Charity’s ‘Embedded’ Fund Raisers Work With Local Affiliates to Secure Big Donations
Habitat for Humanity has overhauled its approach to seeking big gifts, “embedding” fund raisers at local affiliates to seek donations for both local and international projects.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Relief Group Uses Power of Song to Convey Health Messages in Haiti
Charities are creating songs with public-health messages to reach victims of Haiti’s earthquake.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Fund Raising for Chile Earthquake Lags Far Behind Haiti-Relief Totals
Donations to relief groups helping victims of Chile’s earthquake have flowed more slowly than gifts to help Haiti’s victims.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
The Demographics of Text-Message Giving
A new survey finds that donors age 45 and younger were far more likely to make text-message gifts to aid relief efforts in Haiti than their older counterparts.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Fund-Raising Efforts for Chile Off to a Slow Start as Needs Remain Unclear
Donations are starting to trickle in to aid survivors of the massive earthquake in Chile—but at significantly lower levels than after the Haiti earthquake.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
American Idol Plans to Encourage Viewers to Aid Haiti Relief Efforts
On Thursday night, the singing competition will ask viewers to contribute to the United Nations Foundation.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
How Charities Use Text Messaging: Two New Reports
Two new reports examine the rapidly emerging tool of text messaging for fund raising and advocacy.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
One Group’s Approach to Soliciting Big Gifts Via E-Mail
For the last three years, a Washington advocacy group has run an e-mail campaign to solicit gifts of $1,200 or more.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Some Gifts Under $5-Million Proved Transformative for Charities in 2009
Some of the gifts that made a big difference last year were not the ones for $100-million but those that provided $1-million to $5-million to nonprofit groups.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Charities Face Big Challenge in Rebuilding Haiti
The catastrophic earthquake will require many years and much money from America’s nonprofit groups
