Database Offers Information on Federal Grants, Contracts
A new Web site features a searchable database of federal grants and contracts. FedSpending was created by OMB Watch, a government-watchdog organization, which says it started the site after years of frustration at not being able to get information about the money spent by the federal government.…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Web Site to Help Companies Improve Disaster Aid
Companies played an important role in relief efforts after the South Asian tsunamis and Hurricane Katrina. Now a new Web site hopes to encourage even more business involvement. The Partnership for Disaster Response — a committee formed by the Business Roundtable, an association of 160 corporate…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Network for Good Hits $100-Million Mark
Online donations through Network for Good, a giving portal that allows donors to contribute to any charity in the country, hit the $100-million mark on September 3 — and the Bethesda, Md., organization has published an analysis of those gifts. Network for Good says the total amount given through…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Web Campaign Raises Money for Darfur
MySpace, the Los Angeles company that runs the social-networking Web site, is spearheading a campaign to raise awareness about the humanitarian crisis in Darfur and money for relief efforts. Rock for Darfur will feature more than 20 concerts in cities across the country on October 21. Participating…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How The Chronicle Compiled Its Annual Philanthropy 400 Rankings
The Chronicle’s 16th annual Philanthropy 400 uses financial data gathered from nonprofit organizations ALSO SEE:DATABASE: Philanthropy 400Article: A Year of Big GainsArticle: Largest Charities Focus on Campaigns’ AftermathArticle: Charities Find It’s Wise to Spend More on Fund RaisingArticle:…
By Noelle Barton
Contributor
Bits: CitizenSpeak Creator Wins Antonio Pizzigati Prize
By Nicole Wallace All six candidates for governor of Minnesota have agreed to participate in an online debate sponsored by the Blandin Foundation, in Grand Rapids, Minn., and E-Democracy.org, a nonprofit organization in Minneapolis that uses technology to try to increase civic engagement. The…
Greenpeace Among Winners of Internet Competition
By Nicole WallaceThe ePhilanthropy Foundation has presented its awards for excellence in nonprofit use of the Internet for fund raising and advocacy. Greenpeace International’s “No Whaling Virtual March” was honored as the campaign that best integrated online and offline activities. More than…
Site Compares Programs in Public-Interest Law
By Nicole WallaceProspective students can visit a new Web site to learn about — and compare — law schools’ public-interest offerings. The E-Guide to Public Service at America’s Law Schools provides information on 115 law schools. The information was compiled by Equal Justice Works, a Washington…
E-Mail Programs Undercount Who Opens Appeals
By Nicole WallaceMore people might be opening e-mail messages than charities think, a new study suggests. The proliferation of e-mail programs that give recipients the option of blocking images are probably a key reason that nonprofit groups have seen a decline in recent years in the percentage of…
Nepal Charity Wins Computer-Access Award
A nonprofit organization in Nepal has received the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s 2006 Access to Learning Award for its creative approach to providing free access to computers and the Internet and promoting literacy. The award includes a $1-million prize. Since 1991, Rural Education and…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Web Site Gives Donors Data on Charities
Donors in Kansas City, Mo., can go to a new Web site to learn more about local charities — and to make online donations. DonorEdge provides profiles of more than 600 nonprofit organizations, detailing the groups’ missions, programs, management, and financial data. The Greater Kansas City Community…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
AT&T Donates Technology, Internet Service to Poor
AT&T has announced that it will provide free or discounted technology equipment and free Internet service to 50,000 low-income households over the next three years. The One Economy Corporation, a nonprofit group in Washington dedicated to providing poor families with access to Internet technology,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charity E-Mail Messsages Snagged by Spam Filters
A study of nearly 1,000 e-mail messages sent by 28 nonprofit organizations and political groups over a two-month period found that 24 percent of the messages did not make it to the e-mail boxes of the people who requested them. The finding is roughly the same as last year’s study, in which 27…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Software Helps Charities Track Product Inventories
The Aidmatrix Foundation, in Dallas, has built technology systems linking companies that have surplus products with charities that can put those supplies to good use. The organization’s software also helps charities track their supplies internally. The fees that charities pay for the technology…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
For charities formed in response to the terrorist attacks, doing good means facing challengesThe September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks left more than grief and mourning in their aftermath. ALSO SEE:Special Report: Renewal and ReckoningArticle: Windows of Hope: Mission Accomplished, a Nonprofit…
By Jennifer C. Berkshire
Contributor
The legacy and lessons of charity’s response to September 11: A Special Report: