Recession Hits Arts Groups Especially Hard
Despite generally strong attendance at many nonprofit museums and theaters in recent months, many arts charities around the country are laying off workers or adopting hiring freezes and cutting other expenses in response to a falloff in donations from companies, individuals, and governments. And…
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United Ways across the country raised $4.2-billion last year, a 2.4-percent increase over 2006, but not enough to outpace the 4.1percent rate of inflation, according to figures released this month by United Way of America. The economy’s downturn means that fund raising will be even more challenging…
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Hurricane Giving Falls Short of Needs
American charities have raised about $50-million so far for hurricane-relief efforts — much less than nonprofit groups typically raise immediately after big-scale disasters, and far short of the hundreds of millions of dollars officials say are needed to help people harmed by the storms. Charities…
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Hurricane Giving Hits $50-Million, But Falls Short of Needs
Hurricane giving hits $50-million, but falls short of needs
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Election-Year Fund-Raising Success Holds Lessons for Charities
The 2008 political campaign has added a new twist to the matching gift: When donors to Sen. Barack Obama’s campaign ALSO SEE:DATABASE: Online Fund Raising: How Much Big Charities Are RaisingARTICLE: After the FloodARTICLE: Charities Make Aggressive Efforts to Lure Generous Donors OnlineARTICLE:…
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A Low-Cost Communications Tool
Two years ago, David Wilcox, director of international ministries at the Association of Christian Schools International, in Colorado Springs, struggled with the high cost of making telephone calls to the United States while traveling overseas. Then he started using Skype, an Internet-based…
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A new online tool allows Facebook users to bring attention to — and seek donations for — nonprofit groupsCharities are scrambling to figure out how to take advantage of a recent development at Facebook, ALSO SEE:LIVE DISCUSSION: Read the transcript of an online discussion with Matt Flannery,…
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Staying at the Top of Their Game
Barbara Otto, a Chicago charity executive, was dropping her 2-year-old daughter off at day care when she got back into her ALSO SEE:GET ADVICE: Read the transcript of an online discussion with Christine Kwak of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Michelle Gislason, a consultant at CompassPoint about…
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Majority of United Ways achieved fund-raising gains in 2006, with donations totaling $4.1-billionSixty percent of the nation’s United Ways raised more money in 2006 than in the previous year, with donations totaling $4.1-billion, ALSO SEE: TABLE: Largest Percentage Gains and Losses TABLE: Donations…
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Community Funds Award Record Amount in Grants, Survey Shows
Community foundations awarded a record amount in grants last year, and now hold more in assets ALSO SEE:CHARTS: Community Foundations’ Assets, Gifts, and Grants in 2006 than ever before, according to an annual survey by Ohio’s Columbus Foundation. Donations to the funds, which typically raise and…
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