Advice for Fund Raisers Shooting for Big Gifts
Dream Builders, by Nick G. Costa, outlines approaches to attracting big gifts. The book profiles several organizations that are raising money for capital campaigns and shows how they apply Mr. Costa’s suggestions, which include learning when to casually engage potential donors and when to ask…
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
Simple Ways Fund Raisers Can Relate to Donors
The Zen of Fundraising: 89 Timeless Ideas to Strengthen and Develop Your Donor Relationships
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
A Report on Foundations That Support Leadership Development
Investing in Leadership: Inspiration and Ideas From Philanthropy’s Latest Frontier, Volume 2
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
How Nonprofit Groups Can Recruit Baby-Boomer Volunteers
Civic Engagement and the Baby Boomer Generation: Research, Policy, and Practice Perspectives
By M.J. Prest
Senior Editor, Solutions
IRS Rejects Tax Exemptions to Some Housing Groups
TAX WATCHGroups that give down-payment assistance to home buyers do not qualify for tax-exempt status if the down payments are provided by the sellers of the homes, the IRS said in a revenue ruling. In its ruling, the IRS said that when homeowners and builders give money to down-payment assistance…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Charity Provisions Dropped From Tax Legislation
TAX WATCHAs members of the House and Senate worked out a compromise tax measure last week, they dropped nearly every provision that charities and lawmakers had sought to cut down on abuses of charity tax laws and encourage charitable giving. The negotiators said the charity provisions may be…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Oxfam Uncovers Fraud in Tsunami-Relief Work
Oxfam International, a London relief organization, has uncovered fraudulent expenditures of $22,000 related to its humanitarian efforts in Aceh, Indonesia, which was devastated by the 2004 tsunamis in South Asia. Following a seven-week internal investigation, the charity reports that $20,000 has…
By BRENNEN JENSEN
Contributor
National YWCA Votes to Allow Male Trustees
By Ian WilhelmThe YWCA USA last month approved a controversial proposal that would allow men to assume board positions, a decision that ends the group’s 148-year history of requiring that all of its trustees be women. During the organization’s annual meeting in April, YWCA agreed to allow its…
By Ian Wilhelm
Contributor
Running Office Centers Poses Big Challenge for Charities
When Washington Parks & People decided to buy a building to house itself and other local charities, it took an ALSO SEE:A Space of Their Own approach befitting its mission as a grass-roots organization that has revitalized parks and neighborhoods across the nation’s capital. It found a historic…
By EMAN QUOTAH
Contributor
Centers for nonprofit groups offer low-cost rent and other perksIn the late 1990s, Third Sector New England, a nonprofit group in Boston, learned just how much the volatile real-estate market can shake up a charity’s budget. Third Sector, which offers management ALSO SEE:Running Office Centers…
By EMAN QUOTAH
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