Where Most Needed

Boring Bus Ride Nets over $20,000 for Video Game Charity

A marathon online event using a mind-numbing simulation of a bus driving across the desert gets enough buzz to fuel four days of fundraising.  But your results may vary. 

Indictment Says Nonprofit Was Founded with Millions in Fraud Loot [Updated]

Alan Fabian is charged with using some of the $32 million gains from a phony computer leasing scheme to start the Centre for Management and Technology, a high-profile Baltimore organization using technology to help nonprofits.  (But the Daily Kos may have it wrong: he's not necessarily the same guy listed as a supporter of a certain GOP presidential candidate.)  And the Mitt Romney campaign confirms that he's resigned as co-chair of his national fundraising committee. 

Beware the $100 Laptop

What some propose as the solution to the digital divide just may be the twenty-first century version of "let them eat cake" from the young and wealthy digital elite in the US, described in a new report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project. 

Using Information Technology for Social Change? Insert Coins Here

A new technology journal relies heavily on old closed technologies, to the dismay of those who want to see real change to open models.  And I make a modest suggestion. 

Common Sense is Costly for Family Friendly Media Reviewer

Family-friendly media review site web is organized as a charity, which allows a peek inside this dot-com operation.

A Survey: Rate the ACLU's Dueling Web Sites

Critics and supporters of the ACLU leadership have each put up web sites.  Here's your chance to rate their effectiveness as advocacy tools.

Pastor Markets Special ATMs for In-Church Giving

The three machines in his home congregation collect over $200,000 per year. 

Boston Seeks Nonprofit to Build City WiFi Net

The network will depend on fund raising (not taxes) to build the net, and the mayor doesn't answer the question of who will pay for operation or maintenance. 

Down Payment Charity Chiefs Benefitted from Millions in Fees

Execs struck gold with interests in for-profit marketing firms hired to promote the charities.

Congress Considers Requiring the Smallest Nonprofits to File Annually

A number of other provisions potentially affecting charities are in a grab-bag tax reform bill.