[Printer Friendly Version]

Current News

Fight the Direct Attack on Federal Funding for Public Broadcasting

Although I will often alert my readers to issues, I will rarely issue direct calls to action here. But because I believe this is time sensitive, I want to ask you to consider asking your representatives to prevent drastic cuts in spending on public broadcasting. Public TV and radio play an amazingly supportive role for huge swaths of civil society in the United States and its in the interest of most of our organizations to prevent some imminent damage. Posted: 6/19/05; 10:57:52 PM #

Fund-Raising: Well-Paid Jobs That Sometimes Go Begging
	Ann Colin Herbst writes in the New York Times about the high turnover and vacancies in fundraising jobs in the United States, with a focus on the example of the nonprofit-dense city of New York. Posted: 6/19/05; 10:52:46 PM #

Practice Matters: The Improving Philanthropy Project
	The Foundation Center maintains a set of online resources called Practice Matters: The Improving Philanthropy Project. These are lengthy, well developed papers on great topics in philanthropy. I recommend the entire series, but I particularly enjoyed the material on creativity, communication, and capacity building. Posted: 6/19/05; 10:50:16 PM #