Those rubber wristbands hawking a cause are so ubiquitous that it’s hard to believe they’ve been around for less than half a decade. But it was only in 2004 that the Lance Armstrong Foundation began selling yellow Livestrong bracelets, and since then tens of millions of them have been purchased. That compelled a huge variety […]
The Toronto Globe and Mail goes big today with a report on a recent seminar at which two top Canadian fundraisers discussed how they pitch and close the country’s most deep-pocketed philanthropists.
One advises to
[s]et your sights on donors with a net worth of at least $100-million; dispense with the idea that selling the naming rights […]
Summertime may mean a slowdown for lots of businesses, whose employees escape for much-needed vacations. But for nonprofits, the season can bring some unique challenges.
Writing on her blog Nonprofit Communications, Kivi Leroux Miller relays some of the fascinating summer stories told to her by the United Way agency staffers she teaches in North Carolina. Increasing […]
A nonprofit radio station that was a lifeline during Hurricane Katrina needs financial help. | Biloxi, Miss., SunHerald
Craigslist plans on targeting the nonprofit sector. | Deserted After Dark
A new nonprofit from Thomas Keller and Daniel Boulud aims to help young American chefs prep for an international cooking competition. | San Francisco Chronicle
How to choose a […]
Ready for more transparency, nonprofits?
The Internal Revenue Service, which serves as the main regulator of nonprofits, is giving its Form 990 — the annual tax form filed by charities — a makeover for the first time in nearly 20 years. The changes promise to provide potential donors with a standardized, one-stop shop for information on […]
The New York Times’s assertion earlier this week that "[d]onating $10 to buy a mosquito net to save an African child from malaria has become a hip way to show you care, especially for teenagers," completely misses the point. The focus should not be on hipness or the unusual coalition of partners (the Methodist and […]
Late last night a poster to the community blog Ask MetaFilter asked for some tips on establishing a nonprofit to provide "basic necessities," such as toothbrushes, to small, impoverished, rural South American communities, where he works as a researcher. The best advice came from those who counseled that small steps focused on action, not the […]
Oxford University launches ye olde fundraising drive. | The Wall Street Journal
A grassroots attempt to raise $10 million. | Fort Mill Times
A damned interesting fundraising effort. | Owen Sound (Canada) Sun Times
One last chance for Baby Boomers to make it about someone besides themselves. | Albany Times Union
Delaware nonprofits make an effort to diversify. | […]
The Foundation Center’s recent publication of Guía para escribir propuestas, a Spanish-language edition of its popular Guide to Proposal Writing, might seem to make little sense, given that most foundations want their proposals submitted in English. But according to Janet Camarena, director of the center’s San Francisco office, who oversaw the translation, the expansion of […]
Writing on the op-ed page in yesterday’s New York Times, Carroll Bogert, Harvard ‘83, had some harsh words for her alma mater. Bogert, a former journalist and now the associate director of Human Rights Watch, is upset that Harvard and "several other super-rich universities" continue to ask alumni for donations despite "sitting on top of […]
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