Six Nonprofit Groups Honored for Marketing Campaigns
The Direct Marketing Association, in New York, last week announced the winners, including six nonprofit organizations, of its 77th annual International Echo Awards, which honor businesses, charities, and other groups for creative and successful direct-mail and interactive marketing campaigns. Two…
By Anne W. Howard
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Stanford U. Receives $90-Million in Big Donations; Other Recent Gifts
Twelve institutions have received big gifts: Stanford University, in California, has received a gift of $50-million from Peter S. Bing, a private investor in Los Angeles, and his wife, Helen, to build a new concert hall, as part of the university’s planned performing-arts center. Mr. Bing graduated…
International Grants Rose by 8% Last Year
Foundation giving to international causes rose to $3.8-billion last year, the largest amount American grant makers ALSO SEE: Table: International Giving by American Foundations have ever awarded overseas, says a new report. Such giving grew by $300-million from 2004, an 8-percent increase, not…
By Ian Wilhelm
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MacArthur fellow is on a quest to save the world’s oceansA small chalkboard hangs on one wall of Edith Widder’s laboratory here, listing three “to do” items. The first — “let the paint dry” — was checked off ALSO SEE: Info: About Edith Widder, President, Ocean Research & Conservation Association in…
By MARTY MICHAELS
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Estate’s Diverse Collections Draw a Variety of Donors to Campaign
The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, on 207 acres in San Marino, Calif., looks so ALSO SEE: DATABASE: Philanthropy 400 Table: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Article: A Year of Big Gains Article: Largest Charities Focus on Campaigns’…
By SUZANNE PERRY
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Creative Spirit and Marketing Savvy Pay Off for Literacy Charity
When viewers of NBC’s Today show turned on their televisions one late November morning in 2003, they were ALSO SEE: DATABASE: Philanthropy 400 Table: First Book Article: A Year of Big Gains Article: Largest Charities Focus on Campaigns’ Aftermath Article: Charities Find It’s Wise to Spend More on…
By PETER PANEPENTO
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Emphasis on Accountability Lifts Returns for International Aid Charity
When James Cavnar started a new international aid group five years ago, he wanted to give donors more confidence in how ALSO SEE: DATABASE: Philanthropy 400 Table: Cross International Alliance Article: A Year of Big Gains Article: Largest Charities Focus on Campaigns’ Aftermath Article: Charities…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
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Charities Find It’s Wise to Spend More on Fund Raising
Fund raisers at the nation’s most-successful charities have borrowed basic concepts from the investing world to ALSO SEE:DATABASE: Philanthropy 400Article: A Year of Big GainsArticle: Largest Charities Focus on Campaigns’ AftermathArticle: Emphasis on Accountability Lifts Returns for International…
By Holly Hall
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Largest Charities Focus on Campaigns’ Aftermath
As the economy has improved, so have the capital-campaign prospects of charities, as reflected in the fund-raising ALSO SEE:DATABASE: Philanthropy 400Article: A Year of Big GainsArticle: Charities Find It’s Wise to Spend More on Fund RaisingArticle: Emphasis on Accountability Lifts Returns for…
By Holly Hall
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The Philanthropy 400: Related Charts
CHARITIES THAT RAISED AT LEAST HALF OF THEIR DONATIONS AT THE END OF THE YEAR Philanthropy 400 rank Organization Percentage of donations raised from October through December Percentage of donations raised in December 59 Marine Toys for Tots Foundation 93% 75% 258 Omaha Community Foundation 84% n/a…