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Speed Matters
Foundations need to respond more nimbly to requests for aid.

Regaining the Public Trust
An advocacy organization faces a tough task as it recovers from an embezzlement it concealed for eight years.

Get Over 'Profit Phobia'
Too many charities have failed to learn the lessons of social enterprise.

Why Community Organizing Matters
The controversy over the importance of grass-roots advocacy should not cause foundations to stop supporting it.

A Virtual World
How the leader of a small charity discovered better ways to run his organization.

Options for Donors
Foundations should be allowed to operate forever — if that's the best way to achieve a philanthropist's goals.

Does National Service Matter?
It's not clear from the evidence whether it is wise to expand government volunteerism programs.

Building a Movement
A Tennessee charity has quietly built one of the most successful efforts to fight policies that harm the nation's minorities and neediest people.

Don't Ignore Young People
Nonprofit groups make a devastating error in judgment if they do not embrace members of the millennial generation.

Should a Bequest Go to the Dogs?
A debate over giving policies has been touched off by Leona M. Helmsley's decision to earmark her fortune for the care of dogs.

An Idea Worth Trying
United Way's effort to transform itself for a new era could lead to productive new programs across the country.

Survival for What?
As pressures on nonprofit groups grow, charities must explain why they matter to society.

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Making Money With a Mission
Many charities are starting business ventures, but their goals are as much social as they are financial.

A Growing Debt to Society
Young graduates shun nonprofit employers.

The Basics

A Big Job
The right new leader, a lot of hard work, and a little luck help turn around a struggling charity.

The Art of Board Leadership
New efforts are under way to train trustees to serve cultural institutions.

Regeneration

Finding a New Mission
A pet-therapy program helped a former aerospace executive land in a job she loves.

What Older Volunteers Want
A corporate personnel expert who retired early urges nonprofit groups to offer volunteers opportunities that match their expertise.

Second Careers
Many baby boomers are expressing interest in working for nonprofit causes as they contemplate second careers, a new survey finds.

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Campaign 2008

Find out where the presidential candidates stand on issues important to nonprofit groups and get other news about charities and the race for the White House.

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Philanthropy 50
See the Americans who donated the most to charity in 2007.

Corporate giving
Examine giving patterns by the largest companies in the United States.

Salaries at big charities
Salaries and benefits paid to leaders of the nation's largest charities rose a median of 5 percent last year, according to the 16th annual Chronicle survey of executive compensation.

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New Books

Summaries of publications on fund raising, philanthropy, and managing nonprofit organizations.