Experts Offer Tips for Charities on Hiring a Commercial Fund Raiser
By HARVY LIPMANHow can a nonprofit organization make sure that the commercial ALSO SEE:Calling Solicitors to AccountHow Commercial Solicitors Rank on the Amount of Income Provided to CharityHow the Fund-Raising Companies Were RankedFor Small Charities, the Options Are Few and the Risks Are…
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Winning Back Lapsed Donors: When Breaking Even Pays
By HARVY LIPMANFrom 1995 to 1999, Harris O’Malley Marketing, in Woodland Hills, Calif., ran ALSO SEE:Calling Solicitors to AccountHow Commercial Solicitors Rank on the Amount of Income Provided to CharityHow the Fund-Raising Companies Were RankedFor Small Charities, the Options Are Few and the…
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Government Regulation of Fund Raisers: Far Trickier Than It Seems
By HARVY LIPMANIn recent years, state regulators and the Federal Trade Commission have intensified ALSO SEE:Calling Solicitors to AccountHow Commercial Solicitors Rank on the Amount of Income Provided to CharityHow the Fund-Raising Companies Were RankedFor Small Charities, the Options Are Few and…
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How the Fund-Raising Companies Were Ranked
By HARVY LIPMANThe Chronicle‘s analysis of the performance of commercial fund-raising companies ALSO SEE:Calling Solicitors to AccountHow Commercial Solicitors Rank on the Amount of Income Provided to CharityFor Small Charities, the Options Are Few and the Risks Are HighGovernment Regulation of…
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For Small Charities, the Options Are Few and the Risks Are High
By HARVY LIPMANEven when small charities work diligently to negotiate the best possible ALSO SEE:Calling Solicitors to AccountHow Commercial Solicitors Rank on the Amount of Income Provided to CharityHow the Fund-Raising Companies Were RankedGovernment Regulation of Fund Raisers: Far Trickier Than…
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Optimist Club Among ‘Points of Light’
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Bush’s Daily Points of Light Award. The Points of Light Foundation, a Washington charity, assists the president in making the choices and carrying out the award program. More information about the…
$100-Million Pledge to Faith-Based Program
By JANINE E. GUGLIELMINOThe Robert Wood Johnson Foundation last week pledged $100-million over the next seven years to its Faith in Action program, which supports religious groups that mobilize volunteers to provide social services. The money will enable the program to make 2,000 additional grants…
By Janine E. Guglielmino
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Medical Center in D.C. Receives Big Pledges; Other Gifts
Several institutions have received large gifts: Children’s National Medical Center, in Washington, has received pledges of $25-million each from two local couples. Stephen A. Goldberg, founder of a management company in Washington that bears his name, and his wife, Diana, chair of the hospital…
Giving by U.S. Foundations Rose 18% in 2000, New Report Finds
By ZIYA SERDAR TUMGORENAmerican foundations increased their grant making by $4.3-billion last ALSO SEE:100 Largest Foundations by AssetsFoundation Giving Trends, 1999 year, according to a new report by the Foundation Center. Foundations last year gave an estimated $27.6-billion -- an 18.4 percent…
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Legal Expertise and Skills That Made a Big Difference: Some Case Studies
Following are excerpts from “Louder Than Words: Lawyers, Communities, ALSO SEE:Advocating Legal Aid to Charities and the Struggle for Justice,” a report by the Rockefeller Foundation that shows innovative strategies adopted by civil-rights lawyers in recent years.Mobilizing Sweatshop Workers to…