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Corporate Giving 12 Philanthr(q)y Journal of North Carolina Raising awareness ‘New begiimings’ for abused women Jim and Agnes Goldston, owners of Goldston’s Building Supply in Raleigh, teamed up with a non profit leader to help create New Beginnings, an organization dedicated to helping battered women put their lives back together. By Stephanie Greer Raleigh Jim and Agnes Goldston were financial contributors to the Raleigh Rescue Mission when they met Maxine White. The Goldstons, owners of Goldston’s Building Supply in Raleigh, say they always had felt a need to minister to the needs of women and children. But the more involved they got with the mission - which serves people in crisis - the |zation dedicated to helping abused women and their children move out of abu sive homes and into inde pendent living situations. The Goldstons provide 90 percent of the $13,000-a- month budget for the Raleigh-based nonprofit. They contribute to the orga nization throu^ corporate Jim and Agnes Goldston and individual donations Maxine White are helping abused women e^Srfnd" cSntributions managed by the North Carolina Community Foundation. About 85 percent of New Beginnings’ monthly budget goes to client services, wMe the rest is used for administration. White says. New Beginnings serves 10 clients a month, providing rent for apart- Lookfor BEGINNINGS, page 13 stand on their own. Photo by Stephonie Greer more they saw a need for an oigani- zation dedicated solely to women and children. White, then director of women’s services at the mission, felt the same way. She and the Goldstons took their dreams to heart, and in January, White resigned from the mission and opened New Beginnings - an organi- 'Neutral zone' Midni^t basketball in Trian^e By Todd Cohen Jimmy Black, a former basketball standout at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has been named commissioner of Triangle Nightflight, the region’s new midnight basketball league. The league will begin next sum mer with 16 teams playing at area YMCAs three nights a week. Corporate volunteers will serv^e as mentors to players, and concessions at games will be owned and operated by high school students in the Durham Scholars Program, a college outreach and retention program. 'The league has been organized by Jim Johnson, director of the Urban Investment Strategies Center at the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise at UNC-CH. It is modeled on leagues in Milwaukee and other cities that aim to keep young men off the streets at night and steer them toward good jobs. In Milwaukee, for example, the crime rate in target neighborhoods fell 30 percent. “The theme is creating a neutral zone for young men;’’ says Johnson. A member of the Tar Heels’ 1982 national champi onship team. Black has been an assis tant college coach for 12 years at Si. Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, The University of South Carolina and and Notre Dame Jim Johnson University. He recently became an investment trainee in the Durham office of Memphis brokerage Morgan Look for BASKETBALL, page 13 Kicking off Colleges prepare campaign The United Negro College Fund is gearing up to raise money for its six member schools in North Carolina. By Todd Cohen The College FundAJNCF, also known as the United Negro College Fund, has set a goal of $1.3 million that it hopes to raise in North Carolina for its 1996-97 campaign. 'The state campaign is part of a national effort that includes the annual Lou Rawls Parade of Stars telethon to be aired January 11. 'The EDUCATION national campaign has a goal of $68.6 million. The 1995-96 campaign raised more than $63 million. The North Carolina portion of the campaign will be raised throu^ local fundraising, including the telethon. Seventy-five percent of funds raised in North Carolina remain in the state. Overall, the six North Carolina schools that are members of the fund typically receive as much 10 times the amount raised in the state during the campaign. In the 1995-96 campaign, for example, the fund raised more than $1.2 million, in North Carolina and returned more than $12 million to the state. In addition to funds raised in North Carolina, dollars returned to the state are generated nationally through the telethon and private con tributions. The fund’s six schools in North Carolina are Barber-Scotia College in Concord; Bennett College in Greensboro; Johnson C. Smith University in Charlotte; Livingstone Look for CAMPAIGN, page 13 Just saying no The Center for Corporate Community Relations reports that two-thirds of U.S. public relations firms surveyed refuse tobacco company accounts. November 1996 study looks at role of ‘circuit riders’ Many foundations and nonprofit organizations are beginning to strug gle to find ways to bring nonprofits the technological expertise they need to make effective use of the ongoing information revolution. A new report by the W Alton Jones Foundation and the Telecommunications Cooperative Network sheds new hght on this prob lem. The study, “Circuit Riders: Pioneers in Non-Profit Networking,” looks at how technical assistance cir cuit-riders were used to bring tech nology help to nonprofits working on low- and zero-emission vehicle pro jects. The issue is a funding priority of the foundation. A copy of the report may be obtained at http://www.wajones.org/circuit.ht ml You also may request a printed copy by completing a form at the Web site or by email: Send a message with your name and address to: cir- cuit@wajones.org. Pinpointing U.S. Nonprofits The Internet Nonprofit Center has linked its the IRS nonprofit database at its Web site with a U.S. map pro gram. You can find a nonprofit by going to the Center’s Nonprofit Locator, located in the Web site’s Gallery section. Cliff Landesman, the center’s director, says that with a few clicks of the mouse, you can see a street level map pinpointing any non profit in their database. Visit the site at: http://www.nonproflts.org IDS moves software firm to South Institutional Data Systems, a provider of accounting software for nonprofits, has joined the many soft ware and technology companies now calling North Carolina home. IDS has moved its headquarters from New York to Cary, N.C., near Research Trian^e Park. IDS’ Nonprofit Software is specifi cally designed for nonprofits to han dle their accounting needs and is used by nearly 500 nonprofits throughout the U.S. For information, contact Jim Scarano, IDS president, at 800-322-4371. E-mail: sales@idsnonprofits.com. World Wide Web: http://www.idsnonprof- it.com Fundraising on the Internet Strathmoor Press has released a new title called, “Fundraising on the Internet: Recruiting and Renewing Donors Online,” edited by Mai Warwick, Nick Allen and Michael Stein. “The Internet won’t replace tradi tional fundraising methods, but it will play an increasing role in the fundraising strategies of many orga nizations,” Warwick says. The book’s publisher says the title is the first to give practical informa tion about using email, the Internet and online technologies for finding and keeping donors. Some examples include the American Civil Liberties Union, which raised $18,000 in its first month on the Web. The book costs $24.95 and can be ordered by email at: info@strathmoor.com. Or call the publisher’s toll free number: (800) 217-7377. Over the electronic transom Looking to move your nonprofit’s backoffice computer operation to India? If so, you’d join the ranks of Microsoft and other major corpora tions that find the vast pool of college educated and computer literate workforce in India attractive and affordable. According to Christopher Rego of Bombay, the Independent Initiative is a project designed to link Western nonprofits with the Indian workforce to provide tasks that can be complet ed totally over the Internet, such as sorting and responding to emaO. Rego says the project will follow the model already established by Microsoft, which he says has a 200- person help desk in Bangalore, known as India’s “Silicon Valley.” Rego proposes that nonprofits could do the same. “We are Interested in setting up an email response center that will cater to the needs of charitable insti tutions in the West. We plan to locate the unit in a ‘backward’ area so as to give employment to people there. All employees will have excellent En^sh language skills and a hold a bache lor’s degree or better,” he says by email. He su^sts that with starting wages of $2.50 an hour, nonprofits could hire someone to come in four hours a day to sort email and send replies, at about $60 a week. This would include all overhead. Rego says a pilot project is being set up and Western nonprofits are invited to participate with no financial obliga tion. He can be reached at BOMAAB65@giasbm01.vsnI.net.m Look for NOTEBOOK, page 15 Correction In 0 story in the October issue about Jefferson-Pilot Corp. in Greensboro, the Journal gave incorrect figures for the company's program of matching gifts to nonprofits supported by employees. The company spends $300,000 a year on the program, with a maximum of $2,500 to each nonprofit. NationsBank backs cyberspace security NationsBank is joining the National Consumers League's efforts to ensure the safety and security of online commerce. The bank has given $100,000 to support the league's Internet Fraud Watch program, which moni tors Internet consumer fraud. Cali (800) 867-7060 or visit http://www.fraud.org Bell Atlantic sponsors kids' wishes Bell Atlantic Communications is a sponsor for the Make-A- Wish Foundation of Eastern North Carolina. The compa ny gave $ 10,000 to the foundation, which grants wishes to seriously ill children and has pledged in-kind ser vices and support activities. Corporate sponsorship for arts eyed Corporate sponsorships among arts groups rose from $245 million in 1994 to $277 million in 1995, according to lEG Inc., a Chicago-based events spon sorship company. That sup port has become more widely sought as government fund ing for the arts and donations from private foundations are shrinking. On the other hand. a recent study by the New York-based Business Committee for the Arts expects a 6 percent drop-off this year in corporate support for the arts. The report was based on a survey of the group's members. It attribut ed the drop-off to ongoing corporate restructuring which has resulted in shrinking con tributions budgets. Students receive Glaxo scholarships Forty-six female science stu dents from 24 N.C. colleges have been inducted into the Women in Science Scholars program funded by The Glaxo Wellcome Foundation. Begun in 1993, the program supports scientific studies by undergraduates by combin ing scholarships with a mentoring program.
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