‘Time dollar’ programs let participants give and receiveRoberta House shops with fake money she earned by helping her neighbors. Her fake money buys very real items — clothes, dishes, bleach, toothbrushes, ALSO SEE:Charities Team Up to Bring Time-Bank Project to Ravaged Gulf Coast‘Time Bank’…
By Sara Anne Donnelly
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Online Donations Rose Fast in Last Quarter of 2005, Charities Say
As 2005 drew to a close, online donations during the critical year-end giving season posted a big jump for many charities over the same period the year before. Donations made through JustGive.org, a charity in San Francisco that processes online gifts, during ALSO SEE:A Rosy ForecastA Special…
By NICOLE WALLACE
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A Special Katrina-Inspired Tax Break Produced Mixed Results for Charities
Congress’s efforts to prevent “donor fatigue” by passing special tax breaks after Hurricane Katrina yielded mixed ALSO SEE:A Rosy ForecastOnline Donations Rose Fast in Last Quarter of 2005, Charities Say results, fund raisers say. Many charities — especially those that made aggressive efforts to…
By Holly Hall
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Many nonprofit groups expect strong fund raising in 2006 After New Orleans was flooded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals rescued nearly 9,000 animals. But saving the organization’s ALSO SEE:A Special Katrina-Inspired Tax Break Produced…
By Leah Kerkman
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Oil Tycoon Gives $165-Million for Athletics Facilities at Oklahoma State
Boone Pickens, the oil and investment executive, has donated $165-million to support athletics at Oklahoma State University, in Stillwater. The gift is the largest single donation to a college athletics program in U.S. history, university officials said. Mr. Pickens graduated from the university in…
By Caroline Preston
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Ford Heiress Leaves $50-Million to Detroit College; Other Gifts
Nine institutions have received big gifts: The College for Creative Studies, in Detroit, has received a $50-million bequest from Josephine Ford, of Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., for its endowment. Mrs. Ford, the only granddaughter of Henry Ford, the Ford Motor Company founder, died in June. Earnings…
Former Chrysler executive vows to eliminate diabetes Los Angeles After almost five decades working in the automobile industry, Lee A. Iacocca earned a reputation for taking business risks that paid big dividends. In philanthropy, he hopes to do the same. Since 1984, Mr. Iacocca, the former chief…
By Ian Wilhelm
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Nonprofit Organizations Can Increase Efficiency by Using Technology Plans
Wired for Good: Strategic Technology Planning for Nonprofits
By Jessica Kronstadt
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Nonprofit Internet Strategies: Best Practices for Marketing, Communications, and Fundraising
By Caroline Preston
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