Group Reports Small Rise in Gifts for Protestant Missions
Protestants are giving a smaller and smaller share of their incomes to their churches, according to a new report on giving by members of 29 denominations. The report, which looked at contributions by millions of church members ALSO SEE:Giving to Religious Causes by Protestants from 1968 to 1997,…
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Group Reports Small Rise in Gifts for Protestant Missions
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How to Avoid Potential Pitfalls When Giving Donors Their Due
Displays that honor donors by name sometimes do double duty for charities: ALSO SEE:Beyond RecognitionPhoto gallery They thank people who gave to a specific fund-raising campaign, and they help motivate additional gifts long afterward. The National Science Center/Fort Discovery, in Augusta, Ga.,…
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Charities devise creative ways to acknowledge donors by name -- and motivate them to give more When Rebecca Hoffberger, director of Baltimore’s American Visionary Art Museum, ALSO SEE:How to Avoid Potential Pitfalls When Giving Donors Their DuePhoto gallery wanted to thank a donor who had made a…
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Yearly Ritual for a Jewish Family: Giving to Hadassah
Giving to the Jewish women’s charity Hadassah is a family affair for Long Islanders David and Sylvia Salzberg, ALSO SEE:Philanthropy 400 charts and related stories their children, and their 10-year-old granddaughter. Over the last 50 years, members of the family have given more than $1-million to…
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Old-Line Charities Succeed With New Approaches to Attracting Donors
Although many of the charities on the Philanthropy 400 are among the oldest and most well-established in the nation, ALSO SEE:Philanthropy 400 charts and related stories some of them are also among the most innovative in developing new fund-raising techniques. The Internet offers perhaps the most…
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Fund Raisers Worried by New Law
President Clinton has signed into law a measure that many charity fund raisers fear will impede their efforts to get information about donors. As of June 1, charities, businesses, and other organizations will no longer be easily able to obtain information that people provide to states when they…
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The Pitfalls of Mining the Internet
Internet makes research on donors easier, but charities don’t use it well The explosion of data on the Internet is making it easier and cheaper than ever for charities to obtain detailed information on people who have the potential to make big donations. ALSO SEE:Internet Sites That Click for…
By Marilyn Dickey and Holly Hall
States Are Split on How to Protect Donors From On-Line Fraud
State officials are divided about how best to protect donors from fraud as on-line solicitations grow more popular, according to preliminary findings from a new study of charity regulators in the 50 states. In a presentation at a conference here on fund raising and technology, Michael Johnston, a…
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Fund Raisers Drum Up New Business
More and more charities are looking to turn entrepreneurs into donors The Pittsburgh Public Theater has won a reputation for pushing artistic boundaries. ALSO SEE:Getting Entrepreneurs to Give: a Sampling of Resources Now it is trying to push conventional fund-raising boundaries by seeking big…
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