Charities vie for fair share of shrinking state budgetsDespite signs that the national economy is improving, nonprofit groups that rely on state money are ALSO SEE: Minnesota Charities Go to Mat Over Cuts to State-Financed Programs State Budgets: The Forecast for the Year Ahead Annual Turnover…
By DAVID WHELAN
Contributor
Outlook for Online Donations Is Cloudy, Experts Say
McLean, Va. The extraordinary amount of money relief charities raised online after September’s terrorist attacks -- more than $215-million of the more than $2-billion collected altogether -- raises as many questions about the future of online fund raising as it answers, experts said at the third…
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Reducing Postal Costs: Tips From Experts
As postage rates continue to rise, veteran fund raisers advise nonprofit groups to “mail smarter": ALSO SEE:First-Class Struggle for Charities Take advantage of U.S. Postal Service discounts and focus mailing lists more effectively to raise as much money as before with mailings to fewer people. The…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
First-Class Struggle for Charities
Soaring postal rates put pressure on fund-raising solicitationsDisabled American Veterans expects its annual postage bill to rise by about $1-million when the ALSO SEE:Reducing Postal Costs: Tips From Experts U.S. Postal Service’s third rate increase in 18 months takes effect June 30. The Cold…
By Elizabeth Schwinn
Contributor
Florida Marlins Baseball Team Receives ‘Points of Light’ Award
Following are the people and organizations that have most recently been named to receive President Bush’s Daily Points of Light Award. The Points of Light Foundation, a Washington charity, assists the president in making the choices and carrying out the award program. More information about the…
Wealthy Donors Tracked in Survey
A survey of its wealthy clients by the Citigroup Private Bank has found that the September 11 terrorist attacks and their aftermath led 44 percent of those responding to the survey to increase or change the focus of their charitable giving. The remaining 56 percent said the events did not affect…
California Grants Focus on Two Cities
Despite record growth in their assets in the past decade, California foundations made more than half of their grants in only two localities, the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas, according to a new report. The assets and giving of foundations in California tripled from 1991 to 1999, according to…
Role for Jewish Federations Will Shrink, Report Predicts
Annual fund-raising campaigns by Jewish federations are likely to play a less and less significant role in Jewish philanthropy as donors increase their giving to other Jewish organizations and to non-Jewish causes, according to a new report. Giving to the annual campaigns of Jewish federations has…
By Meg Sommerfeld
Contributor
Oil Baron Pledges $150-Million to Earth-Sciences Programs at U. of Texas
A retired oil executive from Dallas has pledged $150-million to the University of Texas at Austin to endow studies in earth sciences. When the gift is made, it will be one of the largest ever to a public university. John A. Jackson, 88, who founded the Katie Petroleum Company, said he would…
By Laura Hruby
Contributor
U. of Kansas Receives $10-Million; Other Large Gifts
Two education institutions have received big gifts: Charley W. Oswald, of Edina, Minn., has given $10-million to the Kansas University Endowment Association. Mr. Oswald, the former chairman of National Computer Systems, in Eden Prairie, Minn., now part of NCS Pearson, designated $6-million of his…