Charities Assist the Disabled in the Quest for Civil Rights
The Disability Rights Movement: From Charity to Confrontation
Volunteers Inspire Donors to Give More
Hidden Assets: Revolutionize Your Development Program With a Volunteer-Driven Approach
Answering Questions About Nonprofit Management
Third Sector Management: The Art of Managing Nonprofit Organizations
Methods for Working with Foundations
Approaching Foundations: Suggestions and Insights for Fundraisers, edited by Sandra A. Glass, contains practical suggestions for experienced and new fund raisers about how to raise money from foundations more effectively. Development professionals wrote the chapters, which discuss how to prepare…
Getting the Message Across: Successful Charity Communications
Now Hear This: The Nine Laws of Successful Advocacy Communications, by Kristen Wolf, describes the nine “common denominators” of planning and implementing successful communications campaigns. Charities sometimes hesitate to adopt a “marketing mindset,” Ms. Wolf writes. But doing so could help…
Recruiting Leaders for Community Development
An Overview of Community Development Leadership Training Programs and Lessons Learned From Selected Colleges and Universities examines three training issues for professionals working in community development: recruiting additional college and graduate students into the field; providing continuing…
Report Summarizes Results of Research on Social-Service Programs
What We Know Works: An Overview of Research About What Works (and What Doesn’t) in Social Service Organizations is a report from the Pew Partnership for Civic Change that summarizes current research in four broad areas of interest to grant makers and nonprofit organizations: children, youths and…
Public Attitudes Toward Charities Measured
Taking the Pulse of Americans’ Attitudes Toward Charities, edited by Susan K.E. Saxon-Harrold, reports the results of a 1999 Independent Sector survey that measured public confidence in nonprofit organizations. Sixty-two percent of survey participants agreed that charities today provide…
Foundations Should Work With Racial, Ethnic Groups, Guide Says
Engaging Diverse Communities for and Through Philanthropy surveys philanthropic practices among blacks, Asian Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans. This guide, which offers advice to nonprofit groups to broaden the types of people who donate, was prepared for people who work for family,…
Adolescents Need More Attention, Programs, Essays Say
Youth Development: Issues, Challenges, and Directions