Bits: Peace Corps Offers Teachers Advice on Integrating Volunteer Projects into Lesson Plans
“Contributor Relationship Management: How Nonprofits Can Harness the Power of Technology to Build One-to-One Relationships” discusses how charities can raise more money by using database and Internet technology to tailor interactions with donors to the specific interests donors care about. Shirley…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Foundation Puts Housing Data Online
Working with 19 national nonprofit organizations, the Fannie Mae Foundation has created an online resource for information on housing and community development. KnowledgePlex features a library of reports, articles, and case studies organized by category. For example, the section of the library on…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Web Site Promotes New Holiday Tradition
Rather than heading to the mall the day after Thanksgiving, a group of volunteers plans to spend the day helping the causes they care about -- and they’re using e-mail and the Internet to ask America to join them. The volunteers call their effort Giving Day, and they hope the idea will catch on and…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Guarding Against Future Threats
Attacks prompt many grant makers to pursue new programs aimed at curbing terrorismAfter spending more than $95-million to support emergency relief and recovery ALSO SEE:A Sampling of Grants to Fight Terrorism services after the September 11 terrorist attacks, foundations are now considering…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Former OMB Executive Steps In to Run September 11th Fund
The morning of September 11 found Joshua Gotbaum preparing to drive to New York from his Washington home. ALSO SEE:Under PressureAmerican Red Cross Names Interim Chief and Vows Additional ChangesRecovering From Controversy: Experts Offer Advice to the Red CrossSeptember 11 Donations: How Much…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Recovering From Controversy: Experts Offer Advice to the Red Cross
Anthony De Cristofaro, director of communications at the United Way in Washington, which provides funds to the American Red Cross and other groups. ALSO SEE:Under PressureAmerican Red Cross Names Interim Chief and Vows Additional ChangesSeptember 11 Donations: How Much Charities Have Raised and…
Newspaper Editorials Rebuke Red Cross for Response to Attacks
Chicago Tribune Many of the families of victims in the World Trade Center attacks, after being devastated by the deaths of loved ones, now are being jolted by a mess of a system established to help them out financially. A certain amount of confusion might have been expected. America’s amazing…
American Red Cross Names Interim Chief and Vows Additional Changes
The American Red Cross is moving to reassure donors amid intense criticism by members of ALSO SEE:Under PressureRecovering From Controversy: Experts Offer Advice to the Red CrossSeptember 11 Donations: How Much Charities Have Raised and DistributedFormer OMB Executive Steps In to Run September 11th…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Charities jolted by mounting scrutiny and criticism of their response to September attacksTwo months after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, the dozens of ALSO SEE:American Red Cross Names Interim Chief and Vows Additional ChangesRecovering From Controversy: Experts…
Charities face questions about how they will spend $1.3-billion raised after attacksLAWMAKERS and others put charities under new scrutiny RED CROSS seeks to regain public confidence after its leader resigns EIGHT VIEWS on what the Red Cross should do next A STATUS REPORT: how much 29 recovery funds…
Following are summaries of recent reports by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance. This private organization 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…
American Radio Relay League (Newington, Conn.): Appointed Mary ALSO SEE:American Red Cross Names Interim Chief and Vows Additional ChangesUnited Way of America Appoints New CEO Hobart, vice president for development at Connecticut Public Television and Radio (Hartford), to be chief development…
September 11 Donations: How Much Charities Have Raised and Distributed
AMERICAN RED CROSSName of fund: Liberty Disaster Relief Fund
Following are summaries of recent reports by the BBB Wise Giving Alliance. This private organization 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…
American Ballet Theatre (New York): Appointed Wallace Chappell, director of the Hancher Auditorium at the U. of Iowa (Iowa City), to be executive director. He succeeds ALSO SEE:Gates Foundation Liaison to D.C. Has the Right Connections Louis G. Spisto, who resigned in July. Beginning with Books…