Chain Links

Library of Nonprofit Literature

http://lnps.fdncenter.org/

Nonprofit Literature Blog
http://cnl-librarian.blogspot.com/

Corporate Philanthropy reports
http://www.corporatephilanthropy.org/ncp/

FAQ's about NPO's
http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/faqcat/60-2

Discussion about hiring Fund raisers... Interesting
http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/faq/407-242/68-62

Rule of Thumb Ratios
http://www.idealist.org/if/idealist/en/FAQ/QuestionViewer/default?section=11&item=14

• American Association of Fundraising Counsel - http://www.aafrc.org/
  
• Association of Fund Raising Professionals - http://www.afpnet.org/
  
• Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability - http://www.ecfa.org/
  
• Maryland Nonprofits - http://www.mdnonprofit.org/
  
• Minnesota Council of Nonprofit - http://www.mncn.org/

The following groups do not mention percentage compensation:

• Better Business Bureau old CBBB/PAS standards
  
• National Charities Information Bureau old standards
  
• Draft Wise Giving Alliance standards - http://www.give.org/srp/preface.asp

Primary Colors.

For my primary piece of writing I would actually need to use two sources. Because my topic is so abstract then It would probably be a good approach to find out the laws about non-profit organizations then find out how many on average actually follow those laws. The comparison of the two would possibly serve as a primary source.

Anything you can do I can do better.

Audience: Compassionate Citizens, Sociologists, Businessmen, Economists,


My purpose is to show the world that there ARE still charities who do their job and DO send money to where they say. There are plenty of organizations that have shady business practices and don't exactly Identify how much money they are giving or where it is exactly going to.

I plan to do this by discussing my personal experiences and my own dealings with organizations quickly followed by statistics showing that MOST charitable organizations actually do give their fair share to the cause. I will then point out the dangers of giving, but then the immense positives, such as the mortality rate for cancer has gone up in the last 20 years. and people continue to die less and less as time goes on through the usage of Medical research. Then I will point out to the reader that the fraudulent organizations that appeared after 9/11 and Katrina aren't actual charitable organizations. They're thieves. I think that I can quickly wrap up with pointing out the good qualities and it will come out just fine.

responsiveness.

1. Identify the issue or problem that you plan to focus on in your research project.
   
   

Do your donations to Charitable organizations actually do the job they claim to do?

2. What is your personal connection to and interest in this topic?
   
   

I’m the chairperson of a small organization that puts on concerts to raise money for cancer research.

3. What opinions do you already hold about this topic?

I think that it’s a bit of a grey area. For example, research companies are always saying that they need more money to help find a cure. Not many people think that there’s ever really any progress. When my mom was diagnosed, none of the regular chemo drugs worked, when we tried the experimental kind, it put her into remission for a few months.

4. What knowledge do you already have about this topic. What are your main questions about this topic? What are you most curious about?

I know a lot about the laws and rules in Illinois about running a charitable organization. On a more National level, (Red Cross, etc.) I would like to know if these organizations are really using all that much to help those less fortunate.

6. Within what scholarly discipline (such as history, biology, and psychology) do you expect to do most of your research? How does this discipline approach or study this topic?

I think it’d fall under Sociology or Ethics.

7. How could you research this topic outside the library (for example, through interviews and/or observations)?

Interviews, shadowing someone in the charity.

Part II: Focusing
Write an initial claim, or an open-ended question, to guide your research on this topic. Make it specific but exploratory. Remember that a good claim opens up an area of inquiry about a topic; a claim should invite evidence, support, and debate.

Charitable organizations intake millions and millions of dollars each year. How much of it goes to their actual cause?

Questions.

1. Do Charitable organizations (The American Cancer Society, The Red Cross, etc.) actually do their job?(Everyone?)

2. Should bartenders be held responsible for the behavior of their patrons? (Law, Sociology)

3. Should a rating system be required for song lyrics?(Ethics, Business)

Surge Protectors

Pro-Surge Article

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/09/AR2007030901839.html

Kagan states that American Media has become pessimistic about the war and that we should just ride it out. He Says that they are spending too much time reporting about the negative and not enough discussing the positive. He Says that the Surge will Work and we will be fine in Iraq.



Con- Surge Article (Comparison to Vietnam )

http://bb.elmhurst.edu/webapps/portal/frameset.jsp?tab=courses&url=/bin/common/course.pl?course_id=_1876_1

Surge- Use of Private Contractors

http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=1&did=1342279741&SrchMode=1&sid=2&Fmt=3&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1191254580&clientId=19260

Pro-Surge

http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1343421071&SrchMode=1&sid=3&Fmt=3&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1191254927&clientId=19260