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NOVEMBER 1994
VOLUME 2, ISSUE 3 / $5.00
PhilantbropyJournal
Growing pains
State nonprofits struggle with resources, turf
The nonprofit sector in North
Carolina is vast and varied. But
while it’s rich in resources,
leaders say it lacks cohesion.
By Susan Gray
AND Barbara Solow
A forth Carolina’s nonprofit
/\/ sector is huge - about $18.3
/ V billion in assets. That’s
equivalent to 12 percent of the
roughly $140 billion in goods and
services that the state produces
annually.
The sector is also sophisticated,
boasting statewide networks such as
the United Way and the new N.C.
Center for Nonprofits.
But the rich resources mask dis
parities and divisions. Most of the
state’s approximately 13,500 non
profits are small and struggling. And
while some groups are beginning to
work together, many remain isolat
ed.
“The idea of a nonprofit commu
nity is coming slowly,” says John
Dornan, executive director of the
Public School Forum of North
Carolina in Raleigh and a member of
an informal group of nonprofit lead
ers called The Change Group. “A
large part of why the group doesn’t
feel like a group is a lack of informa
tion flow outside our own areas.”
Nonprofit leaders throughout the
state sound similar themes. In par
ticular, they say, the lack of group
identity affects fundraising, organiz
ing and coliaboration with other sec
tors.
BY THE NUMBERS
A Philanthropy Jornruil analy
sis of 990 Forms filed with the
Internal Revenue Service shows non
profits in North Carolina reported
$18.3 billion in assets for 1992-93.
That’s about 3 percent of the
total assets — $586 bOlion — that all
U.S. charitable organizations report
ed in 1990, the most recent year that
figures were available.
A survey by Independent Sector,
a Washington-based research and
advocacy organization, shows North
Carolina ranks 11th in the U.S. in
the number of 501(c)(3) tax-exempt
organizations, withl3,466. California
ranks first, with 64,287 nonprofits,
and Wyoming ranks last, with 1,505
(see box, page 29).
Patty Milberg, director of mem
ber services for the National Council
of Nonprofit Associations in
Washington, says North Carolina’s
nonprofit sector also ranks high in
terms of organizational strength.
“North Carolina is a much more
organized sector than say, South
Carolina,” she says. “It’s always
hard to compare, but North Carolina
does have a resource center [the
N.C. Center for Nonprofits] and a
good statewide infrastructure in
place for nonprofits. Many states
don’t have that.”
The information obtained from
Look for SECTOR, page 29
A helping hand
Homeless
shelters
charging
fees
Some homeless shelters have
instituted fees to help cover
costs at a time when the num
ber of homeless is growing
and, for some agencies, com
munity support is waning.
By Ealena Callender
r”arlier this year. The
^ Community Shelter for
HOPE in Durham faced a
crisis.
The shelter, which has room for
120 people, often was filled to
capacity and forced to turn people
away. Without sufficient staff and
supplies, the shelter was not
equipped to take in women with
children. In danger of having to
HUMAN SERVICES
close its doors because of dwin
dling resources, the shelter’s
board of directors decided to begin
charging residents a fee.
“With the growing number of
people who are homeless, we’re
going to need some help from
everybody so we can survive,” says
Maggie Lee, shelter director.
Look for SHELTER, page 7
Frank H. Kenan blends spirifual values wifh business acumen.
Photo courtesy of Betty Kenan
A lifetime of giving
The philanthropy of
Frank Kenan
Frank H. Kenan, 82, has devoted
his life to building businesses,
amassing a fortune and giving
away millions of dollars to sup
port education and spur the
growth of private enterprise.
Kenan is the first recipient of
the North Carolina Philanthropy
Award.
By Susan Gray
Chapel Hill
.n this autumn day, Frank
(Hawkins Kenan sits at his
desk in Chapel Hill, his
hands neatly folded in his lap, pon
dering a question: What is it that has
driven his life-long devotion to pri
vate enterprise and philan
thropy?
“I believe in miracles,”
he says, raising a hand and
pointing a finger in the air.
“I can’t cite the verse, but
‘Ask and you shall receive,
knock and it shall be
opened.’”
Silence follows.
“And, of course,” he
adds, “hard work.”
The added comment is
significant. Miracles alone
don’t begin to tell the story
of the perseverance, ambi
tion and unwavering corn-
trustee of the William R. Kenan Jr.
Charitable Trust in Chapel Hill,
Frank Kenan is not someone to sit
idly, waiting for some other benefac
tor to help. When Kenan sees a need,
he fills it.
“He’s a man whose sense of com
mitment is what I’d call of the old
North Carolina tradition of public
service,” says William Friday, the
executive director of the Kenan
Trust and former president of the
University of North Carolina system
- as well as a long-time friend of
O n this autumn day, Frank Kenan. “He’s of that tradition of
Hawkins Kenan sits at his what others like Archie Davis [the
desk in Chapel Hill, his retired chairman of Wachovia Bank]
represent. These were people who
grew up in an age when you were to
give your time and energy to serve
those less fortunate.”
Kenan is the first recipi
ent of the North Carolina
Philanthropy Award, which
is sponsored by the
Philanthropy Journal
and The News and Obser
ver Foundation.
WORKE'THIC
At 82, age has curved
Kenan’s back and tampered
with his health—a tumor
was recently removed from
his right cheek—but his
mind remains sharp and his
commitment to work unim-
V,,,,.. ... , peded. He continues to
mitment that have guided rnilanthropy jjjg office every
Kenan’s long career in busi- Award weekday at 9 a.m.
“My father told me.
Award
ness and philanthropy.
Currently the chief executive officer
of Kenan Transport Co. and a
Look for KENAN, page 25
Connections
3
Fund Raising
16
Grants and Gifts.
23
In November
22
Professional Job
Opportunities
..26-27
Opinion
10
People
23
R.S.V.R
22
f Noim)FiTs
f~FOUNDATiOtin
1 VOLUNTEERS
Mountain move
Outward Bound is relocating
its North Carolina office to
Asheville from Morganton.
Change agent
The Z. Smith Reynolds
Foundation tackles some of
North Carolina's most diffi
cult social problems.
Hammers and spirit
A development of 60
houses built by Habitat for
Humanity in High Point is
the third-largest project of
its kind in the U.S.
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CORPO^TE GIVING
Body Shop under fire
A magazine article challenges
claims of environmental and
social responsibility by The
Body Shop, an international
cosmetics company.
• Page 14
Anita Roddick,
founder of The Body Shop