Websites that provide help in locating jobs and volunteer opportunities overseas:

• www.bunac.org
• www.eslcafe.com/jobs
• www.interexchange.org
• www.mofa.go.jp/j_info/visit/jet
• www.isp.msu.edu/ncsa/volteer.htm
• www.peacecorp.gov
• www.transitionsabroad.com/listings/work/index.shtml
• www.umich.edu/icenter/oversears/work/index.html
• www.worldteach.org

(Source: New York Times 2/25/06, Sec. C5)

Donations of food or cash to Christian Community Action during March and April will be matched through the Alan Shawn Feinstein Foundation Anti-Hunger Challenge. 777-7848 x112 or amay@ccahelping.org.

Public Allies is a national organization dedicated to providing diverse young leaders with the skills to strengthen communities, nonprofits and civic organizations. Through a partnership program with other organizations, Public Allies offers 10-month paid apprenticeships requiring four workdays per week and includes extensive leadership training and community outreach. Applications for the Public Allies Class of 2007 are due April 14 for the program which will commence on Sept. 5. To discover how to become a Public Ally Partner, visit www.publicallies.org or call 776-7228.

Charity fundraising auctions are increasingly popular, and many bidders go for the bargains. What's the etiqette for paying less than fair market value at a charity fundraiser? New York Times article explores the charity auction scene at http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/02/12/business/web.0212peers.php

CT is one of only two states where income for poorest families declined between 1991-2002; during the same period, wealthier families' income increased by 1/3. Find full report from CT Voices for Children: www.ctkidslink.org

Planned Giving Design Center provides 2005 federal tax and information return forms and instructions in PDF format organized by year for donors, charitable gift annuities, charitable remainder trusts, charitable lead trusts, and charitable organizations. Source: Charity Channel, http://charitychannel.com/enewsletters/dggo/

Jack Healy will succeed Hart Caparulo as president and CEO of United Way of Greater New Haven when she retires in June. Healy is a resident of Cheshire, and has served as executive vice president since 1996. At the same time in June, Senior VP Heather Calabrese will become COO. Source: New Haven Register, 2/10/06.

Hartford Public Library offers Nonprofit Series on Tuesdays, March 21 & 28, 10-12:30. March 21, Developing a Sustainable Strategic Plan; March 28, Sustainable Earned Income Models. Both are free introductory classes offered in partnership with SCORE. Registration is required: (860) 695-6295.

INVESTORS: We now offer online access to Weiss Ratings, a highly regarded source for safety ratings for stocks, banks or insurance companies. Visit http://www.cityofnewhaven.com/library/ComputerServices.asp#Databases and click on Weiss Ratings. Use 541582 as username and password.

Print investment resources at the Library include Value Line, Morningstar, Hulbert Financial Digest, Standard & Poor's Outlook, Barrons, Financial TImes, and Louis Navallier's Blue Chip Growth Letter.

Interested in socially responsible investing? Global mutual fund Portfolio 21 today announced its Top 10 financial performers among environmentally sustainable companies. The top performers in the fund posted returns ranging from 52% to 120% in 2005. Portfolio 21 invests in 80 companies selected from among 2,000 companies based in 16 countries, including the United States. It selects only those companies with an explicit commitment to sustainable business practices such as energy and resource efficiency, minimizing ecological impacts of products and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Story: http://www.csrwire.com/article.cgi/5008.html

Art Calendar: the business magazine for visual artists (Feb. 2006) contains The Art of Grant-Seeking: Current Trends in Grants for Visual Artists. Worthwhile reading at the Library's nonprofit center.

Kiplinger Personal Finance identifies best values in public colleges at www.kiplinger.com/tools/colleges. Topping the list: Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--and it's the only school in their list of 500 that meets 100% of each student's financial need. View rankings by state, cost, quality, or financial aid measures.

Congratulations to Althea Marshall Richardson, Empower New Haven's CEO, who was recently named Business New Haven's Minority Businessperson Of The Year. Story at http://www.conntact.com/article_page.lasso?id=39724

Could you use a list of other Greater New Haven nonprofits working with the same population or mission as your organization? (Possible partners?) The Guidestar database sorts 501 (c) (3) organizations by a variety of categories and locations throughout the US, and is now accessible at the New Haven Public Library. Call 946-7431 for details.

Nutmeg Players (Clinton) invite submissions for their 2nd annual New Play Festival. Contest is open to CT playwrights ages 19+. Winning play(s) will receive a workshop production in Sept. 2006 at Andrews Memorial Town Hall Theatre in Clinton. Mail entries by March 6, 2006 to: NPI, P.O. Box 100, Guilford CT 06437. Details: http://nutmegplayers.org/newplay1.htm

Community Mediation, Inc. (CM) will receive $30,000 to participate in Empower New Haven’s Non-Profit Academy as a 2006 Community Development Grant award recipient. The Community Development Grant awards are aimed at providing capacity building support for non-profit organizations that serve the Empowerment Zone communities, have been in existence for at least five years and have annual budgets of over $250,000. This is the second year that Empower New Haven has offered New Haven Non-Profit Academy grant awards to both Community Development and Emerging Non-Profit Organizations. For more information: Alejandra Silva 776-2777 or www.empowernewhaven.org

AFRICAN-AMERICAN PHILANTHROPY:A Bibliography and Resource List is available at http://fdncenter.org/learn/topical/african.html. The list includes web links, citations to journal articles and books and a list of organizations involved in African-American philanthropy, including Internet links where appropriate. For a complete bibliography on this topic, click on Literature of the Nonprofit Sector Online, entering the subject heading Black philanthropy.

The Hartford Business Journal Jan. 30 contains CT's Business Report Card, with rankings by state for employment, earnings & job quality, equity, quality of life, resource efficiency, competitiveness of existing businesses, entrepreneurial energy, human resources, financial resources, infrastructure resources, amenity resources and natural capital, innovation assets. A summary is at http://www.hbjournal.com/lead_continued.html, or come into the library and look at the full report.