Q. I’ve received information from Moveon.org that the Federal Election Commission has proposed new rules, under which nonprofit groups that advocate for a variety of causes (cancer research, poverty issues, the environment, etc.) could be transformed into political-action committees if they…
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Eighty-nine percent of all nonprofit groups provide liability insurance for their trustees.
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Determining an Executive’s Salary
Q. We’re starting a new nonprofit organization in central Florida, offering after-school classes in the performing arts. We are all new to the world of charities, and are trying to determine what to pay our first president. How do we find the information we need to come up with a decent starting…
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In major gifts, it’s also all about relationships, and being able to close the deal.
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An effective corporate-sponsorship package is all about bottom-line results.
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A court fight pits a university against two former employeesOn his first day of work, Sinclair E. Hugh grew uneasy about his new job. It was July 1999, and Mr. Hugh, then 59, was changing careers. He had spent the past decade as a human-resources consultant, working with for-profit companies, but…
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Helping Nonprofit Employees Choose Among ‘Consumer-Driven’ Health-Care Plans
JOB MARKET By Alison Stein Wellner Stacy Brackeen is extremely organized. Ms. Brackeen, a mother of three who is also director of finance at the Breakthrough Collaborative, a charity in San Francisco that provides educational enrichment programs, is as meticulous about logging her household’s…
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Donations rose 0.6 percent last year, “Giving USA” reportsFund raising has been slow to feel the effects of the recovery from tough economic times, but many charity ALSO SEE:Giving to Charities in 2003: Related Tables officials say that the first part of 2004 has shown signs that a more robust…
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Creating a Positive Track Record
Good supervisors appreciate and reward those fund-raising staff members who actively ‘think out of the box.
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Working for a Nonprofit in a Neighboring Country
Networking is still the best way to get your foot in the door.
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