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How Are Legacy Donors Responding to Recession?
A friend of mine recently mentioned that his father, after reading yet another set of headlines about the Dow taking a nosedive, declared that he was going to change his will to remove each and every...
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BIG Fundraising Oops: The Susan B. Komen Debacle
For a foundation that seemed to have so much marketing savvy, the Susan B. Komen foundation can be awfully tone deaf — and send a message that it’s more interested in raising cash than in spending it...
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Media Points to Lack of Transparency About Donations to Churches
The Wall Street Journal article title says it all: “Trust in the Lord . . . But Check Out the Church.” It starts with a shocking statistic from the Center for the Study of Global Christianity at...
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Fundraising Kudos to: Strike Debt
Okay, let’s just all drop our collective jaws at the success of Strike Debt’s recent telethon, which raised money for a project it calls Rolling Jubilee. The group brought in a whopping $293,000 —...
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What Can Other Nonprofits Learn From Community Radio Station Pledge Drives?
I don’t know about you, but where I live, it’s been all fund drive, all the time, from virtually every nonprofit, community radio station in the Bay Area. No matter where you turn the dial, there’s...
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It’s PTA Collection Time as the School Year Begins!
Can you feel the excitement in the air? Kids are finding out who their teachers are, buying their back-to-school wardrobes, and signing up for activities. Parents, however, may be a little less...
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Don’t Promise Thank-You Gifts Unless You’re Able to Send Them!
I’ve heard too many stories like these lately: The environmental group that failed to send the promised calendar (and instead barraged the new member with additional requests for donations); the...
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So, Should Donors Check Charities’ Financial Percentages or Not?
Reading the recent New York Times “Giving” section, I wasn’t sure whether I was watching change in the making or an example of cognitive dissonance. The subject in question was how much weight donors...
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Forbes Publishes List of U.S. Nonprofits With Most Individual Donations in 2013
If you’re with a small or struggling nonprofit, get ready for some pangs of jealousy: Alth0ugh Forbes calls them the “largest” U.S. charities, its top-50 list for 2013 actually uses “private donations...
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Why Billionaires Sign on to Warren Buffett’s Giving Pledge
A total of 127 people have now added their names to the “Giving Pledge” list started by Bill Gates and Warren Buffett. It’s no token commitment: The billionaires on this list have agreed to give over...
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