Amnesty International USA’s Campaign Pledge Form
The form allows donors to pledge endowment gifts and annual support at the same time.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
An Acknowledgement Letter for a Gift of Stock
A Better Chance, an education charity, uses a version of this letter to thank donors who give stock.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
A Template for a Planned-Gift Letter of Intent
A sample form to collect information from donors about their estate gifts.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
City Year’s Information Packet for Corporate Partnerships
How the organization communicates expectations, schedules, and more when working with a company.
By Avi Wolfman-Arent
Contributor
The Ocean Conservancy’s Planned-Gift Confirmation Form
The nonprofit asks donors to let them know when they’ve made a planned gift—but the organization doesn’t ask about the dollar value first.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Letter of Inquiry for Grant Seeking
A Grand Rapids, Mich., childhood hunger organization uses this template as a starting point with foundations.
By Eden Stiffman
Senior Editor
Tele-Volunteering Allows Corporate Volunteers to Give Back from Their Desks
A tutoring program attracts companies and volunteers by working around their schedules and allowing them to coach students by phone.
By Avi Wolfman-Arent
Contributor
St. Louis Homeless Shelter Fights Order to Limit Intake
A long-serving shelter in St. Louis is resisting efforts by local officials and nearby property owners to sharply restrict the number of people it can take in, writes The New York Times.
Tech’s Power to Mobilize Masses Comes at a Cost, Diana Aviv Says
Independent Sector’s CEO launches a nationwide information tour to highlight challenges and opportunities facing charities.
By Megan O’Neil
Contributor
Gates Foundation Divests From McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Exxon
A Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation spokesman would not comment on why the world’s largest philanthropy sold its stake in three companies in the last quarter of 2014, Bloomberg reports.
Surfeit of Customers Helped Doom Nonprofit Health Co-Op
Nonprofit health insurer CoOportunity Health, formed in 2013 under the Affordable Care Act and now in liquidation after running out of cash, may have been financially undone by its success in drawing far more clients than anticipated, engendering much higher treatment costs, according to The New York Times.
Charity’s Scholarships Help African Girls Pursue Their Life Goals
The Campaign for Female Education serves 100,000 children annually.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
After Years of Growth, Teach for America Recruitment Falling
Applications to join the national education nonprofit, which sends new, quickly trained college graduates into troubled school districts for two-year classroom stints, are down by about 10 percent from a year ago, the second straight decline after 15 years of growth, writes The New York Times.
Taking on Corcoran Collection Transforms National Gallery
The New York Times and The Washington Post report on the National Gallery of Art’s absorption of the now-closed Corcoran Gallery of Art’s collection, an unprecedented transfer that could dramatically remake the National Gallery.
Major Museums Sour on Photo-Facilitating ‘Selfie Sticks’
The Museum of Modern Art, the Getty Center, and other prominent institutions have banned “selfie sticks,” citing concerns that the gadgets that allow users to hold cameras at a distance and take better self-portraits pose a hazard to visitors and exhibits, CBS New York and Washington’s WJLA television report.
N.Y. Nonprofit Ousts Legal-Aid Lawyers Over Anti-Police Video
The two lawyers were forced to resign from city-funded Bronx Defenders after appearing in a rap video that called for killing police officers, reports The New York Times.