July 21, 2011, 6:39 pm
By Suzanne Perry
Charities in New Jersey are worried about a proposal to require nonprofit groups to tell donors that their contributions can be earmarked for certain programs. Among the concerns: The provision would reduce money for general operating costs and other critical needs. Read more about it in The Chronicle‘s State Watch blog.
April 24, 2008, 11:17 am
By Suzanne Perry
Mark Fitzgibbons, an executive at American Target Advertising, a prominent direct-mail company, has drafted a legislative proposal to overhaul the way nonprofit groups disclose information about their fund-raising activities. And he is eager to get the nonprofit world talking about it.
The proposed legislation, which he has submitted to several members of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, would allow organizations that raise money in multiple states to bypass the current state-registration system and file a standardized online form giving details on issues such as whether they hire outside fund raisers and how they compensate them.
The form would also provide other information that is typically demanded by state regulators — such as assets, executive compensation, expenses, and revenues.
Mr. Fitzgibbons, president of corporate and legal affairs for American…
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April 14, 2008, 5:10 pm
By Suzanne Perry
Wendy Bay Lewis, a former fund raiser, was struck by cancer while bringing a capital campaign to a close — and discovered a new passion, a love of words. While recuperating, Ms. Lewis started compiling a “civic dictionary” to document the vocabulary of the nonprofit world.
“Wielding a pen reminded me that, even though I was tethered to a drip bag, my intellectual curiosity was alive and well,” she writes in the latest issue of The Chronicle of Philanthropy “Taking my pen to the daily newspaper, I wondered what words would inform the average citizen about civic involvement.”
While she still helps groups raise money on a volunteer basis, Ms. Lewis now says she’d “rather be an anthropologist who studies our clan and records our lexicon.”
More stories from people who have made career transitions and resources to help them are available in The Chronicle’s Regeneration section.
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