Boost Online Donations by Getting the Basics Right
Watch discussion on how to get better results from online giving.
Training Abused Dogs Teaches Youths Skills and Self-Confidence
The dog-rehabilitation program, run by Safe Humane Chicago, has been so successful in a local juvenile-justice program that other groups around the country want to copy the approach.
By Cassie J. Moore
Contributor
Year-End Fundraising Examples and Ideas
As groups think ahead to their next year-end giving campaigns, it helps to look at holiday-season drives that have worked in the past.
By Idit Knaan, Raymund Flandez and Holly Hall
Charity Helps Refugees in Dangerous Slums Become Self-Sufficient
The group has received major humanitarian prizes for its innovative work helping people who flee to dangerous city slums.
By Michelle Gienow
Contributor
Online Giving in Holiday Season Grows 17% Over 2012
According to Network for Good, a nonprofit processor of Internet donations, the total raised is higher in part because the size of the average gift has grown 12 percent.
By Raymund Flandez
Contributor
Hundreds of Volunteers Join in Annual ‘Singing Christmas Tree’ Event
What began 50 years ago as a church project in Portland, Ore., has evolved into a popular production that raises $1-million a year.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Fundraisers Can Get Career Tips From New Online Exchange
More than 40 veteran fundraisers are volunteering to help new and aspiring chief development officers thrive in their jobs.
By Holly Hall
Contributor
Nonprofit Promotes Local Businesses in Crisis-Plagued Countries
Building Markets connects local entrepreneurs with business opportunities to promote stability and fight poverty.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Rockefeller Fund Solicits Artwork That Celebrates Giving Globally
To celebrate its centennial, the foundation hired an artist who created a painting that incorporates sentences about philanthropy into a drawing of a child’s face.
By nicole lewis
Contributor
Walking Group Finds Playful Ways to Keep Black Women Healthy
GirlTrek wants to get a million women and girls walking by 2018 to help combat heart disease, stroke, and diabetes.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
CARE Teaches Dads in Poor Indian Villages to Guard Moms’ Health
Nearly 200 efforts are under way to encourage men to help out with chores and ensure that their wives have safe pregnancies.
By Doug Donovan
Contributor
Volunteer Divers Scour the Ocean to Remove Old Nets That Kill Fish
The work can be so challenging that the organizers require almost military-like precision from those who take part.
By Raymund Flandez
Contributor
A Gardening Program Helps Refugees Learn and Put Down Roots
Participants in an International Rescue Committee project build connections to their new U.S. communities while raising crops that can bring extra income.
By NICOLE WALLACE
Features Editor
Women Take an Activist Path to Philanthropy
They want a depth of knowledge before donating, but they recoil at pressure tactics.
By Maria Di Mento
Senior Editor
Blacks Build Ties Through Giving Circles
Groups of African-Americans pool their money and research worthy grass-roots charities that sometimes end up getting the attention of community foundations.
By Eric Frazier
Contributor
Charities Learn How to Raise Money From Young People
People in their 20s and 30s already donate a third of the money raised by charities, and nonprofits that engage them now will reap the rewards later.
By Ben Gose
Senior Editor