Small Charities Again Dominate Fund-Raising Contest
Small charities win big in giving contest
By Caroline Preston
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Most Charities Are Trying Social Media, But Few Can Measure Its Impact
Most charities are trying social media, but few can measure its impact
By Caroline Preston
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Charity Promotes Women’s Role in Fight Against Hunger Via Hundreds of Book Clubs
On the fourth Monday of each month, Rufi Natarajan gathers with friends at a Houston café for a book-club meeting. The conversation begins at 6:30 and typically lasts for two hours - but one recent discussion is continuing well beyond that. Ms. Natarajan’s book group is one of more than 430 that…
By Caroline Preston
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Social Networks Produce Dismal Results, Report Says
Social-networking sites have not proven to be effective ways for charities to attract new supporters, yet groups are pushing ahead with them anyway, a new survey finds. The survey asked more than 250 charities with budgets between $1-million and $5-million about their use of online social…
By Caroline Preston
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Charity Makes Money From Renting Ballroom
By Caroline Preston The Prince George Hotel was a dilapidated eyesore when a New York housing charity took it over in the mid-1990s. Now the refurbished hotel provides low-cost homes to more than 400 poor people with AIDS. It’s also become an important source of income for its owner. The hotel’s…
By Caroline Preston
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Charity Hands Over Program to Another Group
“Focus on your mission” has become one mantra for surviving the recession. At Pine Street Inn, a homelessness group in Boston, that has meant transferring a program that prepares people to seek and hold a job to a nearby charity, a move that has allowed Pine Street to save about $170,000.…
By Caroline Preston
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Theater Company Looks to Community-Supported Farms for Business Inspiration
Few people would see similarities between a Manhattan theater and a farm in upstate New York. But Jon Stancato, co-artistic director of the Stolen Chair Theatre Company, made just such a link. Mr. Stancato recently traveled to interview local farmers about how they earn a living in the hopes of…
By Caroline Preston
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(Photograph by Ralph Barrera/Austin American-Statesman) When a friend came into Steven Isenberg’s hospital in Indianapolis one day to be treated for cancer, Dr. Isenberg realized there was nothing more he could do. Overwhelmed by his friend’s courage, the doctor bestowed on him a medal he had just…
By Caroline Preston
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Former Gates Official Named to Lead U.S. Agency for International Development
Former Gates official named to lead U.S. Agency for International Development
By Caroline Preston
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Five Trends Help to Create “Nonprofits of the Future,” Report Says
What should charities be doing to thrive in a changing world?
By Caroline Preston
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