Professional Certificate Offered to Planned-Giving Specialists
By Brad Wolverton The Association of Fundraising Professionals announced last month that it will collaborate with the ALSO SEE:Seeking a Seal of ApprovalOrganizations That Offer Professional Test American College, a financial-education institution, to offer training courses in planned giving and…
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Big U.S. foundations see drop in assets for third straight yearThe declining stock market continued to erode the assets of the nation’s largest private foundations ALSO SEE:Giving Trends at Big Foundations: A searchable databaseNonprofit Popularity ContestsHow The Chronicle‘s 2003 Survey of Big…
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Community Foundations Plan to Spend More on Advertising
Three in four community foundations expect to spend as much or more money this year to market and advertise their organizations, according to a survey by the Cleveland Foundation and Marcus Thomas, a Cleveland advertising agency. The survey, which was conducted by e-mail last summer, received…
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Companies use high-tech services to help people create foundationsNorwalk, Conn. Two companies -- one an upstart with roots in the Internet world, the other a financial-services giant -- are vying to make forming a private foundation as easy as opening an online checking account. Foundation Source,…
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AARP Article Calling Gift Annuities ‘Scams’ Worries Fund Raisers
Fund raisers are concerned that an article in the December issue of the AARP Bulletin, which is distributed to 35 million Americans, could cause donors to become reluctant to set up charitable gift annuities. Under the headline “Scam Alert,” the one-page article in the monthly publication warns…
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Youthful Grant Makers Seek Ways to Bridge Troubled Racial Waters
As one of the only biracial students in her suburban Washington, D.C., middle school, Jennifer ALSO SEE:Charity’s Youth MovementThe Young and the Generous: Related articles Occean says she used to come home from school crying because kids teased her about having a black father and Hispanic mother.…
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‘Worth’: America’s Top Donors, Charities
The financial magazine Worth has published its second annual list of what it calls the nation’s 100 best charities, in an issue that also includes profiles of 25 generous young Americans (December). Worth‘s listing of the nation’s best charitable organizations is based on interviews with experts in…
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‘Business Week’: A New Era of Philanthropy
Emboldened by lessons they have learned in the corporate world, a growing number of wealthy Americans are ambitiously broadening the scope of their charitable work, which has ushered in a new era of philanthropy, according to a BusinessWeek cover story (December 2). As part of the 10-page special…
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‘Business Review’: Company Gifts
Although corporate philanthropy is in decline, a handful of large companies have begun to develop charitable programs closely tied to their corporate strategy, serving a social need and indirectly benefiting their businesses, according to the cover article in the Harvard Business Review (December).…
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Report Predicts Debt Woes for Charities
A sharp increase in the number and types of nonprofit groups that are borrowing money, combined with the ALSO SEE:New Nonprofit Bond Ratings by Moody’s Investor Service poor economy and tough fund-raising environment, have increased the possibility that more organizations might soon have trouble…
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