Time for Nominations
2004 Evergreen Awards
Outstanding nonprofits will be
recognized again at the start of Nonprofit Service Month this year.
Nominations are invited from anyone who knows about an organization that
deserves greater notice -- board members, volunteers, donors, staff
beneficiaries. The deadline is March 1 and the simple nomination form is
available at
http://www.tess.org/pages/2004EvergreenAwards.html.
Update
Washington's Nonprofits
by the Numbers
8,663 Washington state charities reported $32,674,384,730 in revenue on
returns filed with the Internal Revenue Service during 2003. There are
many more nonprofit organizations in Washington state, of course, that are
too small, or are not required, to file reports with the IRS.
[[[See highlights from the statistics about nonprofits in Washington...click
here]]]
Follow-up
Status of
Electronic Notification Legislation (for nonprofit boards)
SB 6188
(Authorizing electronic notice and other communications within the
Washington nonprofit corporation act) has been introduced in the 2004
legislative session (sponsored by Senators Luke Esser, Adam Kline and
Stephen Johnson). The Senate Judiciary Committee has given the bill a "do
pass" recommendation. It will require final action by the Senate,
and approval in the house, to become law. A similar bill (HB 1098)
introduced in the 2003 session by Representatives Patricia Lantz and Mike
Carroll, unanimously passed the House that year but was not acted upon in
the Senate. To check on the status or see the text of either, click
here and type the
bill's number in the query box.
Links to
background on this proposal can be found in the
December
2003 issue of Observing Nonprofits.
News
about Nonprofits and Their Work
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During legislative sessions, the Heritage Caucus
meets each Wednesday morning from 7 to 8 am in the Cherberg Building
near the state capitol in Olympia. To get on the mailing list to
receive the agenda for each week's meeting in advance, email Derek
Valley at Dvalley@wshs.wa.gov.
Most weeks there is a presentation by an organization with a major
proposal underway, plus time for sharing information on the current
status of legislative action of interest.
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The Seattle Chapter of the
American Institute of Graphic Artists is starting a series of "Design
Chats" for members and others who are interested in doing pro bono work
for nonprofits. The first will be February 10 in the evening in
Piggott Hall on the Seattle University campus. $10 for nonmembers. More
details in an
Idealist.Com entry.-
With support from The Pew Charitable Trusts, the
Cultural Policy Center at the University of Chicago has published
Mapping State Cultural Policy: The State of Washington by J. Mark
Schuster with David Karraker, Susan Bonaiuto, Colleen Grogan, Laurence
Rothfield and (UW's) Steven Rathgeb Smith. The 232-page book
discusses the roles of every state agency, and of many nonprofits, with a
part in making or executing our cultural policy (or maybe better --
policies). On February 12 from 1 to 5 pm at Parrington Hall on the
UW campus, there will be a public conversation about the report, the
study and the topic. The book can be accessed as a .pdf file
through
this
link. Printed copies are available from the
Center for $26 (including S&H); see
http://culturalpolicy.uchicago.edu.
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The February 2 issue of Tacoma's BusinessExaminer carried an
extensive article examining the fundraising and fund-distribution
policies and procedures of several south-Sound organizations under the
headline "Courting Disaster? The tactics some nonprofits use to woo
contributors and account for the funds they collect are costing them
donors." (The website at
http://www.businessexaminer.com/ has links to earlier issues of the
paper but
not
at the time of writing to the 2/2/04 edition.)
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Hamrick Investment's Geoff Longmeier wrote a
column on the financial responsibilities of board members for the
Puget Sound Business Journal in January:
http://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2004/01/19/editorial4.html
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NDOA's Winter Conference: The Business of
Fundraising will be offered February 17th from 7:30 am to 4:30
pm at the SeaTac Doubletree Inn. The keynote speaker is Phyllis
Campbell, President of the Seattle Foundation. To register and for
a full schedule of events, see
http://www.ndoa.org.
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"Challenges and Opportunities Facing
Nonprofit America in an Election Year" On March 1st, the new Nancy Bell Evans Center for
Nonprofit Management at the University of Washington's Daniel J. Evans
School of Public Administration will offer an afternoon talk by Diana
Aviv, the recently appointed president of
Independent sector.
RSVPs are required for the 4 pm event, write
nonprof@u.washington.edu
to register and receive directions to the event.
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Tacoma’s Nonprofit Center and NPower Seattle are
offering a Nonprofit Management Seminar from 8 to 5 pm on February 6 at
the Best Western in Fife, on February 19 at the Mountaineers Club at the
foot of Queen Ann hill in Seattle, and on March 3 at the Best Western in
Mount Vernon. The sessions include strategies for organizational
planning & assessment and tips for mission-centered technology planning.
More details and registration options are at
http://www.npcenter.org. The $40
fee includes materials, refreshments and lunch. The series is sponsored
by USBank.
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With a "focus on Fridays" the Nonprofit Center is
also offering workshops in Tacoma and Kitsap County almost every week
from now 'til June. Again, for a full list of topics and dates,
see
http://www.npcenter.org.
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The United Way of King County also offers an
extensive range of training opportunities. The complete list is
online at
http://www.uwkc.org/nonprofit/training/calendar.asp
and distributed in a regular email through Nonprofit Networking
and other lists. (For subscription info, see
http://www.tess.org/pages/NonprofitNetworking.html.)
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Gordon Hamilton has moved from SAFECO Public
Affairs VP to Executive Director of
PONCHO, the Seattle-based arts support organization famous for its
very popular fund-raising auctions.
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In spite of being temporarily closed, the
Bellevue Art Museum will produce Bellevue Summer Arts Fair again this
year. Information for artists and others considering participation
in this, the 59th edition of the popular event, is
online;
the deadline for applications is February 28.
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The Seattle Fringe Theatre Festival
(http://www.seattlefringe.org/)
has not been able to generate sufficient revenue and has decided to
close down.
News
from The Evergreen State Society
Coming
Soon
- Tuesday, February 17 -- Lucy Barber,
author of Marching on Washington: The Forging of an American Political
Tradition (U. Cal. Press, 2002), will draw on her research to discuss
the evolution of mass political demonstrations in American politics.
(She is Putnam Barber's daughter; an archivist with the state of California.)
On the Seattle University Campus from 8 to 9:30 am.
- April 1 -- The Tenth Annual Nonprofit
Leadership Conference at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue. Jan
Masaoka will give the keynote address. A preliminary schedule for the
full program is available here.
- Early Bird Registration at $125
(including a $5 discount for doing it online) is available until March
10. Click on
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Nonprofits
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