NICOLE WALLACE, Author at Chronicle of Philanthropy

NICOLE WALLACE

Features Editor

Nicole Wallace is features editor of the Chronicle of Philanthropy. She has written about innovation in the nonprofit world, charities’ use of data to improve their work and to boost fundraising, advanced technologies for social good, and hybrid efforts at the intersection of the nonprofit and for-profit sectors, such as social enterprise and impact investing.Nicole spearheaded the Chronicle’s coverage of Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts on the Gulf Coast and reported from India on the role of philanthropy in rebuilding after the South Asian tsunami. She started at the Chronicle in 1996 as an editorial assistant compiling The Nonprofit Handbook.Before joining the Chronicle, Nicole worked at the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs and served in the inaugural class of the AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps.A native of Columbia, Pa., she holds a bachelor’s degree in foreign service from Georgetown University.

Fundraising

6 Apps to Simplify Fundraising Tasks

Experts recommend tech tools that allow fundraisers to know when an important supporter has arrived at an event and to dictate notes on donor meetings into text.

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

Opinion

Contest Offers Charities Chance to Test Solutions to Social Problems

The Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy will offer three charities up to $100,000 to conduct tests that meet the gold standard of evaluation.

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

Innovation

Nonprofits Are Taking a Wide-Eyed Look at What Data Could Do

Big data are changing the way charities make decisions about programs, solicit contributions, and push for social change.

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

Innovation

More Nonprofits Adopt Scientific Approach to Testing Whether Social Programs Work

Randomized, controlled trials are expensive and present ethical questions, but they produce very accurate results.

By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor

Communications

LinkedIn Lists Opportunities for Skilled Volunteers

The social network has created a new Volunteer Marketplace, which features service opportunities offered by BoardSource, Taproot Foundation, VolunteerMatch, and other organizations that aggregate such positions.

By Sarah Frostenson and NICOLE WALLACE

Technology

New App Will Aid Allocation of Goods After Disasters

The app will let nonprofits working in disaster areas request the items they need at different stages of a disaster.

By Sarah Frostenson and NICOLE WALLACE

Technology

Knight Awards Grants to Support Use of Data to Improve Health

Public Laboratory, an environmental-science nonprofit, received a $350,000 grant for its project to provide low-cost environmental monitoring tools.

By Sarah Frostenson and NICOLE WALLACE

Leading

People to Watch in 2014

These eight nonprofit leaders are poised to make strides in tackling the gender gap in technology jobs, spreading better ways to evaluate charity work and use data, and more.

By CODY SWITZER, NICOLE WALLACE and Doug Donovan