New Reports EvaluateTechnology Tools
Several organizations have published reports about nonprofit technology issues: PolicyLink, a research organization in Oakland, Calif., says in a report that if technology is to strengthen poor neighborhoods, organizations working to bridge the digital divide need to expand their efforts beyond…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Online Course Offered for Charity Managers
CompassPoint Nonprofit Services, a nonprofit organization in San Francisco that provides management assistance to other charities, has introduced its first online course, “Budgeting for Programs and Proposals.” The course features interactive learning exercises and is designed so that students can…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
74 Organizations Awarded Federal Technology Grants
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Technology Opportunities Program has awarded grants totaling $42.8-million to 74 nonprofit organizations and state and local governments. Since 1994, the program has awarded grants for innovative technology projects in education, health care, economic development,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A conference entitled “The Power of the Internet to Expand Giving, Volunteering, and Community Building” will be held September 24 and 25 in McLean, Va. The meeting is being run by several organizations, including Independent Sector, the AOL Time Warner Foundation, and the Verizon Foundation. For…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Distiller Marks Anniversary With Charity Auction
It’s not every day that a company celebrates its 200th anniversary, so the people at Chivas Brothers are doing it up big with an online auction of decadent luxury items, celebrity encounters, and travel adventures. Proceeds from the auction will benefit charities around the world. The company,…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Summer Camp Trains Blind in Computer Skills
Young people who are blind or otherwise visually impaired got the chance to learn how to build Web sites and repair computer hardware in a series of technology camps held by Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind this summer. The Washington charity held two two-week camps for middle-school students, as…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Animal Group Wins Case Against Parody Site
A federal appeals court upheld a lower-court ruling that a former Internet entrepreneur must surrender the Web address peta.org to People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals because his use of the address violated the organization’s trademark. In 1995, Michael T. Doughney reserved the Internet…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: New Information Online About Charity Fund Raising and Management
Independent Sector has published a report that offers highlights from its spring research forum on nonprofit technology. Among the topics discussed: the technology gap between large and small organizations, characteristics of charities that are successfully using technology in their work, and the…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities Win Honors in Web-Awards Program
By NICOLE WALLACENonprofit organizations made a strong showing at the 2001 Webby Awards with charity Web sites taking top honors in seven categories. Given by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, an association for online-communication professionals, the Webbys honor Internet…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Football Star Helps Raise Money Online
Emmitt Smith has his work cut out for him. This season the Dallas Cowboys running back will be chasing the National Football League’s all-time rushing record, and he has also set a goal of helping schools, sports teams, and other youth organizations raise more than $22-million over the Internet in…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: A Discussion List for Women in Technology; a Volunteer Group Gets Noticed
Women in Nonprofits, Technology Assistance Providers --or WIN-TAP -- is a new e-mail discussion list for women who help nonprofit groups deal with technology, either as an employee or as a volunteer. The list grew out of discussions at a conference of nonprofit technology experts. To subscribe: Go…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Web Sites Urge Taxpayers to Donate Their Rebates
A growing number of Web sites have sprung up to urge Americans to donate FROM THE ARCHIVES:Nonvirtual Reality Hits Giving Sites (6/14/2001)Online Companies Merge Operations (3/22/2001)Online-Giving Company to Cease Operations (3/8/2001)Financial Turbulence Hits Charity Sites (1/11/2001)A Hunger for…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Financial Woes Continue to Dog Charity Sites
Several companies that run major charity sites are facing financial troubles. GreaterGood.com, one of the first charity online shopping malls, has shut down after its board of directors voted last month to halt further investment in the company and put it up for sale. The online site raised about…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
A Fund-Raising ‘Pyramid’ Goes Electronic
By NICOLE WALLACEFund raisers have long used gift pyramids to plan fund-raising campaigns. Now a Portland, Ore., communications company has introduced an inexpensive software program that allows them to easily generate gift-pyramid graphs to track their campaigns’ progress. John Stuart May, a vice…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Arts Group Trims Services to Focus on Training
By NICOLE WALLACEAs of July 1, Arts Wire -- a program of the New York Foundation for the Arts that helps artists and arts organizations use technology -- will discontinue its Web-hosting and e-mail services to focus on its weekly e-mail newsletter, Arts Wire Current, and on its technology-training…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Online Fund-Raising Help for Christian Groups
By NICOLE WALLACEThe Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability is holding a series of free daylong workshops on Internet fund raising for its member organizations. Based in Winchester, Va., the council is an association of 1,000 evangelical Christian charities that the council has evaluated…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor