Turning College Students Into Lifelong Philanthropists
FUND-RAISING IDEAS Getting college students to become lifelong donors is a challenge for many colleges and universities. At the University of California at San Diego, officials decided that giving students a chance to raise, invest, and distribute charitable funds would help make them loyal donors…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
A Contest Modeled on Reality TV Shows Pulls In $2-Million for Charities
FUND-RAISING IDEAS John A. Ritter, chief executive officer of Focus Property Group, a Las Vegas company, decided he wanted his company’s annual year-end charity event to be more than just the usual walkathon or food drive, and he wanted it to be fun. So he consulted with a public-relations firm,…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Charity Calendars Show More Than Date
FUND-RAISING IDEAS Nonprofit trustees and employees are getting naked. A growing number of charities are coaxing their top leaders, volunteers, and others to help them produce calendars with a nude theme to raise money. While the models in the calendars almost always have objects placed…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
‘Teen People’: Activists on the Rise
PRESS CLIPPINGSAs teenagers become increasingly involved in community service and charity projects, many are using personal experiences or their reactions to global and local problems to start nonprofit organizations or act as fund raisers for other groups, says Teen People (April) in an article…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
List of generous donors in 2005 includes some little-known namesAmerica’s most-generous donors contributed a total of $4.3-billion to charity last year, a sharp drop from 2004, when the top donors gave more than $10-billion, a new Chronicle ALSO SEE: DATABASE: America’s Most-Generous Donors RELATED…
By Maria Di Mento and nicole lewis
AMERICA’S MOST-GENEROUS DONORS
By Maria Di Mento and nicole lewis
How The Chronicle’s Survey of Last Year’s Top Donors Was Compiled
The Chronicle‘s sixth annual list of the nation’s biggest donors is based on gifts and pledges of ALSO SEE:DATABASE: America’s Most-Generous DonorsRELATED STORIES: Top Donors of 2005 cash and stock to charitable institutions, as well as donations of artworks and land for which it was possible to…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Fund Raisers, Donors Split Over Impact of Hurricane
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have made a big impact on donors’ plans for giving, but few charities are changing their approaches as a result, according to a pair of new studies of donors and fund raisers. Forty-two percent of 555 fund raisers surveyed by the Association of Fundraising Professionals,…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Yale Gets $100-Million for School of Music
Yale University has received a $100-million unrestricted gift for its School of Music. Thomas C. Duffy, Yale School of Music’s acting dean, said he couldn’t reveal the donor’s identity, and would not disclose if the money was from one donor or from several. He said the gift would allow the school…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Amazon.com’s Experiment to Raise Money Produces $1.7-Million
Amazon.com established itself as a powerful philanthropic force in 2001 by raising $5-million for the American Red Cross through its Web site within just 72 hours of the September 11 terrorism attacks. But the company’s latest fund-raising experiment -- a contest aimed at encouraging customers to…
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor