Adventist Development and Relief Agency (Silver Spring, Md.): Announced the retirement of Ralph S. Watts Jr., who served as president for 16 years. American Committee for the Weizmann Institute of Science (New York): Appointed Michael Abidor, ALSO SEE:Putting Technology Geeks to Work for the Common…
The following awards have been presented for achievement in fund raising, management, and philanthropy: Arts. Americans for the Arts (Washington) has given its 2001 Selina Roberts Ottum Award, which recognizes outstanding local arts leadership, to Abel Lopez, associate producing director of GALA…
Putting Technology Geeks to Work for the Common Good
On his first day at Andersen Consulting in 1993, Curt Iiams had to be told where to find the button to turn on his computer. A quick study, though, he became a technology consultant at Andersen (now called Accenture), working with such companies as ALSO SEE:About Curt Iiams Bank One and American…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Tips on Running Capital Campaigns
Preparing Your Capital Campaign, by Marilyn Bancel, seeks to help fund raisers with tasks such as determining timetables for a campaign, creating committees, and establishing goals. An introductory chapter goes over the fundamentals of campaign fund raising and addresses key questions about them.…
By Janine E. Guglielmino
Contributor
Neighborhood Groups Work for Social Change, Report Says
Community Organizing Toolbox: A Funder’s Guide to Community Organizing, by Sally Covington and Larry Parachini, a report from the Washington-based Neighborhood Funders Group, surveys the work of groups nationwide that organize community members for such purposes as increasing employment…
By Janine E. Guglielmino
Contributor
‘W’: Gala Balls Aiming at the Young
Wealthy people under 35 are enjoying increasing influence over charity galas in New York, reports W, a fashion magazine (September). Charities have turned to such people in part because many of the paper millionaires and corporations they courted in the 1990s have been caught in the clutches of the…
By Elizabeth Greene
Contributor
‘The Economist’: Fund Raising in Europe
While performing-arts groups in the United States have long raised substantial portions of their budgets from individuals, in Europe such organizations are just beginning to tap into private wealth, according to The Economist magazine (August 18-24). With government funds for music, dance, and…
By Elizabeth Greene
Contributor
‘Fortune’: Ellison and Philanthropy
Larry Ellison, the founder and chief executive of Oracle, is widely known as the party animal of the software set, but he has a serious side, too, reports Fortune magazine (September 3). Believing that “life is the only miracle, and understanding how it works is the best intellectual mission one…
By Elizabeth Greene
Contributor
‘Brill’s Content’: American Legacy Fund
When the American Legacy Foundation was created with a $1.5-billion pledge as part of a 1998 settlement of a lawsuit against the largest tobacco companies, antismoking activists had reason to be hopeful. But a much-heralded advertising campaign aimed at young people, as well as the foundation’s…
By Elizabeth Greene
Contributor
A conference entitled “The Power of the Internet to Expand Giving, Volunteering, and Community Building” will be held September 24 and 25 in McLean, Va. The meeting is being run by several organizations, including Independent Sector, the AOL Time Warner Foundation, and the Verizon Foundation. For…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Distiller Marks Anniversary With Charity Auction
It’s not every day that a company celebrates its 200th anniversary, so the people at Chivas Brothers are doing it up big with an online auction of decadent luxury items, celebrity encounters, and travel adventures. Proceeds from the auction will benefit charities around the world. The company,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Summer Camp Trains Blind in Computer Skills
Young people who are blind or otherwise visually impaired got the chance to learn how to build Web sites and repair computer hardware in a series of technology camps held by Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind this summer. The Washington charity held two two-week camps for middle-school students, as…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Animal Group Wins Case Against Parody Site
A federal appeals court upheld a lower-court ruling that a former Internet entrepreneur must surrender the Web address peta.org to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals because his use of the address violated the organization’s trademark. In 1995, Michael T. Doughney reserved the Internet…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities Urged to Focus on Management Strategies
By Laura Hruby Nonprofit groups can greatly improve their performance by concentrating as much on upgrading their missions, strategies, and cultures as they do on more mundane subjects like computer systems, finances, and personnel policies, according to a report by Venture Philanthropy Partners,…
Citizen Action Is Key to Successful Global Change, Alliance Says
Vancouver, Canada The creation of a more just, equitable, and environmentally stable world depends in large part on refashioning national governments and global institutions to make them more responsive and accountable to the world’s citizenry, several speakers declared at an international…
By Stephen G. Greene
Contributor
Financial Outlook Positive for Arts and Entertainment Groups, Report Says
More and more nonprofit museums, zoos, and other arts and entertainment institutions will be borrowing money to pay for building projects rather than using donations from private sources, according to a new report from Moody’s Investors Service, a major bond-rating company in New York. As…
By Debra E. Blum
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