Joanne's Nonprofit Charitable Orgs Blog

In the wake of hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, a year ago, there was, to say the least, a lot of confusion. But we all wanted to help and we sent ... Read More

The Foundation Center has compiled a report on giving by foundations and corporations to the relief effort after the Gulf coast hurricanes in 2005. Noteworthy is the fact that ... Read More

FLIP is a special project of onPhilanthropy.com. FLIP stands for Future Leaders in Philanthropy and is an online publication by and about the next generation of nonprofit leaders. The newsletter ... Read More

An Associated Press article about virtual volunteers caught our eye recently. Volunteers who find it difficult to be on site are finding ways to help charities online. The virtual opportunities ... Read More

The new federal Pension Protection Act of 2006 was signed into law by President Bush on August 17. The law allows individuals to transfer IRA assets directly to charity ... Read More

An article at OnPhilanthropy.com details the pressures coming to bear on nonprofit organizations and suggests that nonprofits get their houses in order before legislation forces them to. The author, Paul Firstenberg, ... Read More

Everyone is concerned about our environment. Global warming is on the news daily as the debate about whether it exists and what is causing it reaches an all-time peak. We ... Read More

Nonprofits usually build their fundraising programs around the basics such as the annual fund, grants, product sales, and planned giving. But, in the techno-world we live in today, there are other ... Read More

One of the most pervasive myths about working at a nonprofit organization is that the salaries are too low. That is not necessarily true. Your particular skills, where the nonprofit ... Read More

Ken Burnett, guru of nonprofit management and donor relations, has another new book. It is tiny but packed with down-to-earth advice about board structure, management, and board member recruitment. We ... Read More

GuideStar.org recently asked the readers of its excellent newsletter to suggest effective ways to find good board members. Here is the gist of the resulting comments. Start with your volunteers. ... Read More

Do socially responsible companies enjoy an advantage when recruiting employees? Apparently so. According to a survey by Care2, 48 percent of employees would work for less pay if they could ... Read More

What is driving the interest in careers in the nonprofit world? Well, there are more than 1.5 million nonprofits in the U.S. alone, employing one in twelve Americans. ... Read More