Charities Brace for Challenging Giving Season
Nonprofits are focusing their year-end efforts on online solicitations, one of the few fund-raising techniques that is still growing fast in the slow economy.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
ACLU Celebrates Turning 90 by Raising $407-Million
The American Civil Liberties Union wraps up its anniversary with the successful conclusion of a fund-raising campaign that far exceeded its original goals.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Children’s Hospital Scores Fund-Raising Touchdown
As football season gets under way, St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has teamed up with Fox Sports broadcast network to raise money and promote its work.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Fund-Raising Recovery is Slow, Chronicle’s Quarterly Survey Finds
The country’s largest charities are on a long, slow climb to bring donations back to pre-recession levels, according to The Chronicle’s latest quarterly fund-raising survey,
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Labor Day Telethon Offers Clues About Fall Fund Raising
The Jerry Lewis telethon raised $58.9-million to fight muscular dystrophy over the Labor Day weekend, still short of its record of $65-million. The sluggish results suggest that fund raising will remain difficult for many charities in the months ahead.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
An International Charity Focuses on Recruiting New Donors in One City
World Vision, the international relief organization, is using just about every fund-raising technique it can to seek new donors in Spokane.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Year-End Giving Could Get a Lift From Political Tax Debates
As wealthy people worry about a possible tax increase next year, fund raisers say many of them may decide giving in 2010 is a smart financial move.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Tennis Academy on a Winning Streak to Raise $1-Million
The Austin Tennis Academy has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to help provide clean water and other services to people in Ethiopia.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
A Philanthropist’s Case for Restoring the Estate Tax
A philanthropist explains why the estate tax is a good incentive for her to do good.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Raising Money, One City at a Time
World Vision takes to the road with an intensive new approach to recruit new donors.
By Holly Hall
Contributor