Philanthropy

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AFP eWire April 4, 2005	Ann H. Moffitt, CFRE, of Pennsylvania Named 2005 Outstanding Fundraising Professional The vice president of community development for Keystone Human Services and CEO of Keystone Partnerships, a related agency, received the award for practicing her profession in an exemplary manner and for demonstrating a commitment to all aspects of the fundraising profession.
HBS Working Knowledge April 4, 2005 Manda Salls	Why Nonprofits Have a Board Problem Plenty of distinguished people serve on nonprofit boards, but for some reason these directors shrink from leadership, argues Harvard professor Richard Chait. In this Q&A, Chait discusses "Governance as Leadership," his new book on how boards can transform into powerful forces of leadership.
AFP eWire March 31, 2005	Nonprofits Implement Record-Retention Policies to Sharpen Governance Nonprofits are encouraged to use record retention policies. Suggestions are made to adapt a policy to different types of organizations.
Energize April 2005 Susan J. Ellis	We Can Model True Collaboration Volunteer programs ought to be able to overcome the barriers faced by their sponsoring organizations and find ways to work together.
Fast Company April 2005 Todd Shapera	On the Waterfront An IT analyst pursues a different calling after the tsunami hits his native Sri Lanka. Now he's building houses for tsunami victims.
AFP eWire March 28, 2005	U.S. Congress Introduces Legislation to Allow Deductions for Artistic Donations Reps. Benjamin L. Cardin (D-Md.) and Jim Ramstad (R-Minn.) have introduced the Artists Contribution to American Heritage Act of 2005 (H.R. 1120) that would allow donors to deduct the fair market value for charitable contributions of any literary, musical, artistic or scholarly composition.
AFP eWire March 28, 2005	AFP Requests Meeting with Minister of Finance Over Quota Changes Canadian Bill C-33 proposes the most significant changes to the laws relating to charities in over 20 years. The most significant concern regarding Bill C-33 is that it introduces significant changes to the calculation of the disbursement quota for registered charities.
AFP eWire March 28, 2005	Nonprofit Panel to Hold Field Hearings Regarding Its Reports to the Senate Finance Committee Here is the panel's recently submitted interim recommendations to the Senate Finance Committee calling for charities and foundations to implement a series of measures to improve their governance and financial disclosure.
HBS Working Knowledge March 28, 2005 Martha Lagace	Ways to Market Social Responsibility If you operate a nonprofit, chances are you have precious little money to spend on marketing. At the 2005 Conference on Social Enterprise, experts in low-cost marketing of social causes shared a few tricks of their trade.
PC Magazine March 16, 2005 Cade Metz	Your Request Is Granted We go inside the soup-to-nuts Web site for running charitable foundations online.
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