Fund-Raising Experts Offer Tips on Seeking IRA Gifts Under New Law
Charities should be careful in promoting gifts under a new federal law allowing people to make ALSO SEE:Article: New Law Challenges Fund RaisersArticle: How the New Tax Law Affects Charities: Online Sources of InformationArticle: Charity Leaders Seek to Decipher New Rules Designed to Curb Abuses…
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Fund Raisers Expect Donations to Climb
Despite increased fuel costs, the war in Iraq, and falling housing prices, most fund raisers believe that the economy is not hampering their ability to raise money, nor will it do so six months from now, according to a national survey of 197 fund raisers. The “Philanthropic Giving Index,” as the…
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A multimillionaire creates a new guide to help charity trustees ask their friends and peers for big gifts Lewis B. Cullman, a New York philanthropist, and his wife, Dorothy, have given away at least $250-million — and helped charities raise millions of dollars more. Sometimes raising money is a lot…
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Nonprofit-Marketing Experts Outline Hot Trends, Discuss Challenges
By Holly HallIn recent years, charities have grown more sophisticated in their marketing efforts, with many hiring marketing professionals from corporations, but they still have a long way to go, a Georgetown University marketing scholar said at a meeting held here last week by the American…
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Donations to Social-Service and Environmental Groups Rose in 2005
By Debra E. Blum and Holly Hall Following is a summary of how different types of groups fared in their fund raising last year, according to Giving USA, the ALSO SEE: Chart: Where the Money Came From Chart: How Donations Fared Over Past Two Years, by Charitable Cause Article: Coming on Strong…
By Debra E. Blum and Holly Hall
Gifts in 2005 nearly matched all-time high of 2000American charities are achieving their strongest fund-raising results in years — in many cases coming ALSO SEE: Chart: Giving to Charities, by Source of Donations Chart: How Much Americans Gave for Disaster Relief Table:Where Disaster-Relief…
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Bigger Matching Gifts Don’t Produce More Donors
Persuading a wealthy donor to match smaller gifts from other people is one of the most popular techniques in fund raising. But charity officials shouldn’t spend a lot of time encouraging big donors to offer two or three times as much as other donors give, a new study by economists has found —…
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Charities Urged to Change Annuity Calculations
By Holly HallAn influential fund-raising group has recommended that charities increase the compounding interest rate used to calculate how donors and charities will benefit from an increasingly popular type of deferred gift. The American Council on Gift Annuities says charities should increase the…
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Postage Increase for Charities Could Take Effect in 2007
By Holly HallThe U.S. Postal Service has proposed new rates that would increase postage costs for charities by 8.4 percent on average. The new rates are not expected to take effect until at least May 2007. The proposal comes less than one year after the last postage increase: Charities began paying…
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Blondes Have More Funds When Raising Charitable Donations, Study Finds
By Holly HallCharities raise more money going door to door when they get attractive young women to do the asking, particularly if they are blonde, a new study has found. The research, with 44 undergraduates who were hired to raise money for a new nonprofit research center at their university,…
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