Few Donors Feel Disaster-Relief Appeals Are Clearly Explained
A report by the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance also found that younger donors were likelier to respond to celebrity appeals.
By Julian Wyllie
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Aileen Getty and Rory Kennedy Lead New Climate Fund to Support Activists and Protesters
Trevor Neilson, one of the leaders of the new fund, said the goal is to ratchet up the level of urgency by supporting those who are “screaming loudly that our government is not taking action.”
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Want More Alumni Donors? Ask People With Student-Loan Debt
The study by GiveCampus also found that nearly half of the respondents, and 58 percent of millennials, are likelier to donate if they can specify how their donation is used.
By Julian Wyllie
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American Airlines to Send Names of Cancer Survivors Aloft in Charity Promotion
People who donate at least $25 to the nonprofit Stand Up To Cancer, which funds medical research, can have the name of a cancer survivor printed on a real, in-service Airbus A321.
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Art for Justice Creates New Program to Bring Artists and Criminal-Justice Advocates Together
Banking heiress Agnes Gund created Art for Justice two years ago using proceeds from her sale of a Roy Lichtenstein painting. The new project will feature 11 projects involving 28 grantees in states with some of the highest prison populations.
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A Third of People Globally Lack Confidence in Charities, Gallup Study Says
In the United States, 60 percent of respondents said they trusted charities, and 27 percent said they did not. Nations in Central America and Eastern Europe were among the least trusting.
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Most Nonprofit Managers Like Their Jobs a Lot, a New Poll Finds
The survey by Classy, an online fundraising company, also found that half of managers were concerned about whether employees at their organizations were paid enough.
Craig Newmark Gives $6 Million to Consumer Reports for Tech Research and Privacy
The money from the Craigslist founder will go toward research into small products, apps, and digital services and will help consumers stand up to big tech and privacy breaches.
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Starbucks Foundation and Points of Light Expand Employee Fellowship Program
The $3.5 million grant will fund 100 fellows who will split their time between work at Starbucks and a nonprofit.
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Hurricane Season Is Coming, but Donations for Disasters Show Signs of Weakening
Twenty-nine percent of households made a disaster-related donation in 2018, down from 31 percent in 2017, according to a new study.
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