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Grants for the Development of Innovative School Leadership
The Wallace-Reader's Digest Funds will award 50 grants to public schools, colleges, universities and other nonprofit, tax-exempt community-based organizations who want to test their ideas on how to improve school leadership. The new funds are part of Wallace-Reader's Digest commitment to create opportunities for people to enrich themselves through better schools, community activities and participation in the arts.
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Nonprofits Advocate for Parity in Health Plans
Two nonprofit organizations are taking a lead role in educating the public and political officials as they advocate for ending United States drug policies that were introduced in the 1990's. NCADD and Partnership for Recovery hope that their efforts will help with the passage of Fairness in Treatment: The Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Act of 2001.
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Rockefeller Foundation Report Examines Racial Justice
"Louder Than Words" a new report issued by the Rockefeller Foundation, suggests that racial justice is still a crucial issue facing the United States. The report examines the challenges that minorities encounter and suggests that today's barriers to economic and political equity are more diffuse and complex than they were in the past.
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It's Time to Cast Your Vote
The votes will soon be tallied for the people's choice of a new national symbol. The National Arbor Day Foundation is hosting a vote that grants anyone a chance to cast a ballet for the tree they would like to see symbolize our country. One group suggests that the Giant Sequoia's compelling platform makes it a strong candidate.
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Corporate Giving
NSFRE: Bank of America is top corporate giver
Bank of America has quickly emerged as a top corporate philanthropist, giving away a total of $94.7 million in 1999 and $91 million in 1998. This commitment to philanthropy has earned it NSFRE's 2000 Outstanding Philanthropic Corporation honors.
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Education
Technology offers new way to recruit teachers
Schools are getting in on the information age with a new way of recruiting teachers. Through the Internet, schools can advertise job openings nationally at a fraction of the cost, and prospective teachers can likewise post their resumes.
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Foundations
Foundations gave record $22.8B last year
U.S. foundations gave a record amount to nonprofits last year as the economy boosted endowments and created new philanthropic organizations, according to a report by the Foundation Center. The estimated $22.8 billion in grantmaking represents a 17.2 percent increase over 1998's $19.5 billion.
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Fundraising
Group to spend $1B on natural areas
The Nature Conservancy is $435 million closer towards its new goal of investing at least $1 billion by 2003 to protect 200 natural areas and ecosystems in North America. The organization also is developing a "Blueprint for Saving the Last Great Places."
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Giving
Gates, others give to flood relief effort
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Monsanto and Polaroid are the latest groups to donate to the Mozambique flood relief effort. Several organizations will disperse the donations in the form of food, water, medicine and family reunification services.
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Innovations
Blind stay connected with Web-based service
HotBraille.com, a Web-based Braille transcribing service that allows people to mail cards, notes and letters to blind friends and family is growing steadily, even as the founding partners look for funding. John T. Moore reports.
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Law, Taxes, Money
How will Microsoft ruling affect nonprofits?
While the technology sector continued to reel Tuesday after Judge Jackson's ruling that Microsoft is a monopoly, many people agree it is too soon to tell what this means for the nonprofit sector. Daniel Pearson reports.
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People
Turner keeping his billion-dollar pledge
In 1997, Ted Turner vowed to donate $100 million a year for 10 years to causes supported by the United Nations. Turner has given more than $200 million since then, and has attracted the support of another American billionaire.
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Technology
Digital Divide splitting nonprofit sector
Large charities have found the Internet to be an excellent resource for fundraising, but smaller nonprofits lag far behind. An Independent Sector study indicates this is due to a lack of revenue, tech-savvy employees and time, the New York Times reports.
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Volunteers
Oregon teens use spring break to help out
A group of Portland-area students flew to Moore, Okla., to spend their vacation helping rebuild homes devastated by tornadoes last year. Other Oregon youth are spending their break helping build village facilities in Mexico.
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