The Shreveport Times: "New group to help strengthen nonprofits
March 3, 2006
By Diane Haag
dhaag@gannett.com
Help is coming to those who provide help to the needy.
With hopes of assisting and advocating for nonprofit agencies, The Louisiana Association of Nonprofit Organizations has established a Shreveport-based branch, LANO North.
“I think it’s a great idea — we need them for sure,” said Simone Hennessee, president of Providence House. “I’ve been a member of LANO for years. They provide so many great programs and resources.”"
Friday, March 03, 2006
The Frederick News-Post-Charity wants a cut from divorce
The Frederick News-Post: "By Clifford G. Cumber
News-Post Staff
ANNAPOLIS -- Big Brothers Big Sisters representatives were in Annapolis on Thursday to ask a House committee to cut them into a share of a $100 surcharge Frederick County Commissioners would like to put on each divorce case filed in circuit court."
News-Post Staff
ANNAPOLIS -- Big Brothers Big Sisters representatives were in Annapolis on Thursday to ask a House committee to cut them into a share of a $100 surcharge Frederick County Commissioners would like to put on each divorce case filed in circuit court."
Former judge decries LVH surplus : The Morning Call Online
Former judge decries LVH surplus : The Morning Call Online: "Former judge decries LVH surplus
Young says nonprofit should reduce charges with $76 million.
By Tim Darragh and Ann Wlazelek
Of The Morning Call
A retired Lehigh County judge, who 18 years ago presided over a legal battle over area hospitals' tax exemptions, is calling on governments and community leaders to again demand reforms at Lehigh Valley Hospital in light of its $76 million surplus in 2005.
In a 12-page report sent this week to more than 400 health care, government and business leaders, Judge Robert K. Young called LVH's surplus ''both uncharitable and unacceptable,'' suggested the hospital reduce its charges and called for a public accounting. In lieu of that, Young said, federal, state, county and local elected leaders should consider legislation capping ''excess profits'' for nonprofits or challenging LVH's tax-exempt status.
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Young says nonprofit should reduce charges with $76 million.
By Tim Darragh and Ann Wlazelek
Of The Morning Call
A retired Lehigh County judge, who 18 years ago presided over a legal battle over area hospitals' tax exemptions, is calling on governments and community leaders to again demand reforms at Lehigh Valley Hospital in light of its $76 million surplus in 2005.
In a 12-page report sent this week to more than 400 health care, government and business leaders, Judge Robert K. Young called LVH's surplus ''both uncharitable and unacceptable,'' suggested the hospital reduce its charges and called for a public accounting. In lieu of that, Young said, federal, state, county and local elected leaders should consider legislation capping ''excess profits'' for nonprofits or challenging LVH's tax-exempt status.
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Are There Too Many Charities?
Are There Too Many Charities?: "Are There Too Many Charities?
Some experts think the nonprofit sector is growing too quickly for its own good. I wonder if it's growing fast enough
Walter Sczudlo, executive vice-president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), recently told industry publication The NonProfit Times, 'What concerns us is that this proliferation of charities is creating a huge competition for donor dollars. There are so many charities now going after so few dollars and it's getting parsed out so finely.'"
Some experts think the nonprofit sector is growing too quickly for its own good. I wonder if it's growing fast enough
Walter Sczudlo, executive vice-president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), recently told industry publication The NonProfit Times, 'What concerns us is that this proliferation of charities is creating a huge competition for donor dollars. There are so many charities now going after so few dollars and it's getting parsed out so finely.'"
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Thursday, March 02, 2006
Rocky Mountain News: Education-CU alumni still positive about school
Rocky
Mountain News: Education:
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"CU President Hank Brown and several regents said they are pleased the scandals - from football recruiting to spending by university and foundation officials - haven't had more of an impact.
'When a university has been around for 125 years, something is going to endure, and that's our reputation,' Regent Gail Schwartz said.
'So, the last two years haven't totally whooped us.'"
Mountain News: Education:
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"CU President Hank Brown and several regents said they are pleased the scandals - from football recruiting to spending by university and foundation officials - haven't had more of an impact.
'When a university has been around for 125 years, something is going to endure, and that's our reputation,' Regent Gail Schwartz said.
'So, the last two years haven't totally whooped us.'"
Atlanta Progressive News-Mad Housers Build Huts for Homeless
Atlanta Progressive News: "Mad Housers Build Huts for Homeless
By Jonathan Springston, Staff Writer, Atlanta Progressive News (March 01, 2006)
(APN) ATLANTA – The Mad Housers, a non-profit, volunteer, charitable organization founded in 1988 by a group of Georgia Tech architecture students, builds emergency huts for the homeless in the Atlanta area at no charge.
“We are just providing a basic piece of capital,” Nick Hess, 35, President of The Mad Housers, told Atlanta Progressive News (APN). The organization sees the huts as a tool to help the homeless survive and do not view what they do as “giving handouts.”"
By Jonathan Springston, Staff Writer, Atlanta Progressive News (March 01, 2006)
(APN) ATLANTA – The Mad Housers, a non-profit, volunteer, charitable organization founded in 1988 by a group of Georgia Tech architecture students, builds emergency huts for the homeless in the Atlanta area at no charge.
“We are just providing a basic piece of capital,” Nick Hess, 35, President of The Mad Housers, told Atlanta Progressive News (APN). The organization sees the huts as a tool to help the homeless survive and do not view what they do as “giving handouts.”"
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Grizzard Agency-Is Online Giving Experiencing a Major Shift?
Grizzard Agency: "Is Online Giving Experiencing a Major Shift?
Lenny Esposito
It's not an avalanche – not yet. But based on early anecdotal evidence, it appears donors are becoming more willing to give large gifts through the online channel.
While it's no surprise that online giving is an increasingly popular – and necessary – channel, we have found some surprises recently regarding the amount of gifts. We've lately been seeing large online donations to several clients - $50,000 in one case and $20,000 in two other separate instances.
Naturally we were fascinated by this. We're currently doing more research into what we feel is a sustainable trend – the beginning of a significant shift to major gift giving online."
Lenny Esposito
It's not an avalanche – not yet. But based on early anecdotal evidence, it appears donors are becoming more willing to give large gifts through the online channel.
While it's no surprise that online giving is an increasingly popular – and necessary – channel, we have found some surprises recently regarding the amount of gifts. We've lately been seeing large online donations to several clients - $50,000 in one case and $20,000 in two other separate instances.
Naturally we were fascinated by this. We're currently doing more research into what we feel is a sustainable trend – the beginning of a significant shift to major gift giving online."
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Wednesday, March 01, 2006
ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership - Newsroom - News Releases - Six ‘Thought Leaders’ Named to ASAE & The Center’s 2006 Class of Fellows
ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership - Newsroom - News Releases - Six ‘Thought Leaders’ Named to ASAE & The Center’s 2006 Class of Fellows: "Six ‘Thought Leaders’ Named to ASAE & The Center’s 2006 Class of Fellows
February 23, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC— Six leaders of the association community have been named to ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership’s 2006 class of Fellows. The Fellows selection process includes nomination by a peer; an in-depth application describing the individual’s innovation, leadership, and commitment to the association profession; a telephone interview with a member of the selection committee of their peers; and ultimately selection from among a group of highly-qualified individuals.
Comprising the 2006 class of Fellows is:
Wells Jones, CAE, CFRE
Chief Executive Officer
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind
Smithtown, NY
Paulette Maehara, CAE, CFRE
President & CEO
Association of Fundraising Professionals
Alexandria, VA"
February 23, 2006
WASHINGTON, DC— Six leaders of the association community have been named to ASAE & The Center for Association Leadership’s 2006 class of Fellows. The Fellows selection process includes nomination by a peer; an in-depth application describing the individual’s innovation, leadership, and commitment to the association profession; a telephone interview with a member of the selection committee of their peers; and ultimately selection from among a group of highly-qualified individuals.
Comprising the 2006 class of Fellows is:
Wells Jones, CAE, CFRE
Chief Executive Officer
Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind
Smithtown, NY
Paulette Maehara, CAE, CFRE
President & CEO
Association of Fundraising Professionals
Alexandria, VA"
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SGVTribune.com - Opinions-Red Cross board would do service to bow to new start
SGVTribune.com - Opinions: "Red Cross board would do service to bow to new start
THE Red Cross, according to a prominent group currently reviewing its governance, has a dangerous cultural aversion to whistle-blowers within its ranks. Coming at a time when such internal critics are uncovering real problems in the organization, this defensiveness is unsettling to the public the Red Cross serves.
The Red Cross has trouble, to say the least, at the CEO level.
There are vexing questions about the way the group spends the money so generously donated for disaster relief.
And at almost 40 members, the Red Cross board of directors is way too large to govern effectively, according to contemporary guidelines for nonprofits."
THE Red Cross, according to a prominent group currently reviewing its governance, has a dangerous cultural aversion to whistle-blowers within its ranks. Coming at a time when such internal critics are uncovering real problems in the organization, this defensiveness is unsettling to the public the Red Cross serves.
The Red Cross has trouble, to say the least, at the CEO level.
There are vexing questions about the way the group spends the money so generously donated for disaster relief.
And at almost 40 members, the Red Cross board of directors is way too large to govern effectively, according to contemporary guidelines for nonprofits."
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Commentary - Art for Sale
Commentary - Art for Sale: "Art for Sale
Michael J. Lewis
If the health of an institution can be gauged by its building activity, then no institution is healthier today than the American museum. In every direction, and no matter which vital statistics one consults, the picture is rosy: billions expended on architecture, millions of cubic feet of new space created, tens of millions of annual visitors to fill up all that space. And then there is the tangible evidence itself, in the travertine acropolis of the new Getty Museum in Los Angeles and the titanium flutter of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, both of which opened in 1997 and thereby launched the current building boom."
Michael J. Lewis
If the health of an institution can be gauged by its building activity, then no institution is healthier today than the American museum. In every direction, and no matter which vital statistics one consults, the picture is rosy: billions expended on architecture, millions of cubic feet of new space created, tens of millions of annual visitors to fill up all that space. And then there is the tangible evidence itself, in the travertine acropolis of the new Getty Museum in Los Angeles and the titanium flutter of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, both of which opened in 1997 and thereby launched the current building boom."
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BostonHerald.com - Women's Business: Vanessa Kirsch brings new profit to social innovation
BostonHerald.com - Women's Business: Vanessa Kirsch brings new profit to social innovation: "By the time Vanessa Kirsch began her first job out of college with the Dukakis presidential campaign, she was already a seasoned activist. What she was not was a licensed driver. So she got her learner’s permit, jumped in the car with her dad and learned to drive on the way from Cambridge to Iowa.
She is tenacious, Kirsch admits. “I just go for it and there’s no hurdle too big.”
The president and founder of New Profit today, Kirsch isn’t facing hurdles so much anymore as she is forging a new concept in philanthropy — venture capital for social entrepreneurs.
With one $25 million fund of 55 investors that’s financed 14 nonprofits out to make substantial change, New Profit is now seeking a second, $30 million fund to further its seven-year tradition of jumpstarting growth and achieving deep impact. "
She is tenacious, Kirsch admits. “I just go for it and there’s no hurdle too big.”
The president and founder of New Profit today, Kirsch isn’t facing hurdles so much anymore as she is forging a new concept in philanthropy — venture capital for social entrepreneurs.
With one $25 million fund of 55 investors that’s financed 14 nonprofits out to make substantial change, New Profit is now seeking a second, $30 million fund to further its seven-year tradition of jumpstarting growth and achieving deep impact. "
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Tuesday, February 28, 2006
One Shine at a Time, Shoeshiner Albert Lexie Donates Tips and Raises $100,000 for Free Care Fund at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
One Shine at a Time, Shoeshiner Albert Lexie Donates Tips and Raises $100,000 for Free Care Fund at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh: "Shoeshiner Albert Lexie has achieved a remarkable milestone, raising more than $100,000 for the Free Care Fund at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh by donating tips from his business over the last two dozen years. Children's held a ceremony Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2006, to recognize Lexie's commitment to the patients of Children's. Physicians, nurses and other staff from the hospital, as well as friends from throughout western Pennsylvania, were on hand for the celebration."
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Companies that make the world a better place - Feb. 25, 2006
Companies that make the world a better place - Feb. 25, 2006: "How UPS, Starbucks, Disney Do Good
While any list of America's most socially responsible companies is, inevitably, subjective, here are firms that are admired by their peers for social responsibility -- and why.
Fortune Magazine
Marc Gunther, FORTUNE senior writer
February 25, 2006: 11:28 AM EST
NEW YORK (FORTUNE) - What's a socially responsible company? It is a company that serves. It serves its customers by selling something of value, its workers by providing good jobs, its owners by generating profits and all of us by making the world a better place."
While any list of America's most socially responsible companies is, inevitably, subjective, here are firms that are admired by their peers for social responsibility -- and why.
Fortune Magazine
Marc Gunther, FORTUNE senior writer
February 25, 2006: 11:28 AM EST
NEW YORK (FORTUNE) - What's a socially responsible company? It is a company that serves. It serves its customers by selling something of value, its workers by providing good jobs, its owners by generating profits and all of us by making the world a better place."
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AP Wire | 02/26/2006 | Nonprofits have trouble finding quality volunteers
AP Wire | 02/26/2006 | Nonprofits have trouble finding quality volunteers: "Nonprofits have trouble finding quality volunteers
Associated Press
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana nonprofit organizations having trouble recruiting quality volunteers might want to target people with higher levels of education, an Indiana University analysis suggests.
Kirsten A. Gronbjerg from the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University recently published a study on Indiana nonprofits that also showed that community attachment, including whether a person has registered to vote, was an important factor in volunteering, as was attending religious services."
Associated Press
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana nonprofit organizations having trouble recruiting quality volunteers might want to target people with higher levels of education, an Indiana University analysis suggests.
Kirsten A. Gronbjerg from the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University recently published a study on Indiana nonprofits that also showed that community attachment, including whether a person has registered to vote, was an important factor in volunteering, as was attending religious services."
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Science & Theology News - U.S. charity's faith-based history
Science & Theology News - U.S. charity's faith-based history: "U.S. charity's faith-based history
Faith-based organizations, for all their controversy, have been active in this country for more than 200 years
By Kevin Ferguson
(February 28, 2006)
Faith-based organizations in the United States have been heaped with praise and criticism since Charitable Choice provisions in the 1996 Welfare Reform Act and the 2001 Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Act ended discrimination against them in the awarding of government contracts and funding. They’ve also created a lot of confusion.
Just what are faith-based organizations, or FBOs? Essentially, they include any social welfare group that is organized and motivated by a common faith. They range from miniscule congregation-based soup kitchens to multibillion-dollar service agencies."
Faith-based organizations, for all their controversy, have been active in this country for more than 200 years
By Kevin Ferguson
(February 28, 2006)
Faith-based organizations in the United States have been heaped with praise and criticism since Charitable Choice provisions in the 1996 Welfare Reform Act and the 2001 Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Act ended discrimination against them in the awarding of government contracts and funding. They’ve also created a lot of confusion.
Just what are faith-based organizations, or FBOs? Essentially, they include any social welfare group that is organized and motivated by a common faith. They range from miniscule congregation-based soup kitchens to multibillion-dollar service agencies."
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Chron.com | United Way sets new course
Chron.com | United Way sets new course: "United Way sets new course
Hurricanes, donation patterns force nonprofit group to change focus, goals
By JEANNIE KEVER
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
Shantrell Adams could be Exhibit A in this year's United Way campaign.
She's in her cubicle at Ripley House, a community center in the heart of Houston's east side, listening to stories that hit uncomfortably close to home.
Adams offers what comfort she can, mostly in the form of information: where to apply for unemployment benefits or a Metro bus pass. Job leads, and the latest news from FEMA."
Hurricanes, donation patterns force nonprofit group to change focus, goals
By JEANNIE KEVER
Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
Shantrell Adams could be Exhibit A in this year's United Way campaign.
She's in her cubicle at Ripley House, a community center in the heart of Houston's east side, listening to stories that hit uncomfortably close to home.
Adams offers what comfort she can, mostly in the form of information: where to apply for unemployment benefits or a Metro bus pass. Job leads, and the latest news from FEMA."
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Monday, February 27, 2006
Saving the best for philanthropy - The Boston Globe
Saving the best for philanthropy - The Boston Globe: "Saving the best for philanthropy
By Kenneth D. Lewis | February 27, 2006
IF THERE ever was a day when ''check-writing by executive whim' represented an effective way for businesses to support their communities, that day is past."
By Kenneth D. Lewis | February 27, 2006
IF THERE ever was a day when ''check-writing by executive whim' represented an effective way for businesses to support their communities, that day is past."
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Two-Thirds of Katrina Donations Exhausted
Two-Thirds of Katrina Donations Exhausted: "Two-Thirds of Katrina Donations Exhausted
Charities Faced With Difficult Decisions and Countless Requests as They Spend What Is Left
By Jacqueline L. Salmon and Leef Smith
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, February 27, 2006; Page A01
Six months after Hurricane Katrina laid waste to the Gulf Coast, charities have disbursed more than $2 billion of the record sums they raised for the storm's victims, leaving less than $1 billion for the monumental task of helping hundreds of thousands of storm victims rebuild their lives, according to a survey by The Washington Post.
Two-thirds of the $3.27 billion raised by private nonprofit organizations and tracked by The Post went to help evacuees and other Katrina victims with immediate needs -- cash, food and temporary shelter, medical care, tarps for damaged homes and school supplies for displaced children."
Charities Faced With Difficult Decisions and Countless Requests as They Spend What Is Left
By Jacqueline L. Salmon and Leef Smith
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, February 27, 2006; Page A01
Six months after Hurricane Katrina laid waste to the Gulf Coast, charities have disbursed more than $2 billion of the record sums they raised for the storm's victims, leaving less than $1 billion for the monumental task of helping hundreds of thousands of storm victims rebuild their lives, according to a survey by The Washington Post.
Two-thirds of the $3.27 billion raised by private nonprofit organizations and tracked by The Post went to help evacuees and other Katrina victims with immediate needs -- cash, food and temporary shelter, medical care, tarps for damaged homes and school supplies for displaced children."
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Red Cross Spent $500,000 in 3 Years To Boost Its Profile
Red Cross Spent $500,000 in 3 Years To Boost Its Profile: "Red Cross Spent $500,000 in 3 Years To Boost Its Profile
Consultants Paid To Lure Stars, Showcase CEO to Help Raise Funds
By Jacqueline L. Salmon and Gilbert M. Gaul
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, February 27, 2006; Page A08
The American Red Cross paid consultants more than $500,000 in the past three years to pitch its name in Hollywood, recruit stars for its 'Celebrity Cabinet' and brand its chief executive as the face of the Red Cross -- just a year before ousting her, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post."
Consultants Paid To Lure Stars, Showcase CEO to Help Raise Funds
By Jacqueline L. Salmon and Gilbert M. Gaul
Washington Post Staff Writers
Monday, February 27, 2006; Page A08
The American Red Cross paid consultants more than $500,000 in the past three years to pitch its name in Hollywood, recruit stars for its 'Celebrity Cabinet' and brand its chief executive as the face of the Red Cross -- just a year before ousting her, according to documents obtained by The Washington Post."
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