From - Mon Mar 07 00:14:45 2005 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00800000 Message-ID: <422B9CF5.60406@darwinday.org> Date: Mon, 07 Mar 2005 00:14:45 +0000 From: Postmaster User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040910 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Amanda Carruthers Subject: Re: References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit This is odd. I'll presume you are not a very sophisticated spammer. There used to be an Amanda working for us, but email to @darwinday.org should not be going to @darwinrentals.com.au . We at darwinday.org certainly never sent to darwinrentals.com.au . If you know how to send back one of these emails with ALL THE HEADERS that came along to you, I might be able to figure out if this is a systematic problem. Perhaps someone sent to you with a forged return address indicating it was from darwinday.org. But it wasn't really. Regards, - David Harris, Database Architect at DarwinDay.org Amanda Carruthers wrote: > Hi, > I have received this email from you and another a few days ago. > I do not think this email is for me. > I am from Darwin Rental Specialists and cannot open your attachment. > Thank you. > > Regards, > *Darwin Rental Specialists* > > > *_Amanda Carruthers_* > *Property Manager* > > Darwin Rental Specialists > 1/12 Totem Road, Coconut Grove NT 0810 > Phone: (08) 8985 5600 Fax: (08) 8985 5611 > Web: www.darwinrentals.com.au > > > This mail is confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you > must not disclose or use the information contained in it. If you have > received this mail in error, please tell us immediately by return e-mail > and delete the document. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* Amanda [mailto:amanda@darwinday.org] > *Sent:* Saturday, 5 March 2005 3:53 AM > *To:* Amanda > *Subject:* > > > > > > --This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *Email Protection Service* > , and is believed to be clean. > Southern Aurora provide this service as a front line of defence against > Spam and Email Bourne virus's. It is not intended as a substitute to > running a virus scanner on the receiving computer. Simba > www.southernaurora.com.au > --This message has been scanned for viruses and > dangerous content by *Email Protection Service* > , and is believed to be clean. > Southern Aurora provide this service as a front line of defence against > Spam and Email Bourne virus's. It is not intended as a substitute to > running a virus scanner on the receiving computer. Simba > www.southernaurora.com.au From - Fri Jan 27 06:39:01 2006 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00800000 BCC: rjstsi@aol.com Message-ID: <43D9C004.6070804@darwinday.org> Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2006 06:39:00 +0000 From: Postmaster User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: roman@cardiofiles.net Subject: Re: Link request from Cardiofiles.net References: <276d01c62255$5b7756b0$0500000a@cygnusqduh8rfm> In-Reply-To: <276d01c62255$5b7756b0$0500000a@cygnusqduh8rfm> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit We are focused on science education rather than applied health care, and such a link would dilute our message. Sorry, but no. - Postmaster roman@cardiofiles.net wrote: > > Dear Sir/Madam, > > My name is Roman Markovi and I am from http://www.cardiofiles.net. > > While visiting your site I have noticed that you are collaborated with > http://www.seekwellness.com and I wish to invite you to work with my > website as well. > > If you can support Cardiofiles.net by adding a link on > www.darwinday.org/englishL/dispsupport/index.php > , I'll be > happy to link back from our "sister" site : > > http://health-books-online.net > > Please let me know your thoughts in the matter or if you have any > questions. I'd also be happy to get your writing on my forum. > > Kind regards, > > Roman Markovi > > Phone: (652) 257 7800 > --- > http://www.cardiofiles.net - Heart Health Forum. > > Cardio information from the bottom of our heart. From - Fri Feb 03 00:35:10 2006 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00800000 Message-ID: <43E2A53D.1080405@darwinday.org> Date: Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:35:09 +0000 From: Postmaster User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: dharris234@mindspring.com Subject: [Fwd: WS_FTP Professional: Spotlight on Email Notifications] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -------- Original Message -------- Subject: WS_FTP Professional: Spotlight on Email Notifications Date: WED, 1 FEB 2006 19:38:05 -0500 From: Ipswitch, Inc. Reply-To: products@cs.ipswitch.com To: amanda@darwinday.org *WS_FTP Professional: Spotlight on **Email Notifications* WS_FTP Professional is full of great features that many users don't know about, such as the ability to be notified via email when certain action occurs. 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WS_FTP Professional 2006 is available in English, German and French. * * *Unsubscribe - Ipswitch, Inc. - 10 Maguire Road - Lexington, MA 02421* From - Mon Feb 13 03:30:02 2006 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00800000 Message-ID: <43EFFD38.60900@darwinday.org> Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 03:30:00 +0000 From: Postmaster User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: benjaminwade@comcast.net CC: rjstsi@aol.com, Lola Stephens Subject: Re: PayPal References: <021320060058.3606.43EFD9B6000756CC00000E1622007614380A0B0E990207030E06020A0D@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <021320060058.3606.43EFD9B6000756CC00000E1622007614380A0B0E990207030E06020A0D@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit benjaminwade@comcast.net wrote: > David...Do you know whether we get any type of periodic accounting of > contributions from our PayPal account? Thanks, Ben. =============================================================== Ben, I think the money for the balance stays with them until we withdraw some amount. I'm realizing I'm not sure in what form we withdraw it. To our bank account would be good, unless the bank charges ... naaah, they get checks electronically already. This (below) looks pretty good, except it lacks a running balance. It looked better before I copied it. How about I bring or send a printout of the page to the next Board meeting? There also seems to be a monthly accounting, but I couldn't get it to work, perhaps because we're so new we haven't had a full month yet. And note that we got another $25 since my first message about a donation! I'm compiling different news stories from the Net. 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All rights reserved. Information about FDIC pass-through insurance To contact Customer Service about your History Log or Monthly Statement, use this form, call 1-888-221-1161, or send mail to PayPal, P.O. Box 45950, Omaha, NE 68145-0950, United States. From - Mon Feb 27 22:20:10 2006 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00800000 Message-ID: <44037B19.6070901@darwinday.org> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:20:09 +0000 From: Postmaster User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: benjaminwade@comcast.net CC: rjstsi@aol.com Subject: Re: PayPal References: <021320060058.3606.43EFD9B6000756CC00000E1622007614380A0B0E990207030E06020A0D@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <021320060058.3606.43EFD9B6000756CC00000E1622007614380A0B0E990207030E06020A0D@comcast.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Ben, Over the weekend I did see the 50 cent donation on my CREDIT CARD statement for last month. So that was the second official sign that could be recorded. And we got an email from PayPal when the contribution was made. I'll be watching for some sort of monthly statement from them. - David benjaminwade@comcast.net wrote: > David...Do you know whether we get any type of periodic accounting of > contributions from our PayPal account? Thanks, Ben. From - Mon Feb 27 23:06:42 2006 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00800000 Message-ID: <44038601.5010501@darwinday.org> Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2006 23:06:41 +0000 From: Postmaster User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5 (Windows/20051201) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Harris Subject: [Fwd: HHMI's BioInteractive] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit -------- Original Message -------- Subject: HHMI's BioInteractive Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 01:03:47 -0800 From: David Harris To: dharris2@darwinday.org http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/index.html From - Fri Nov 03 21:06:04 2006 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00800000 Message-ID: <454BAF3B.3060701@darwinday.org> Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 21:06:03 +0000 From: Postmaster User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (Windows/20060909) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Stephens Subject: [Fwd: GuideStar Newsletter, November 2006] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit -------- Original Message -------- Subject: GuideStar Newsletter, November 2006 Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:20:26 GMT From: GuideStar Reply-To: notice-reply-i5ug6idrl5b8dwx@ga3.org To: *If you use spam filters to protect your in-box,* please take a moment right now to add newsletter@guidestar.org to your e-mail address book, spam software whitelist, or mail system whitelist. Adding the address will help ensure that you receive the Newsletter and that your e-mail software displays HTML and images properly. Banner image Advertisement: TechSoup From the President's Office Dear Friend: One of the things I enjoy most is talking to people who use GuideStar. In Melville, Long Island, recently, a tax attorney told me how he was using GuideStar to help his clients make wise donations. A woman in Minneapolis told me how estate planners used GuideStar to select her organization for a sizeable endowment. In Philadelphia, a man described to me how GuideStar gave him a better picture of the nonprofit sector. Wherever I go, I always find enthusiastic users who tell me that they love GuideStar. Many say they can't do without us; others tell me how much they appreciate the way we've helped transform the nonprofit sector. Your feedback means a lot to those of us who work at GuideStar. ... Read more back to top <#top> star Writing Knockout Grant Proposals /Three tips for writing grant applications that stand out from the crowd./ Ours is the land of fundraising opportunity. Anyone, and everyone, can write a proposal. If you doubt it, visit a local foundation and behold the reviewer's desk, if it hasn't buckled under already. ... Read more back to top <#top> star Helping Federal Employees Give with Confidence: Gov@GuideStar and the CFC of the National Capital Area /Federal employees in the Washington, D.C., area can use Gov@GuideStar to research their Combined Federal Campaign contributions./ In 1961, President John F. Kennedy created the Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), a workplace giving program for U.S. government employees. Since then, civilian and military personnel have contributed billions to charity through the CFC. ... Read more back to top <#top> star The Young and the Generous: A Study of $100 Million in On-line Giving /Who gives on-line? When do they tend to make their gifts? Why do they give through cyberspace? A new report unlocks the mysteries of on-line giving./ On September 3, 2006, Network for Good processed its 100 millionth dollar in charitable donations. In partnership with GuideStar, the on-line donation portal has released "The Young and the Generous: A Study of $100 Million in Online Giving to 20,000 Charities." The study's major findings are excerpted below; click here to read the full report. ... Read more back to top <#top> star The Power Team, Part II: The CEO /What qualities define the effective nonprofit CEO?/ The nonprofit field is full of leadership opportunities. From my experience as a fundraiser and nonprofit leader for the last 38 years, I think that an organization's ability to succeed is determined by the leadership characteristics of the chief executive officer (CEO). ... Read more back to top <#top> star Is the Glass Ceiling Weakening? Highlights of the /2006 GuideStar Nonprofit Compensation Report/ /Although male nonprofit leaders still earn more than their female counterparts, women have begun closing the gap. Some./ The /2006 GuideStar Nonprofit Compensation Report/ is based on 108,606 observations from 63,065 Forms 990 filed by 501(c) organizations with the IRS for fiscal year 2004. Among the highlights: Median compensation of females continued to lag behind that of males when considering comparable positions at similar organizations. ... Read more back to top <#top> star What Nonprofit Transparency Means to You: October Question of the Month Results /At GuideStar, we're committed to nonprofit transparency. But one day we wondered: what does "nonprofit transparency" mean to people outside our offices?/ The October Question of the Month asked, "What does 'nonprofit transparency' mean to you?" The responses fell into two categories: (1) financial accountability and (2) openness about missions and programs. ... Read more back to top <#top> /*In This Issue*/ *From the President's Office <#one>* *Writing Knockout Grant Proposals <#two>* *Helping Federal Employees Give with Confidence: Gov@GuideStar and the CFC of the National Capital Area <#three>* *The Young and the Generous: A Study in $100 Million in On-line Giving <#five>* *The Power Team, Part II: The CEO <#four>* *Is the Glass Ceiling Weakening? 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From - Thu Jan 04 23:06:38 2007 X-Mozilla-Status: 0001 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00800000 Message-ID: <459D887D.3090701@darwinday.org> Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 23:06:37 +0000 From: Postmaster User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (Windows/20061207) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rjstsi@aol.com Subject: [Fwd: GuideStar Newsletter, January 2007] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit The filter picked this good address out of 5,000 "mail bomb" addresses! - David -------- Original Message -------- Subject: GuideStar Newsletter, January 2007 Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2007 19:40:52 GMT From: GuideStar Reply-To: notice-reply-i5ug6id4vt53w3j@ga3.org To: *If you use spam filters to protect your in-box,* please take a moment right now to add newsletter@guidestar.org to your e-mail address book, spam software whitelist, or mail system whitelist. Adding the address will help ensure that you receive the Newsletter and that your e-mail software displays HTML and images properly. Banner image Advertisement: TechSoup From the President's Office Dear Friend: We are determined to make GuideStar a service that you not only value highly but also one that you help to design and customize to meet your needs, one that ultimately you are eager to recommend to your friends and colleagues. We hope that through continuous improvement we can meet—and eventually exceed—your expectations. This month, I want to focus on your feedback regarding a new service and a recurring issue. One of GuideStar's most significant accomplishments last year was the launch of our new search engine, thanks to your advice and encouragement. Our new search engine is much faster than its predecessor—the average time it takes us to return search results has decreased by 83 percent, to less than a second. Our new search engine is also more accurate. Many users have commented that they are now able to find the exact organization they are looking for closer to the top of the search results. A few users have had questions or suggested improvements. I'd like to take a few minutes to respond to the most frequently mentioned of those comments. ... Read more back to top <#top> Understanding the Motivations of Major Donors, Part II: Know Thy Donors /To learn what motivates donors, go to the source: the donors themselves./ Get to know your major prospects and donors. More importantly, get to know as many of your donors—major or not—as you can. See them all as having potential to give a large gift at some time or to connect you with those who can. If you're fortunate enough to have research capability at your organization, use it as a baseline. ... Read more back to top <#top> Bridging the Gap between Volunteers and Coordination /Do you hesitate to enlist more volunteers because you can barely keep up with the ones you have? The answer may be easier than you think./ "So little time. ..." Has this become a mantra at your organization? If so, you are not alone; it's a common theme at most nonprofits nationwide. One solution to this time shortage is, of course, to recruit additional volunteers. ... Read more back to top <#top> Transforming Your Board Members into Brand Ambassadors /Five steps for helping your board members spread the word about your organization./ "Many of our board members often cannot clearly and concisely articulate who we are or what we do. How can we turn them into better Brand Ambassadors for our organization?" I get this question a lot in my branding workshops, and my answer is always the same: The best place to start is in the board recruitment process. ... Read more back to top <#top> Creating Spam-Filter-Friendly E-mails /As spam filters become stronger, legitimate messages are getting trapped./ Have you ever sent a beautifully written, compelling e-mail to your constituents, only to have several of them tell you that they never received it? The messages didn't bounce back to your in-box, so what happened? Your message may be stuck in a spam filter. ... Read more back to top <#top> A Brief Overview of Supporting Organizations /In response to a Newsletter article last month, readers asked for more information on supporting organizations./ A supporting organization is a specific type of public charity. All 501(c)(3) organizations are considered private foundations unless they qualify as public charities. It can be to a nonprofit's advantage to be a public charity; private foundations are more closely scrutinized, regulated, and taxed than public charities. ... Read more back to top <#top> New Rules Affecting Donor-Advised Funds: December Question of the Month Results /There are new rules for donor-advised funds./ The December 2006 Question of the Month asked, "Are you aware of the provisions affecting donor-advised funds contained in the Pension Protection Act of 2006?" A little over half—52 percent—of participants said they were. The remaining 48 percent replied that they were not. Here, then, is a brief summary. ... Read more back to top <#top> /*In This Issue*/ *From the President's Office <#one>* *Understanding the Motivations of Major Donors, Part II: Know Thy Donors <#two>* *Bridging the Gap between Volunteers and Coordination <#three>* *Transforming Your Board Members into Brand Ambassadors <#four>* *Creating Spam-Filter-Friendly E-mails <#five>* *A Brief Overview of Supporting Organizations <#six>* *New Rules Affecting Donor-Advised Funds: December Question of the Month Results <#seven>* *Question of the Month <#eight>* Advertisement: DonorPerfect */January Question of the Month/* *Have you ever consulted GuideStar's FAQs (frequently asked questions)?* *Share your answer * Advertisement: GuideStar Newsletter Advertisement: Preferred Office Space Advertisement: Convio Advertisement: Firstgiving Volume 7, Issue 1, January 2007 Privacy Policy—we do not sell, rent, or lend the e-mail addresses of our subscribers. 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Banner image Advertisement: GoodSearch From the President's Office Dear Friend: Many of you have told us that you dislike having to log in every time you use GuideStar. I am happy to report that you no longer do—last week, we launched a "Remember Me" feature on our site. Just click the "Remember Me" box beneath the password box on our home page or log-in page, and you will be logged in the next time you use GuideStar, as long as you don't log out when you leave our site and as long as you return within 60 days. I find two things about this new feature particularly satisfying: it makes our site easier to use, and it was added in direct response to our users' feedback. This feedback came to us through our user surveys, feedback links, and face-to-face conversations at conferences, meetings, and presentations. A number of my colleagues and I are about to have new opportunities to receive your feedback in person. Although it is still, in Longfellow's words, "the long and dreary Winter," we are braving the elements to take GuideStar on the road. During the next several weeks, GuideStar representatives will be showing up on the West Coast, East Coast, and points in between. Click here to see where we'll be. ... Read more back to top <#top> If You Didn't Get the Gift, Here's Why /You don't understand it—your application was brilliant. Your mission fits the foundation's guidelines perfectly. So how could you not get the grant?/ If you didn't get the gift—and in some instances you won't—there are usually ten "horrid reasons." There may be more, but these are the primary ones. You may find that it'll take a call or two before you're able to avoid them all. I know in my own solicitations, my immediate instinct was to pull the shades and devote the rest of my life to reading the collected works of Emily Dickinson. ... Read more back to top <#top> Nonprofits and Antiterrorism Updates * *Anti-Terrorist Financing: Lower Court Finds Executive Order Provisions Unconstitutional—*The United States District Court, Central District of California, declared certain portions of Executive Order 13224 unconstitutional on November 21, 2006. ... Read more * *Nonprofits Ask Treasury to Withdraw Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines—*On December 18, 2006, acting on behalf of the Treasury Guidelines Working Group, the Council of Foundations (COF) asked the Department of the Treasury to withdraw its Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines in favor of the working group's Principles of International Charity. ... Read more back to top <#top> Conducting Effective Interviews: What You Need to Know /Don't let your interviews resemble Whitman's description of military medicine: "No thorough previous preparation, no system, no foresight, no genius."/ Hiring is one of a manager's most important responsibilities. Although most organizations recognize the opportunities and consequences involved with talent selection, few are prepared to lead a truly effective interview process. This article will give you a few tips for making the most of your limited time with a prospective employee. First, you should develop an interviewing structure that can be kept consistent across all candidates. As much as possible, standardize the questions, environment, and interviewers involved so that you can really compare apples to apples when it comes down to a few finalists. This structure will not only make your interviews more effective but will also increase the professionalism, equity, and legality of the whole process. ... Read more back to top <#top> Initial Success: Expressing Your Nonprofit Brand through Initials /Your organization's initials may be more powerful than you realize./ "AARP is dedicated to enhancing quality of life for all as we age. We lead positive social change. Using our collective will, influence and good intentions, we make things better not just for ourselves but for everyone." Whereas I'm personally not ready to join their ranks (although the milestone is not that far off!), AARP's mission statement is intriguing and someday soon will be relevant in my life. Conspicuous by its absence, however, is the spelled-out name of the organization. So ... what is AARP? Is it the Adopt A Road Program? Is it the Association Against Rational Policy? Could the initials stand for Appletalk Address Resolution Protocol? Of course not. ... Read more back to top <#top> Free IRS Training Available from Your Desktop /User-friendly IRS information? Yup. And it's free, too./ The IRS has taken its workshops and resources for small and mid-sized charitable organizations to cyberspace. The new on-line workshops and materials are free and completely anonymous; no registration is required to access them. Although the workshops and resources focus on issues related to 501(c)(3) organizations' compliance with the tax code, anyone can view them—in any order, as often as they wish. /Stay Exempt—Tax Basics for 501(c)(3)s/ offers five interactive training modules. ... Read more back to top <#top> More Than Alphabet Soup: GuideStar's FAQs (January Question of the Month Results) /Got a question about using GuideStar? Want to know more about our data? Chances are you'll find what you want to know in our FAQs./ January's Question of the Month asked, "Have you ever consulted GuideStar's FAQs (frequently asked questions)?" We were pleased to see that 41 percent of the people who responded had. Another 9 percent weren't sure, and 50 percent had not. For those of you who fall into the last two groups, here's a brief discussion of how to get to our FAQs, what you'll find there, and why you might want to consult them. The FAQs are located in our Help section. To get to them, click on the *Help* link at the bottom of any page. Then click on the *FAQs* link at the right of the next page. ... Read more back to top <#top> /*In This Issue*/ *From the President's Office <#one>* *If You Didn't Get the Gift, Here's Why <#two>* *Anti-Terrorist Financing: Lower Court Finds Executive Order Provisions Unconstitutional <#three>* *Nonprofits Ask Treasury to Withdraw Anti-Terrorist Financing Guidelines <#three>* *Conducting Effective Interviews: What You Need to Know <#four>* *Initial Success: Expressing Your Nonprofit Brand through Initials <#five>* *Free IRS Training Available from Your Desktop <#six>* *More Than Alphabet Soup: GuideStar's FAQs (January Question of the Month Results) <#seven>* *Question of the Month <#eight>* Advertisement: DonorPerfect */February Question of the Month/* *When you need help using a Web site, what are you most likely to do? * *Share your answer * Advertisement: New England College Advertisement: Preferred Office Space Advertisement: Stanford Social Innovation Review Advertisement: Convio Advertisement: Firstgiving Volume 7, Issue 2, February 2007 Privacy Policy—we do not sell, rent, or lend the e-mail addresses of our subscribers. 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Banner image Advertisement: TechSoup From the President's Office Dear Friend: Several recent news events have me thinking this month about the roles and responsibilities of foundations. Take these separate but related items: Joel Fleishman's new book, /The Foundation: The Great American Secret; How Private Wealth Is Changing the World,/ both applauds America's foundations and asserts that they are not meeting their potential. Foundations, he maintains, have been driving forces behind civil society here and abroad. Yet they need to "create a climate of transparency, the lack of which both causes foundations to underperform their potential and creates growing public distrust." ... Read more back to top <#top> Unlocking the Mysteries of an Internal Brand Audit /What it is and what to expect from it. Above all, know your brand—it's the essence of your organization./ *Question:* I've heard of financial and communications audits, but what exactly is an internal brand audit? *Answer:* Like a financial or communications audit, an internal brand audit is an independent review of an organization’s brand, which, if done properly, provides the organization with a baseline for how clearly its brand is defined, how well it is promoted, and what policies or systems are in place to protect it. ... Read more back to top <#top> IRS Increases Enforcement Focus on Nonprofit Executive Compensation /What you need to know so the IRS doesn't need to know more about you./ The IRS is sending some pretty strong signals these days that it is going to be looking hard at compensation and benefit levels for nonprofit executives. And nonprofits that want to avoid unwanted scrutiny may need to be more familiar with such terms as "disqualified persons," "excess benefit transactions," and "rebuttable presumption of reasonableness." ... Read more back to top <#top> Fundraising's Four Magic Questions: Answer These and the Gift Is Yours /You didn't get the gift. Don't give up quite yet—ask four fundamental questions first./ If I must say so myself, I thought I'd made quite a good presentation. Perhaps short of dazzling—but not bad at all. I had listened carefully, probed when necessary, searched for areas of interest, and maintained intent eye contact. We had come to that charged moment—frightening and awesome, when the air crackles with hope and expectation. The time had come ... I was about to ask Dick for his gift. ... Read more back to top <#top> Sales and Use Tax Exemptions for Nonprofit Organizations /Sales and use tax exemption: often overlooked, but they could be worth your while. Find out how your organization might benefit from these subtle savings./ While nonprofit organizations are acutely aware of their entitlement to federal and state income tax and real property tax exemptions, they may not fully appreciate their entitlement to state sales and use tax exemption. In certain states, where the combination of state and local taxes are beginning to approach 10 percent, obtaining sales and use tax exemption may be a very worthwhile exercise for a nonprofit organization making significant purchases. ... Read more back to top <#top> IRS Updates, March 2006: Telephone Tax Refund and More Free Training for Exempt Organizations /Your organization may qualify for a refund from the IRS. You can also get free training on the Pension Protection Act's impact on exempt nonprofits./ Uncle Sam wants /you/ to know that your organization may be entitled to a refund of long-distance taxes paid between March 1, 2003, and July 31, 2006. More than 160 million individuals, businesses, and exempt organizations qualify for this one-time payment. To request the refund, complete Form 8913, Credit for Federal Telephone Excise Tax Paid, and attach it to your Form 990-T. Don't worry if your organization normally does not file a 990-T. ... Read more back to top <#top> Where Newsletter Readers Seek (Web Site) Help: February Question of the Month Results /What do Newsletter readers do when they can't find what they want on a Web site? And what do they want in a site?/ Ever find yourself at a digital dead end? Tangled up in the Web? Where you turn for assistance in these sticky situations was the focus of February's Question of the Month. We asked, "When you need help using a Web site, which of the following are you most likely to do?" Here's what you told us. ... Read more back to top <#top> GuideStar on the Road /GuideStar staff members will be at the following events this month. Click here to learn more./ * Mar. 4-7: ACCP 2007 Annual Conference on Corporate Contributions, Scottsdale, Ariz. * Mar. 10: IRE 2007 Computer-Assisted Reporting Conference, Cleveland, Ohio. * Mar. 15: New York Technical Assistance Providers, New York, N.Y. * Mar. 25-27: AFP 44th International Conference on Fundraising, Dallas, Tex. back to top <#top> /*In This Issue*/ *From the President's Office <#one>* *Unlocking the Mysteries of an Internal Brand Audit <#two>* *IRS Increases Enforcement Focus on Nonprofit Executive Compensation <#three>* *Fundraising's Four Magic Questions: Answer These and the Gift Is Yours <#four>* *Sales and Use Tax Exemptions for Nonprofit Organizations <#five>* *IRS Updates, March 2006: Telephone Tax Refund and More Free Training for Exempt Organizations <#six>* *Where Newsletter Readers Seek (Web Site) Help: February Question of the Month Results <#seven>* *GuideStar on the Road <#eight>* *Question of the Month <#nine>* Advertisement: DonorPerfect */March Question of the Month/* *What documents does your organization use to demonstrate accountability and transparency to your donors and funders?* *Share your answer * Advertisement: MicroEdge Advertisement: GoodSearch Advertisement: Preferred Office Space Advertisement: Auctionpay Advertisement: Convio Advertisement: Firstgiving Volume 7, Issue 3, March 2007 Privacy Policy—we do not sell, rent, or lend the e-mail addresses of our subscribers. 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Banner image ADVERTISEMENT: MicroEdge From the President's Office Dear Friend: Compensation is one of the hottest issues in the nonprofit sector. Donors rightly want to know how their hard-earned dollars are being managed. Nonprofit leaders are concerned about attracting and retaining skilled people necessary to meet their mission goals. And every so often we learn of an abuse or excess that attracts breathless media attention and political scrutiny, casting a shadow on all of us working in the sector. A newly released report from the IRS’s Exempt Organizations Executive Compensation Compliance Project represents an important step toward helping nonprofits report compensation accurately. The IRS launched this initiative in 2004. Part I of the project involved sending compliance check letters to 1,223 organizations. These letters were sent to a sample of nonprofits whose Forms 990 and 990-PF were missing information in certain categories, indicating that they warranted a follow-up. Part II consisted of 782 examinations, 179 of which resulted from responses to the compliance checks. The initiative looked not only at salaries and benefits but also at charities’ reporting of excess benefit transactions (intermediate sanctions) and self-dealing by private foundations. Why are these efforts so important? ... Read more back to top <#top> A Year in the Life of a Fundraiser: Year-round Fundraising for Everybody /Fundraising throughout the year can be easier (and less work) than you think./ The big day is here ... the one you've been working and planning toward all year ... your annual fundraising event. It's a success! Fantastic! Well done! Take a breath. Congratulate your staff and yourself, thank your supporters, and let the celebration dust settle before you start planning for next year. ... Read more back to top <#top> Volunteers, Part I: What Makes Them Stay? /What can you do to keep your volunteers coming back to give more of their time and talents?/ It's no secret that a dedicated group of volunteers is an important cornerstone of many nonprofit agencies. In fact, according to a recent study, approximately 6 million volunteers are active in American nonprofit organizations, contributing a total of more than 15 billion volunteer hours. ... Read more back to top <#top> On the Delicate Subject of Writing Fundraising Materials by Committee /A camel, an old saying goes, is a horse built by a committee. Writing fundraising materials by committee can be equally effective./ Moments like this happen quite often in my workshops. I'll mention something that industry professionals pretty much all agree on. The perfect example: Repeated tests find that four-page letters used to acquire new donors typically outpull one-page letters, all else being equal. Counter-intuitive? Absolutely. But much of direct mail practice seems at first glance contrary to common sense. ... Read more back to top <#top> Ensuring New Employees' Success: Best Practices for Employee Onboarding /Some simple steps can make a new employee feel welcome in a new job instead of at sea./ Imagine it's your first day at a new job. You arrive at an office where no one seems to be expecting you. After locating your workstation, you realize that no one has shown you how to log into your computer or get an outside line on your phone. You do not have a clear idea of what you are expected to do first in your new job. Your supervisor is nowhere to be found, and you are starting to question your decision to accept this position. ... Read more back to top <#top> International Giving by Public Charities /Best practices for charities that work internationally or support efforts or individuals overseas./ This article is a guide for public charities that want to engage in activities outside the United States. It addresses the federal tax laws governing the use of funds by public charities as well as anti-terrorist financing laws. This article does not cover the additional restrictions placed on private foundations. ... Read more back to top <#top> Paper-Thin Transparency: March Question of the Month Results /What documents do nonprofits use to demonstrate transparency and accountability? And why does it matter?/ The March Question of the Month asked Newsletter readers, "What documents does your organization use to demonstrate accountability and transparency to your donors and funders?" Transparency and accountability are crucial components for any nonprofit wanting to demonstrate its commitment to honest and responsible philanthropy. ... Read more back to top <#top> GuideStar on the Road /GuideStar staff members will be at the following events this month. Click here to learn more./ * Apr. 4-5: 2007 Nonprofit Technology Conference, Washington, D.C. * Apr. 18: Community Board Institute, Dallas, Tex. * Apr. 29-May 1: Council on Foundations Annual Conference 2007, Seattle, Wash. back to top <#top> /*In This Issue*/ *From the President's Office <#one>* *A Year in the Life of a Fundraiser: Year-round Fundraising for Everybody <#two>* *Volunteers, Part I: What Makes Them Stay? <#three>* *On the Delicate Subject of Writing Fundraising Materials by Committee <#four>* *Ensuring New Employees' Success: Best Practices for Employee Onboarding <#five>* *International Giving by Public Charities <#six>* *Paper-Thin Transparency: March Question of the Month Results <#seven>* *GuideStar on the Road <#eight>* *Question of the Month <#nine>* Advertisement: DonorPerfect */April Question of the Month/* *Has your organization ever received an on-line donation?* *Share your answer * Advertisement: GoodSearch Advertisement: Auctionpay Advertisement: Preferred Office Space Advertisement: NOZAsearch Advertisement: Convio Advertisement: Firstgiving Volume 7, Issue 4, April 2007 Privacy Policy—we do not sell, rent, or lend the e-mail addresses of our subscribers. 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