalition Braces for Lean Performance in 2002
The head of an Atlanta charity that supports the performing arts says the ALSO SEE:War and Recession: A Challenge for CharitiesTrimming Holiday HopesMinnesota’s Freeze Hinders AIDS GroupYouth Group Asks Loyal Donors to Remove Strings on Their GiftsStar Widens Refugee Groups AppealMood at the Denver…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Minnesota’s Freeze Hinders AIDS Group
Last month’s announcement by Minnesota’s Department of Finance that it was freezing ALSO SEE:War and Recession: A Challenge for CharitiesTrimming Holiday HopesAtlanta Arts Coalition Braces for Lean Performance in 2002Youth Group Asks Loyal Donors to Remove Strings on Their GiftsStar Widens Refugee…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
Charities gird for lean season as recession’s grip takes holdFor nonprofit organizations, now in their busiest fund-raising season, hope mingles ALSO SEE:War and Recession: A Challenge for CharitiesMinnesota’s Freeze Hinders AIDS GroupAtlanta Arts Coalition Braces for Lean Performance in 2002Youth…