The Gospel of Wealth According to Steve: Postings From the Kirsch Fund Web Site
Following are excerpts from essays by Steve Kirsch, a high-technology executive and philanthropist in Silicon Valley, that are posted on the Web site maintained by the foundation he created with his wife, Michele. The site can be reached at http://www.kirschfoundation.org. Why not give all your…
Through his words and his grants, Steve Kirsch challenges fellow high-tech millionaires to step up their philanthropySan Jose, Calif. Like many high-technology entrepreneurs here, Steve Kirsch, 44, has seen his fortune dwindle in the past year. He estimates his net worth to be $70-million, down…
By DOMENICA MARCHETTI
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Some Tips for Charities Looking to Lease Software
By NICOLE WALLACECharities increasingly are receiving offers from companies, and even some nonprofit groups, that tout the option of leasing software systems that can be used via the Internet. ALSO SEE:Remote PossibilitiesInternet-Based Software Suppliers: a SamplingA Guide to Technology Resources…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
A Guide to Technology Resources for Charities
Cybergifts Application service providers have been a frequent topic of conversation on Cybergifts, an e-mail discussion list about Internet fund raising. ALSO SEE:Remote PossibilitiesSome Tips for Charities Looking to Lease SoftwareInternet-Based Software Suppliers: a SamplingAll AboardNonvirtual…
Rather than buy sophisticated software systems, some charities find it pays to lease them via the InternetFor years, Ted Allison, the one-man membership department at KBEM-FM in Minneapolis, kept track of the public-radio station’s membership list using simple word-processing software. ALSO…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How Chronicle Conducted Online Fund-Raising Survey
To conduct its online fund-raising survey, The Chronicle contacted 402 nonprofit organizations, 181 of which responded. Of those, 100 said that they had received online donations in the 2000 fiscal year. ALSO SEE:All AboardHow Much Big Charities Are Raising OnlineNonvirtual Reality Hits Giving…
Nonvirtual Reality Hits Giving Sites
As online companies fail, others seek ways to click with donorsAs one of scores of dot-com entrepreneurs who hoped to make money by raising money over the Internet for nonprofit groups, Tracey Pettengill counts her company among the lucky ones still standing. ALSO SEE:All AboardRemote…
By Janet L. Fix
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More and more large nonprofit groups are raising money online, new Chronicle survey findsA growing number of large nonprofit groups raise money online, according to a new Chronicle survey. ALSO SEE:How Much Big Charities Are Raising OnlineHow Chronicle Conducted Online Fund-Raising SurveyNonvirtual…
By Laura Hruby
Contributor
Slow start for online giving leads to new Internet approachesMore than a dozen Internet companies that served nonprofit groups have gone out of business. High-technology donors whom many charities had been wooing for major gifts have sustained major stock losses. Virtually no charity has persuaded…
Making Weddings Into Charitable Events
By NICOLE WALLACEAt a time when engaged couples can post online gift registries with Tiffany & Company, Crate and Barrel, and even the camping store REI, a new Web site is encouraging couples to think about how they can incorporate giving into their wedding plans. MarriedForGood.com profiles…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Multimillion-Dollar Gift Pledged Online
By NICOLE WALLACEA Baltimore lawyer has pledged $2.5-million to United Cerebral Palsy over four years -- and he plans to donate the entire amount through the organization’s Web site. On May 15 at the National Press Club, in Washington, Stephen L. Snyder used his credit card to make the first…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Online Gifts Boost Comics’ Charity Act
By NICOLE WALLACEA charity in the United Kingdom founded by comedians combined star power, whimsy, and a good cause to raise £50-million, or more than $70-million -- with £3.6-million, or more than $5-million, coming in online. Every two years, as part of its Red Nose Day campaign, Comic Relief…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Bits: A Technology-Assistance Group Expands Support; Grants for Internet Access
By NICOLE WALLACE CompuMentor, in San Francisco, has received more than $350,000 in new grants for its TechSoup Web site from the AOL Time Warner Foundation, the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Microsoft Corporation, the Morino Institute, and the William Randolph Hearst Foundation. TechSoup…
Nonprofit Online Activities Surveyed in 2 Reports
By NICOLE WALLACETwo new reports published by foundations survey the nonprofit information-technology landscape. Published by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, in Battle Creek, Mich., “e-Philanthropy v.2.001: From Entrepreneurial Adventure to an Online Community” provides a snapshot of online…
Foundation Site Hit by Pro-China Hackers
By NICOLE WALLACEEarly this month a prominent American foundation found its Web site the target of pro-China hackers angry about the mid-air collision of an American surveillance plane and a Chinese fighter jet. When employees of the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, in Chicago,…
Charities Could Gain From Cisco Layoffs
By NICOLE WALLACEAt a time when many charities are worried that decreased earnings and turbulence in the stock market will dampen corporate philanthropy, organizations in Silicon Valley are poised to benefit from layoffs at Cisco Systems. Last month, Cisco announced that it was eliminating 8,500…