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382 Articles FoundMore Charities Give Their Messages a Shock Treatment
November 13, 2011 $().ready(function() { $('#enlarge-popup').jqm({onShow:chronShow, onHide:chronHide, trigger:'a.show-enlarge', modal: 'true'}); }); Dan Toulgoet/Vancouver Courier Yael Cohen (right) raised money for her charity by selling T-shirts with an expletive about cancer. She made the shirt for her mom (left). By Brennen ...
A Potential $15-Billion Windfall for Effective Nonprofits
November 30, 2011, 2:52 pm By Caroline Preston It’s one of the holy grails of philanthropy: Finding ways to steer more donor money to the highest-performing nonprofits rather than to less-effective or downright fraudulent groups. A new study by GuideStar ...
Americans Say Giving to Charity Is a Holiday Priority
November 18, 2011, 8:32 am By Raymund Flandez Nearly seven out of 10 Americans say it’s important to give to charity this holiday season, a 10-percentage point jump from a similar poll conducted last year by the American Red Cross. ...
Portrait of an Anonymous Donor
November 14, 2011 Ruth McCambridge var addthis_product = 'jlp-1.2'; var addthis_config = {pubid:'ra-4dff6aee44742879', ui_hover_direction:0, data_track_clickback:true, ui_language:'en', ui_use_css:true} November 10, 2011; Source: Daily Herald | It is perhaps a counter-cultural move these days to give anonymously; in fact, this seems ...
Want to Live Long and Prosper? Donate More!
November 14, 2011 Kathi Jaworski var addthis_product = 'jlp-1.2'; var addthis_config = {pubid:'ra-4dff6aee44742879', ui_hover_direction:0, data_track_clickback:true, ui_language:'en', ui_use_css:true} November 8, 2011; Source: Xperedon.com | As debate rages in the United States about whether charitable giving will shrink if it’s no ...
Crop Circles & Sleeping Late
By Mark Hrywna & Samuel J Fanburg For most fundraisers, it wouldn’t help much if they told their donors to get lost. It has become a windfall for the Life Adventure Center (LAC) of the Bluegrass in Versailles, Ky. ...
5 ways to be a better fundraiser
Sun, November 06 2011 Filed under:Fundraising essentials Today, I want to continue the conversation about the report, Growing Philanthropy in the United States by Adrian Sargeant and Jen Shang. As I said yesterday, it talks about the need for ...
5 Lies to Stop Telling Nonprofit Donors
Nell Edgington October, 2011 In part 11 of our ongoing blog series, Financing Not Fundraising, we are talking about being brutally honest with your donors. If nonprofits are going to truly break free from the vicious fundraising cycle, they must ...
Smart Ways to Talk About Failure
October 31, 2011, 10:11 am By Maureen West Forget just telling success stories: Admitting mistakes has grown just as important in managing a foundation, said speakers at the Philanthropy Roundtable’s annual conference, in Scottsdale, Ariz., which concluded on Saturday. Part ...
As Halloween Approaches, Nonprofits Turn to ‘Undead’ Donors
October 28, 2011, 2:01 pm By Derek Lieu Friends for Life, an animal shelter in Houston, raised $8,100 through an event that invited participants to stage a zombie walk. Photo by Kim Domerofski/Friends for Life Zombies often get a bad ...
The changing face of giving: Why donors choose anonymity
adriana barton VANCOUVER— From Friday's Globe and Mail Published Thursday, Nov. 03, 2011 2:12PM EDT Last updated Thursday, Nov. 03, 2011 2:44PM EDT This is part of The Globe and Mail’s in-depth look at the evolution of philanthropy. Read ...
Unprecedented $10.7 Million Donated to North Texas Nonprofits
September 29, 2011 – In what has proved to be a record-breaking year, North Texans made more than 13,500 donations worth $10.7 million on North Texas Giving Day through DonorBridge. More than 600 North Texas nonprofits will receive these gifts ...
Fusing Mobile Fundraising with Email & Social Media Outreach
By Bob Jones, CEO, CharityCall LLC There is little argument that email and social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter are fast becoming mandatory tools for supporter outreach. These communication channels provide nonprofit organizations with an immediate and effective way ...
The 7 Habits of Effective Personal Fundraisers
By Rob Wu, Founder, CauseVox Your supporters love your nonprofit and the work that you do. Many of them want to raise funds for your nonprofit or cause, but don't know how to approach it. We know it's a real ...
How to Use Emotions in a Personal Solicitation
September 23, 2011 Simone Joyaux, ACFRE, Joyaux Associates Simone P. Joyaux, ACFRE is recognized internationally as an expert in fund development, board and organizational development, strategic planning, and management. She is the founder and director of Joyaux Associates. Visit her ...
Here Are Five Bad Online Fundraising Practices. Got Any Others?
September 23, 2011 Ruth McCambridge September 6, 2011; Source: Blackbaud | Steve McLaughlin of Blackbaud has a post on his Nonprofit Trends blog listing five things you can do on an online giving form that are unproductive and might ...
Collecting Data that Will Help You Raise More Money
By Jill Stewart, Fundraising Consultant, Event 360 One of our mantras at Event 360 is: "Events are a means to an end." Chances are, your organization has one or more special events that are part of your fundraising portfolio. ...
Embracing Next Generation Philanthropy
By Nathaniel James, Social Innovation Consultant Recent economic forecasting suggests that traditional fundraising is not going to get easier any time soon. While it's tempting to focus on scarcity, a new generation of philanthropists is coming of age. They are ...
Charities’ Fund Raising Barely Keeping Up With Lost Donations
September 14, 2011, 10:44 pm By Holly Hall Charities are barely raising enough money from new and repeat donors to keep up with the losses from people who have stopped giving, according to a new study of donor records for ...
How Do You Measure Your Performance as a Fundraiser?
August 26, 2011 Simone P. Joyaux, ACFRE, Joyaux Associates Simone P. Joyaux, ACFRE is recognized internationally as an expert in fund development, board and organizational development, strategic planning, and management. She is the founder and director of Joyaux Associates. Visit ...