But on-the-job drives continue to draw a shrinking share of donors United Ways nationwide raised $3.58-billion in their 1998-99 fund-raising campaigns, ALSO SEE:Donations Reported by 351 United Ways for 1998-99The 10 Companies That Give the Most to United Ways a 5.1-per-cent increase over the…
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Federal Charity Campaign Raises $206-Million
Federal workers last year donated $206.5-million to charities through the Combined Federal Campaign, the government’s annual workplace-giving drive. That was a $9.4-million rise -- an increase of nearly 5 per cent -- over the previous year, when the drive raised $197.1-million. Although donors are…
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Christian Donors Say That Year-2000 Computer Problems Won’t Affect Giving
Some fund raisers worry that year-end gifts might decrease because of donors’ fears about the computer millennium bug, ALSO SEE: Religious Donors and the Millennium Computer Bug but a new survey suggests that giving will remain steady, at least among people who give to religious charities.…
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Charities May Claim Refund for Overpaying on Postage
The Postal Service’s Board of Governors has approved a measure to allow charities to claim a refund if they have been charged extra postage to send non-profit periodicals. The refunds can apply to mailings that were sent after January 10. After new postage rates took effect on that date, some…
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Raising Funds by the Good Book
Churches use financial lessons from the Bible and see gifts rise Willow Creek Community Church, an evangelical congregation in South Barrington, Ill., has managed to buck fund-raising trends. ALSO SEE:The Bible on Money: ‘Honor the Lord With Your Wealth’ While giving to Protestant and Catholic…
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Black Philanthropy: a Focus on Careers and Building Endowments
CONFERENCE NOTEBOOK Black fund raisers and other professionals, years after first taking positions at predominantly white charities, are still a scarce commodity in philanthropic circles, according to Frances K. Moseley, who gave a presentation here at the second National Conference on Black…
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Shared Mailing Delivers for AIDS Charity
In November, thousands of Washington-area residents opened their mailboxes and found a white envelope that looked like it had been dropped off by a neighbor. ALSO SEE:Innovative Fund-Raising Efforts Are Low in Cost and High on Appeal All it said on the outside was “Please RSVP,” along with the…
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On-Line Contest Nets Cash Prizes for Charities
Charities increasingly are benefiting from companies’ efforts to sell goods and services on line. A promotion for a stock-market game on the Internet, for example, ALSO SEE:Innovative Fund-Raising Efforts Are Low in Cost and High on Appeal is bringing in $50,000 to the Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club…
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Canadian Real-Estate Agent Turns Commissions Into Donations
Canadian real-estate broker has started a new organization, Charity Begins With Your Home, ALSO SEE:Innovative Fund-Raising Efforts Are Low in Cost and High on Appeal to help people make gifts to charity when they sell or buy a home. The new organization is based on the practice of obtaining…
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Hospital Solicits Its Own Employees Through United Way
The Baptist Memorial Hospital in Memphis has found an effective way to solicit its own employees for gifts: ALSO SEE:Innovative Fund-Raising Efforts Are Low in Cost and High on Appeal by piggybacking onto a campaign that the local United Way had held at the hospital for years. The idea stemmed from…
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