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Republicans gained control of Congress during midterm elections, but when the 108th Congress convenes this month the nonprofit community is poised to be hip-deep in the debate. Bass listed environmental [...]

The national unemployment rate climbed to 5.8 percent in December, but Northeast Counseling Services (NCS) anticipates saving $32,085 in state unemployment insurance (SUI) costs for 2002. NCS, a Pennsylvania community [...]

The Internal Revenue Service has handed down the controversial Intermediate Sanctions final regulations designed to protect donors and charities from insider dealing and excessive compensation for executives. Final regulations have [...]

The financial crisis that began in 2007 has resulted in the epic collapse of large financial institutions and the ensuing bailout of banks and the auto industry. The stock market [...]

A friend sent Bill Strickland an orchid. Struck by its beauty, he bought a beginner's guide and asked area experts how to grow the flower. But he failed to sustain [...]

'Subprime crisis' and 'liquidity crunch' are a few phrases that were missing from the general lexicon of early 2006 when the University of Maryland System launched a $1.7-billion fundraising campaign. [...]

Several nonprofit executive positions will see salary gains in 2005, but only chief of direct marketing will outpace inflation, according to results of the latest NONPROFIT TIMES Salary Survey. Leaders [...]

Nonprofit leaders, some of whom are involved with Independent Sector's nonprofit sector panel, could benefit from funding opportunities discussed in the Senate Finance Committee's white paper. There's roughly $65 million [...]

Government funding cuts, a soured economy, and attempts to fill pending revenue gaps isn't generally the greatest of news. It's a bit easier to accept if you're an experienced fundraiser, [...]

* Nonprofit executives snug in their jobs can expect a raise this year that probably will beat the rate of inflation. But in this soft economy, nonprofits with open positions [...]

The American Red Cross is responding to federal findings of more than 200 blood safety violations by launching several initiatives and pledging to work with the Food and Drug Administration [...]

A high-stakes dispute between The Chicago Community Trust (CCI) and one of its main grantmaking sources, the $280 million Searle Fund, has affected millions of grant dollars to Chicago area [...]

'People, people need people,' Jill Pranger sang, slightly flat, as she referenced Barbra Streisand to a crowd of about 30 fundraisers. Her virtuoso point that is a successful grant proposal [...]

Sometimes it's better to have a corporate donor filled to the teeth with product than to receive a trailer full of cash. In-kind contributions for NPT 100 organizations surged 13 [...]

Batya Harlow, office manager at Abused Deaf Women's Advocacy Services (ADWAS) in Seattle, admits she lacks computer skills. But last fall she faced the daunting task of resuscitating her organization's [...]

An ulterior motive drives nonprofit workers, but it's not the money. It's the mission. That's not really a surprise, though. 'The kind of workers attracted to nonprofit organizations and the [...]

The American Cancer Society (ACS), based in Atlanta and a long-time Arthur Andersen client, is seeking proposals from other Big Five accounting firms, officials said. And, the World Wildlife Fund [...]

[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A few years back, Bill Horan received an article detailing a government surplus of powdered milk going to waste. A note from his mom was stuck to it. [...]

After a run up in hurricane- and tsunami-related fund-raising, several NPT 100 disaster relief organizations are coming back to Earth. At least six disaster relief organizations, including the Salvation Army, [...]

When two U.S. Senators encouraged Washington, D.C.-based Independent Sector to convene a national panel last September, officials and nonprofit leaders started laying the foundation for a far-reaching review of the [...]

The Cross Road Retirement Community debunks the myth that there's no free lunch. Indeed, a free meal is one of the benefits the organization provides staff at its Asheboro, N.C.-based [...]

It's a connected world with 24-hour news cycles and people craving instant access to world events. Several nonprofits providing tsunami relief in South Asia are leveraging technology know-how and Web [...]

Last fall, Millard Fuller, founder and president of Habitat for Humanity International, said he had no plans to resign as leader of the international movement he started. Roughly one year [...]

The domain registry most nonprofits call their Internet stomping grounds switched operators in January. Reston, Va.-based Public Interest Registry (PIR) assumed control as dot-org domain registry operator and was scheduled [...]

A subtle tweak to a font or logo of an envelope's corner card can impact a mailing by 10 to 20 percent, a fundraising agency executive said. 'It's surprising how [...]

Holiday telemarketing is the fruitcake of fundraising. Some people enjoy it and dig right in, but others would rather pass. And in an early holiday gift, the Federal Trade Commission [...]

The Rev. Joseph T. Robinson Jr., founder of Paterson, N.j.-based Pilgrimage Outreach Ministries, wondered a basic question minutes before a recent faith-based initiative event--what is the definition of a faith-based [...]

When Sara Melendez talked to nonprofit leaders from the podium a final time as president of Independent Sector (IS) during its recent annual conference, she did so from a less [...]

Corporate scandals and demands for better accountability in the for-profit world are influencing change in the nonprofit sector, albeit in an unintended way. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is making [...]

Although Uncle Sam went on a funding fast, NPT 100 organizations relied a bit more on Big Brother as shelter from the economic storm. Government support clawed upward nearly 12 [...]

The same year that the S&P 500 Stock Index closed down 13 percent, 30 organizations in the NPT 100 posted an investment income gain of at least 2 percent. They [...]

Fundraising expenses for this year's stable of NPT 100 organizations galloped 8 percent from the previous year, increasing fundraising costs to nearly $2.2 billion for this field of top groups. [...]

A recent survey rebuffs the concerns of some in the nonprofit sector that grantmakers would shift program interest in the aftermath of September 11. Approximately 95 percent of grantmakers responding [...]

Two leading Parkinson's foundations plan to merge forces, and officials hope combining their efforts will lead to better collaboration within the historically disorganized Parkinson's community. The Miami, Fla.-based National Parkinson [...]

Less than a month before the United Way of the National Capital Area (UWNCA) was scheduled to begin its annual campaign organization officials were scrambling to restore public trust in [...]

The three letters punctuating most nonprofits' Internet addresses will fall under a new registry operator this January. And if the nonprofit group overseeing the some 2.4 million registered dot-org domain [...]

One of the problems Mitchell Micich of the Independent Feature Project faces each time he holds a film market is how to track what movies big-name producers watch and how [...]

Director and officers (D&O) insurance claims have doubled during the past five years at Nonprofits' Insurance Alliance of California (NIAC), a liability insurance pool for nonprofits based in Santa Cruz, [...]

The American Legacy Foundation (ALF), creators of the award-winning 'truth' ad campaign, wants to prevent Big Tobacco from suing the foundation for ad content, an ALF lawyer said. The Washington [...]

Chris Weickert, director of development at Prairie State Legal Services in Rockford, Ill., doesn't enjoy sifting through piles of paper reports. 'I tell people don't give me the original Paper,' [...]

Some 80 percent of the $23 million revenue generated by the March of Dimes Mothers March [R] program in 2001 came from past donors or volunteers, who are usually reached [...]

These days, getting a box of accounting software and installing it is not as easy as it once was. And, with all of the gyrations of the nonprofit sector, one [...]

Rita Fuerst Adams, president of Charitable and Philanthropic Management Counsel in South Boston, Mass., compares the public's perception of fundraising efficiency ratios to her understanding of baseball statistics, which mean [...]

When a 7.0 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti in January 2010, nonprofit relief organizations mobilized to respond. So did donors. Their combined efforts helped fuel several nonprofits into this year's NPT [...]

Project-specific funding and response to emergencies traditionally influence government support revenue. While charities faced fewer large-scale emergencies in FY '09, changes to federal Form 990 reporting requirements and increased U.S. [...]

[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] NBC television delivered extensive coverage of the Winter Olympics to U.S homes during 2006, introducing insomniacs across the nation to the wonder that is curling. Such in-depth coverage [...]

Family and friends are remembering Howard Dressner, who was instrumental in creating the Nonprofit Coordinating Committee of New York (NPCC) and a former general counsel of the Ford Foundation, also [...]

Will Baker knows his employees appreciate experiencing a culturally rich city more than going to another mind-numbing conference. Baker, chief executive officer of New York City-based Impact Coalition, uses his [...]

A recent federal audit of the United Way of National Capital Area (UWNCA) revealed some $1.3 million in undistributed money from previous campaigns and an unauthorized and unexplained $3 million [...]

SSM Health Care took four attempts, but the nonprofit healthcare group with Catholic roots finally wrested a prestigious award from the hands of scrupulous examiners. St. Louis, Mo.-based SSM Health [...]