Oil Company Donates $25-Million to Los Angeles Museum
Oil company steps up giving in California
Congress to Form New Group to Focus on Nonprofit Issues
Members of Congress form a group to focus on nonprofit issues
Red Campaign’s Promotion Costs Under Scrutiny
Controversy erupts over how much Product (Red) has raised
Chinese Government Encourages Charitable Activities
Chinese government loosens grip on charities
Update: Defending a Museum Chief’s Pay
Museum of Modern Art defends payments to chief executive
Predicting the Future of Fund Raising and Philanthropy
Gayle Roberts, a fund-raising consultant in San Francisco, asked a panel of fund raisers to predict the future of fund raising and philanthropy. Some of the predictions, which are posted on her Fundraising for Nonprofits blog, are rather radical. Among the predictions: Donors’ calls for increased…
By PETER PANEPENTO
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Who Should Set a Nonprofit Group’s Agenda?
Who “owns” a nonprofit group? Jeff Brooks, who writes Donor Power Blog, says the owners are the clients and the donors. “Compared to those two groups, everyone else is a bystander.” Mr. Brooks, creative director at Merkle/Domain, a fund-raising consulting firm, was responding to a comment by the…
By STACY PALMER
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NAACP’s Board Comes Under Criticism
Trent Stamp, president of Charity Navigator, places the blame squarely on the NAACP’s board of directors for the announcement on Sunday that the organization’s president, Bruce Gordon, is resigning after 19 months. On his blog, Mr. Stamp says the 64-member board is too big and unwieldy and gave…
By PETER PANEPENTO
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How Charities Can Use Blogs to Promote Good Causes
Have Fun Do Good offers tips to nonprofit groups about how to use blogs to promote their causes The blog’s author, Britt Bravo, a writer and consultant, says she recently updated her “10 Ways Nonprofits Can Use Blogs” to put more emphasis on ways to enlist other bloggers to get the word out. Her…
By STACY PALMER
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