Recently added articles from The NonProfit Times:
It's Christmas in July for the salvation army: need trumps season as requests for help jump.
Aug 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] In Nashville, it was a full month. In Philadelphia, it was every Wednesday in July. In New York, it was a full week. In each case, The Salvation Army's Christmas in July campaign had one goal: to raise more money for a continuing increase in requests for ...
No real surprise: investment returns dipped 26%.
Aug 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Average total returns on investments were down 26 percent way off from 2007's almost 10 percent positive return--among nearly 300 independent/ private foundations and community foundations in the 2009 Commonfund Benchmarks Study of Foundations. ...
Free media: USO uses PSA to top the free media list.
Aug 01, 2009; ... What do Smokey the Bear, UNCF (the United Negro College Fund) and a weeping Indian all have in common? None of them paid to get on television because they are among the most memorable public service announcements (PSA) of all time. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The New York ...
United way of LA gets first female volunteer chair.
Aug 01, 2009; ... Caroline W. Nahas has been appointed to be the first woman to serve as volunteer chair of the United Way of Greater Los Angeles's corporate board of directors. "As the first woman CEO of United Way Greater Los Angeles, I can intimately relate to Caroline's journey in the ...
The triple P: being positive, pragmatic and proactive in difficult times.(MANAGEMENT)
Aug 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It can be challenging for nonprofit professionals to rise above grim news reports, struggles their organizations might be facing, and for many, concerns about the growing needs of their clients. Often it seems that there are more questions than answers. ...