More Americans Are Responding to Direct-Mail Appeals, Survey Finds
Americans are increasingly responding to direct-mail solicitations from charities with gifts or other ALSO SEE: Who Responds to Nonprofit Direct Mail expressions of interest, according to a new survey. Nearly 60 percent of people who read such mailings said they had made some type of response in…
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Written Policies Can Help Charities Steer Clear of Trouble
Many charities get into trouble with demanding donors because they lack detailed policies that outline how ALSO SEE:Dealing With Demanding Donors to manage gifts and donors, fund-raising and legal experts say. By defining expectations and procedures, written policies can promote good relations with…
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Entrepreneurs who have built their own businesses and corporate executives who are used to running things often want to control every part of their philanthropy, sometimes to the detriment of a charity. Betsy Mangone, vice president for philanthropic services at the Denver Foundation, worked with…
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Demanding donors are part of nearly every fund raiser’s life. While most donors are easy to ALSO SEE:Written Policies Can Help Charities Steer Clear of Trouble get along with, others cause continual headaches for fund raisers and the charities they represent. And as more and more nonprofit groups…
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Women’s Funds Step Up Efforts to Win Support From Female Donors
As women’s economic influence and power grows, the dozens of foundations that raise money to help women ALSO SEE:Power of the PurseFund Raisers Fail to Tap Self-Made Wealthy Women, Author Finds and girls are changing their approach. Most of the funds were created in the past 30 years, and have…
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Fund Raisers Fail to Tap Self-Made Wealthy Women, Author Finds
Women who have a net worth of $1-million or more, earned from careers in business or the professions, are often ALSO SEE:Power of the PurseWomen’s Funds Step Up Efforts to Win Support From Female Donors ignored by charities, according to Thomas J. Stanley, whose book Millionaire Women Next Door was…
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Self-made women are making their mark on philanthropyWhen Darla Moore gave the University of South Carolina $25-million in 1998 and then pledged another $45-million ALSO SEE:Fund Raisers Fail to Tap Self-Made Wealthy Women, Author FindsWomen’s Funds Step Up Efforts to Win Support From Female Donors…
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Fund raisers strain to capture attention of donorsIn Grand Rapids, Mich., where the average high temperature at this time of year hovers just above freezing, the local Salvation Army is relying on donors to give generously so it can help needy people pay heat and utility bills. But DeWayne Duskin,…
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Charities Not Involved in Relief Efforts Hope Donors Will Stick With Them
President Bush has been urging Americans to donate generously to tsunami relief groups, but last week he ALSO SEE:SPECIAL REPORT: Rebuilding Nature’s Ruin told donors to be careful not to “shortchange” other nonprofit organizations. Gifts to the recovery effort, President Bush said, should be…
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Fund-Raising Association Clarifies Stand on Fees
The Association of Fundraising Professionals has revised its ethics code in an attempt to eliminate confusion over how fund raisers should be paid for attracting sponsorships, advertising, and similar types of support. The changes, which take effect this month, make it unethical for the…
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