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Idealist jobseekers headed to Washington
- Idealist.org, one of the most popular ways for job hunters to connect with jobs throughout the nonprofit world, is reaching out to Washington. The site, which averages one to two million hits per month, was created to provide a virtual connection to the nonprofit life.
- Idealist.org, one of the most popular ways for job hunters to connect with jobs throughout the nonprofit world, is reaching out to Washington. The site, which averages one to two million hits per month, was created to provide a virtual connection to the nonprofit life.
Foundation trend: Less is more
- In the nonprofit sector, size does matter. There are an estimated 60,000 small foundations in the United States, most with a handful of employees and all-volunteer boards. Yet they account for half of the money distributed each year by all foundations. What makes these smaller groups different is their focus. While larger organizations tend to address broader issues, their more petite counterparts aim much closer to home, focusing on community giving targeted directly at local needs.
- In the nonprofit sector, size does matter. There are an estimated 60,000 small foundations in the United States, most with a handful of employees and all-volunteer boards. Yet they account for half of the money distributed each year by all foundations. What makes these smaller groups different is their focus. While larger organizations tend to address broader issues, their more petite counterparts aim much closer to home, focusing on community giving targeted directly at local needs.
Congress to create new caucus on philanthropy
- The House of Representatives will put the spotlight on nonprofits this session with the establishment of a bipartisan caucus dedicated to the sector, The Examiner has learned.
Arts nonprofits reach out to the needy
- With tight budgets and crowded classrooms, some regional schools have few resources to devote to major arts programs. But area nonprofits, bolstered by coalitions of for-profit businesses and other groups, have emerged to fill that missing classroom experience.
Adopting best practices key to foundations’ future
- If foundations wish to continue to prosper, nonprofit advocates say, they need to adopt a series of voluntary best practices covering key areas like the number and duties of board members, fundraising, donor relations and the disbursement of money. Such uniformity is a lofty goal, however, in a community where nearly every U.S. foundation has its own playbook.
Foundations: Reform yourself or be reformed
- As a teacher, board member, trustee and consultant to foundations, Duke University professor Joel L. Fleishman has spent a lifetime trying to better understand the role the country’s more than 50,000 foundations play in America’s economic life. He has distilled that knowledge into a new book that sets before the nonprofit sector both the good and bad habits of the foundation world.
Should foundations be made more accountable if operated more openly?
- First in a series on the future of Foundations:
Nonprofits expand their search for the next generation of leaders
- As the baby boom generation of charitable leaders moves toward retirement, many of those responsible for finding and nurturing new nonprofit managers are scouring different sector of the region’s economy for talent. And they are finding that no one solution fits every nonprofit’s staffing needs.
Local nonprofit proposes standard requirements for child care workers
- A local association is proposing nationwide adoption of community-based training requirements for all childcare workers.
The charity named for a clown needs a bigger house, upgrade for families
- Most people associate Ronald McDonald’s red and white painted face and baggy clothes with fast food and Big Macs. But for the region’s children and families in need, the popular clown means something else entirely: help when it is needed most.
- Most people associate Ronald McDonald’s red and white painted face and baggy clothes with fast food and Big Macs. But for the region’s children and families in need, the popular clown means something else entirely: help when it is needed most.
Foundation links disaster victims to technology
- In any given year, many regions of the world need help with famine, floods and other catastrophes. Most of these are largely forgotten, however, when high-profile disasters like tsunamis and hurricanes grab world attention.
Nonprofits expect increased donations, more scrutiny in ’07
- Local and national nonprofit leaders predict the new year will see more large donations of the kind that were in the spotlight in 2006, more political interest in their sector from elected officials and greater cooperation with and among nonprofits.
A real-life Santa named Sidney Dewberry
- He doesn’t look much like Santa Claus, other than being a jolly old fellow. But to countless nonprofits and educational institutions in the region, Sidney Dewberry goes the man in the red suit one better: he brings millions of dollars to the table, but also a lifelong, all-year commitment to helping others.