CONFERENCE NOTEBOOKEvidence of gender gap in pay found in study of fund raisersAtlanta The gender gap in pay for fund raisers is a reality, according to the first comprehensive study of the salary differential ALSO SEE: CHART: Donors’ Top Expectations for Charities between men and women. Women who…
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European Businesses Form Long-Term Ties With Charities
A new report shows that European charities and businesses are more likely than those in the United States to collaborate on long-term marketing deals. The report released by Ethical Corporation, a British magazine, was the periodical’s first study of business-charity partnerships. It examined any…
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Winning Large Gifts: Suggestions on What Works
Leah Kerkman To motivate donors to increase their contributions from a few hundred dollars annually to a much bigger amount, ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Broadcasting a Plea for Big Gifts most charities do not have the support being provided to the more than 100 public-television stations now participating in…
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Broadcasting a Plea for Big Gifts
Television stations overhaul approach they use to raise moneyWilliam and Delia Purdy had been giving to KCTS, their public-television station in Seattle, for more than ALSO SEE:ARTICLE: Winning Large Gifts: Suggestions on What Works 20 years when they decided to make a fivefold increase in the…
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Charities Urged to Do Better Job of Pitching Marketing Deals to Companies
San Diego The amount of money charities raise through marketing arrangements with companies has grown steadily, to nearly $1-billion last year, according to IEG, a Chicago research group. But some charities still do not know how to effectively pitch deals that provide revenue from product sales,…
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Three Large Charities End Solicitations for Katrina Relief as Total Tops $3-Billion
With about $3.2-billion raised to help Hurricane Katrina victims — and contributions still coming in — three of the largest charities that solicited such donations have now stopped raising money for Gulf Coast relief efforts. The American Red Cross, which received nearly $2.12-billion, more than…
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Paid Fund Raisers Earn Mixed Results for Nonprofit Groups
Charities that rely on paid solicitors are getting mixed results, according to studies issued by regulators in four states. In California and Colorado, the share of money that went to charities dropped, while in New York and Washington it increased slightly. In California, companies raised more…
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Fund-Raising Company to Pay $400,000 to Settle Dispute With 19 States
Nineteen states have agreed to a $400,000 settlement with a fund-raising company accused of using deceptive marketing techniques in direct-mail solicitations sent on behalf of more than 30 charities, according to statements released by attorneys general from several of the states. Officials at…
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Many nonprofit groups expect strong fund raising in 2006 After New Orleans was flooded in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, the Louisiana Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals rescued nearly 9,000 animals. But saving the organization’s ALSO SEE:A Special Katrina-Inspired Tax Break Produced…
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Nature Conservancy Rates Highest of Trusted Groups
The AARP and the National Rifle Association are better known than 11 other advocacy groups that focus on influencing federal policy, a new poll has found. The poll also found that the Nature Conservancy, an environmental charity in Arlington, Va., ranked as the most-trusted organization, with the…
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