Charities Can Now Get Dot-NGO and Dot-ONG Web Addresses
Charities that register can create profile pages in a new directory for nonprofits, where they can also accept online donations.
By Rebecca Koenig
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Half of Colleges and Private Schools Use Social Media to Raise Money
The amount raised that way is small, but colleges are experimenting with new ideas to increase the numbers.
By Rebecca Koenig
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Take-Action Buttons Turn News Readers Into Activists
Foundations and other organizations are supporting creative efforts that make it easy for journalists to steer people to charities worth supporting.
By Rebecca Koenig
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People in Philanthropy: New CEO at Asian-American Grant-Makers Group
Other changes include new leadership at the American Jewish World Service and the Pulitzer Arts Foundation.
By Rebecca Koenig
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Online Revenue Surges 13% for Nonprofits, Study Says
Small groups raised an average of $124.12 for every 1,000 fundraising messages, compared with $25.40 for large groups.
By Rebecca Koenig
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Ticket Auction for Jon Stewart’s Final ‘Daily Show’ to Raise Money for Autism
People who give at least $10 using Omaze.com, a donation platform that works like a charity auction, will be entered in drawings to win a seat in the audience.
By Rebecca Koenig
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Nancy Lublin, CEO of DoSomething.org Moves to Crisis Charity She Founded
Crisis Text Line, a spinoff, hopes to expand to process 100,000 text messages a day.
By Rebecca Koenig
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4 Nonprofits Receive $1.25 Million Skoll Awards
This year’s winners of the Skoll Foundation’s Award for Social Entrepreneurship include Blue Ventures, which tackles marine conservation in innovative ways.
By Rebecca Koenig
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Charity Creates Guide to Help Nonprofits Get Produce Into ‘Food Deserts’
D.C. Central Kitchen sells small amounts of produce to neighborhood stores at discount prices and hopes to see the program replicated in other cities.
By Rebecca Koenig
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On April Fools’ Day, an Aid Charity Morphs Into a Deli and Prank Videos Raise Money
A disaster-relief group applies its food-delivery expertise to selling Reuben sandwiches — and other ways charities are having fun today.
By Rebecca Koenig
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