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Protests Paving the Way for Home Ownership

Organizing Access to Capital: Advocacy and the Democratization of Financial Institutions

Advice for Nonprofit Chief Executives

The Executive Director’s Survival Guide: Thriving as a Nonprofit Leader

Outside Organizations Helping Grant Makers

Toward More Effective Use of Intermediaries, by Peter L. Szanton, discusses the ways foundations use other organizations to strengthen their grant programs. Mr. Szanton, president of Szanton Associates, a consulting firm in Washington that works with government and nonprofit groups, writes that…

List of Nonprofit Volunteer Opportunities

Make a Difference: America’s Guide to Volunteering and Community Service, by Arthur I. Blaustein, provides information about volunteer opportunities at more than 185 nonprofit organizations throughout the United States. In this revised edition of the book, Mr. Blaustein, a professor of urban…

Report on Child Well-Being

2003 Kids Count Data Book ranks states on 10 indicators designed to measure the well-being of children and youths. The Annie E. Casey Foundation, in Baltimore, produces this report annually and provides information both nationally and by state. According to the report, eight of the measures --…

Profiles of Successful Annual-Giving Programs

Innovations in Annual Giving: 10 Departures That Worked

How to Reduce Harm to Elderly Clients and Minimize Liability

A Golden Opportunity: Managing the Risks of Service to Seniors

List of Operating-Grants Programs

Operating Grants for Nonprofit Organizations 2003 lists foundations that award grants to cover operating expenses of nonprofit groups. This guide offers brief descriptions -- including contact information and grant requirements -- for more than 1,000 grant programs. The information is listed by…

An Evaluation of the Possibilities and Problems of the Faith-Based Initiative

Faith-Based Initiatives and the Bush Administration: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, by Jo Renee Formicola, Mary C. Segers, and Paul Weber, offers several perspectives on the president’s efforts to steer government money to religious groups that provide social services. The authors -- all…

Advice for Getting News Coverage for Nonprofit Groups

Coverage by newspapers, radio, and television can help nonprofit organizations change public opinion, get more financial support, and increase morale and the number of volunteers, writes Jason Salzman, president of Cause Communications, an organization in Denver that provides nonprofit groups with workshops and consulting services about media relations.