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Give and Take: Charity Web Sites
May 8th
What are the elements any small charity should have on its Web site? That is the subject of a new post in Give and Take, The Chronicle’s roundup of the best blog posts about the nonprofit world.
Podcast: Useful Online Tools for Charities
May 8th
In the latest installment of Social Good, a monthly Chronicle podcast, Jessica Clark, director of the Future of Public Media Project at American University, discusses whether nonprofit models are the future of newspapers.
Ms. Clark also talks with the host, Allison Fine, about some useful resources for nonprofit groups that want to improve their use of online tools.
Online Discussions Next Week: Starting a Charity and Financial Management
May 8th
Join us next Tuesday, May 12, at noon U.S. Eastern time for a live online discussion on starting a nonprofit organization.
Plus: The Chronicle is offering an online discussion Thursday, May 14, at noon U.S. Eastern time, on financial management during tough economic times.
The Chronicle’s online discussions are free and open to everyone. People who ask questions in advance have a better chance of getting answers.
Obama’s Win Raises Fund-Raising Challenge for Civil-Rights Memorials
May 7th
Museums and monuments devoted to the struggle for civil rights are facing new fund-raising hurdles in the wake of the election of America’s first black president, reports The Wall Street Journal.
As signs of racial progress, punctuated by President Obama’s election, spark debate about the relevance of traditional treatments of racism and blacks’ role in U.S. history, curators and others involved in such projects say they are encountering growing resistance from potential donors.
“Funders will always say, ‘Why does it matter today?’” said Doug Shipman, executive director of the planned Center for Civil and Human Rights, in Atlanta. “You have to prove to them that Martin Luther King matters today.”
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Court Backs 2002 Raids on Muslim Organizations
May 7th
An appeals court yesterday upheld a lower court decision asserting the legality of federal raids on a Northern Virginia network of Muslim charities, think tanks, and businesses, The Washington Post reports.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit ruled that the March 2002 raids in search of evidence of terrorist financing — which included raids on homes — did not violate the targets’ constitutional rights. A Herndon, Va., family filed suit, alleging that agents fabricated evidence to obtain a search warrant and falsely imprisoned them in their home.
The raids, which were strongly denounced by Muslim leaders, have led to several indictments and the conviction of a prominent Islamic activist, Abdurahman Alamoudi, but no charges have been filed against the Herndon organizations at the center of the probe.
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In the Arts: Pa. Budget Proposal Ends Arts Funds, S.F. Opera’s New Cuts
May 7th
A Pennsylvania budget plan approved this week by Republicans on the state Senate Appropriations Committee zeroes out funds for the arts, film offices, public television, and some museums, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
While the panel’s top Democrat said it is unlikely the GOP proposal will be approved in its current form, arts officials said it marked a new frontier in budget politics. “I’ve seen lots of head fakes and brinksmanship in the past, but this feels very real,” said Charlie Humphrey, executive director of the Pittsburgh Center for the Arts.
In other arts news, the San Francisco Opera announced another $1-million in spending reductions for the 2009-10 season, including a 5 percent pay cut for top executives, reports the San Francisco Business Times. The company will enter the new season with a $63-million budget, $6-million less than originally proposed.
Also, the Orlando Sentinel reports that 11 dancers are leaving the Orlando Ballet after this season, five of them dismissed by the new artistic director, Robert Hill. However, Mr. Hill said the company will enter next seasons with a full complement of 30 performers.
Boston Landmarks Compete for Voters in Grant Sweepstakes
May 7th
Twenty-five historic sites in Greater Boston are battling in a public vote for shares of a $1-million grant pie to be doled out through the Partners in Preservation project, The Boston Globe reports.
The American Idol-style grant competition, previously staged in San Francisco, Chicago, and New Orleans, is a joint venture of American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The online balloting began April 14 and closes May 17.
Landmarks ranging from a 17th-century meetinghouse to the 40-year-old New England Aquarium are campaigning for the $100,000 first prize, with the remaining grants to be divided among the runners-up by an advisory committee of local civic and preservation leaders.
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British Cancer Charity Requests Refund of Iceland Losses
May 7th
A British cancer charity will deliver to the prime minister’s office today a petition signed by almost 100,000 people demanding a refund of about $9.8-million it lost in Iceland’s banking collapse, Third Sector Online reports.
Nine members of Parliament are due to join staffers from Christie’s, which supports the Christie cancer hospital, in Manchester, at 10 Downing Street. A House of Commons committee recommended last month that the charity be compensated for its losses.
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Obituary: Save the Chimps Founder Dies at 59
May 7th
Dr. Carole C. Noon, an anthropologist and primatologist whose nonprofit organization runs the world’s largest sanctuary for captive chimpanzees, died of pancreatic cancer Saturday at her home in Fort Pierce, Fla., reports The New York Times. She was 59.
Save the Chimps, which Dr. Noon founded in 1997, cares for 282 animals at campuses in Fort Pierce and Alamogordo, N.M. Its residents were formerly used in biomedical research or show business, or had been sold and raised as pets.
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