Innovative Fund-Raising Efforts Are Low in Cost and High on Appeal
In recent years many charities have sought to increase their revenue by cutting their fund-raising expenses. ALSO SEE:Hospital Solicits Its Own Employees Through United WayCanadian Real-Estate Agent Turns Commissions Into DonationsOn-Line Contest Nets Cash Prizes for CharitiesShared Mailing…
By Holly Hall
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Survey on Women Points to Their Potential as Donors and Their Need for Aid
Americans underestimate both the potential that women have to become major donors and the degree to which poor women need charitable aid, according to a new survey released by a coalition of women’s groups. At a press conference here, the women’s groups acknowledged that it might seem contradictory…
By Holly Hall
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Charities look for money in all the wrong places, experts say; fund raisers urged to seek new wealth, not old Many charities are spending too much time wooing the wrong donors for big gifts, two fund-raising experts said in a presentation here at the 36th annual conference of the National Society…
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Technology Bits: Planned Giving Design Center Expands
* The Planned Giving Design Center -- an on-line service that provides free news and information on planned gifts and related topics -- has been expanded. Formerly open only to financial advisers in 60 regions of the country, the service is now available nationwide to anybody. Subscribers get…
By Holly Hall
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‘Kiplinger’s’: Churches Hope to Stem Giving Declines
Many churches can barely keep their doors open, due to flat or declining donations, says Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Magazine (May). Contributing to the problem are shrinking membership lists -- the Methodist church alone has lost 1.6 million members since the 1970s -- and some 25 years’ worth of…
By Holly Hall
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Creative Recruiting Can Help Charities Attract Fund Raisers, Experts Say
Les Garner initially turned down the presidency of North Carolina Wesleyan College. ALSO SEE:Wanted: Big-Gift Fund RaisersCharities Offer New Incentives to Find and Keep Fund Raisers One big concern, he recalls, was the fund-raising demands he would face. Then he got the videotape. Created by a…
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Charities Offer New Incentives to Find and Keep Fund Raisers
To offset escalating problems in finding and keeping senior-level fund raisers, charities have begun to offer generous financial bonuses, ALSO SEE:Wanted: Big-Gift Fund RaisersCreative Recruiting Can Help Charities Attract Fund Raisers, Experts Say sabbaticals, country-club memberships, and other…
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Dearth of senior-level applicants is taking a major toll on charities The Coalition to Stop Gun Violence, a small advocacy group in Washington, ALSO SEE:Charities Offer New Incentives to Find and Keep Fund RaisersCreative Recruiting Can Help Charities Attract Fund Raisers, Experts Say searched in…
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Charities Seek to Change Postal-Rate Irregularity
The Postal Service is expected to propose a solution this week to an unanticipated problem: Under the non-profit postage rates that took effect in January, some charities are paying more to mail magazines and other periodicals than they would under commercial rates. For example, Consumers Union, a…
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Accounting Software Reviewed in New Guide
Charities that want to purchase accounting software can take advantage of a new guide that evaluates 26 different accounting programs used by non-profit groups. The Nonprofit Financial Center, a Chicago group that works to promote sound financial practices among charities, has published the guide…
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