Experts Offer Tips on Getting the Most From Interactive Technology
Many charities are trying to figure out how to use new online tools ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Donors Take ControlARTICLE: Online Solicitations: a Sampling of Next-Generation Approaches to recruit and interact with large numbers of donors and persuade them not just to make gifts on their own, but also to…
By PETER PANEPENTO
Contributor
Online Solicitations: a Sampling of Next-Generation Approaches
ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Donors Take ControlARTICLE: Experts Offer Tips on Getting the Most From Interactive Technology Change.org What it is: A Web site for people who are interested in charitable causes. When it was created: February 2007 How it works: Like MySpace and other social-networking sites,…
Grass-roots fund raising flourishes on the InternetMore and more nonprofit groups are mixing cutting-edge Internet appeals with old-fashioned fund-raising techniques like bake sales and clothing drives to attract throngs of people ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Online Solicitations: a Sampling of…
By PETER PANEPENTO
Contributor
$90-Million Promised to Symphony; Other Gifts
Four institutions have received big gifts: The New World Symphony, in Miami Beach, has received a pledge of $90-million from an anonymous donor for its capital campaign to build a new campus. The new facilities will include a 700-seat music hall, practice space, offices, and new equipment. San Jose…
By Anne W. Howard
Contributor
Princeton University Returns Small Part of Donation Ensnared in Court Battle
Princeton University last week reimbursed $782,375 to the Robertson Foundation, a fund that endowed the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: ‘Fortune': Battles Over Donors’ Intentions and has been at the center of a dispute between the university and heirs of…
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor
Foundations Urged to Help Charities Pay Operating Costs
Many foundations “may be crippling” nonprofit groups, especially small, local ones, by not providing enough money to pay for rent, salaries, and other overhead costs, warns a new report. The report, by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, a watchdog and research group in Washington,…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
An Activist Takes On Foundations
Grass-roots organizer will lead a philanthropy-watchdog groupAaron Dorfman was a sophomore at Carleton College, in Northfield, Minn., when he first thought about a career in activism. Mr. Dorfman told his political-science professor he would like to follow in his father’s footsteps and become a…
By Michael Anft
Contributor
THE FACE OF PHILANTHROPYPuppet Masters
Photograph courtesy of No Strings International
By SUZANNE PERRY
Contributor
Interest Rates for Planned Gifts
Following are the interest rates, provided by the Internal Revenue Service, for computing charitable deductions for charitable remainder trusts, gift annuities, charitable lead trusts, and some other deferred gifts. March 2007 5.8% February 5.6% January 5.6% December 2006 5.8% November 5.6% October…
Status and recent results of drives for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs Started or announced Closing date Goal Amount raised Purpose Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Nov. 2000 Fall 2009 $275,000,000 $238,000,000 To build this venue and a public park for performances Ithaca…