ISU Headlines » ‘I Love ISU’ Campaign raises record $390,907

ISU Headlines » ‘I Love ISU’ Campaign raises record $390,907: "I Love ISU’ Campaign raises record $390,907 Southeast Idaho continues to enthusiastically support “I Love ISU.” The 2007 campaign resulted in a record $390,907 raised for scholarships at Idaho State University. That’s the highest-pledged total in the event’s 25-year history of funding scholarships for students from Bannock, Bingham, Bonneville and Power counties, according to K. C. Felt, ISU Foundation director of annual giving. “Response in every segment was up over previous years,” says Felt. “American Falls, Blackfoot, Idaho Falls and ISU calling teams met with substantial success.”"

Pittsburgh Nonprofits Renew Pledge to City :: PNNOnline ::

Pittsburgh Nonprofits Renew Pledge to City :: PNNOnline ::: "The Pittsburgh Public Service Fund, a coalition of 113 area nonprofits, will renew its three-year pledge to help shore the city's finances, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports."

Growth in the Nonprofit Sector Mostly at Mid- to Large-Sized Organizations; Smaller Nonprofit Start-ups Struggle to Survive

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Growth in the Nonprofit Sector Mostly at Mid- to Large-Sized Organizations; Smaller Nonprofit Start-ups Struggle to Survive:

"The Maryland Association of Nonprofit Organizations (Maryland Nonprofits) released a research report, Field of Dreams, which details the likelihood of survival and growth of nonprofit organizations in Maryland. The report examines the makeup of the sector by revenue size, organizational growth, and the effect of Maryland Nonprofits as a capacity building organization on member organizations within the sector. The research report is based on IRS financial data consisting of 11,938 nonprofit organizations from 1995-2005. The key finding exposed by the analysis was that in the nonprofit sector, organizational growth is mostly from mid- to large- sized organizations. Smaller nonprofits that might be expected to show growth are struggling to survive. These findings are even more striking because the nonprofit sector represents nearly 11% of the overall work force in the State of Maryland."

Concert for Diana raises £1.2m for charity

Concert for Diana raises £1.2m for charity: "London, Oct 5: Concert for Diana organised by Princes William and Harry in memory of their later mother Princes Diana has raised 1.2 million pounds for charity."

GuideStar - News - Articles - Multi-Channel Fundraising: Tips of the Trade

GuideStar - News - Articles - Multi-Channel Fundraising: Tips of the Trade: "Multi-Channel Fundraising: Tips of the Trade Multi-channel fundraising has received a lot of attention lately, but is it really worth all the hype? Yes! With today's ever-expanding communication choices and ever-changing technology, multi-channel fundraising deserves consideration from the nonprofit community."

Families Use Sept. 11 Settlement for Philanthropy - Philanthropy.com

Families Use Sept. 11 Settlement for Philanthropy - Philanthropy.com: "Families Use Sept. 11 Settlement for Philanthropy Several families of victims in the September 11, 2001, terrorism attacks say they will use the settlement from a lawsuit against American Airlines and other companies to create foundations in the victims’ names, reports The Sun, in Baltimore."

Muslims seek 'safe' charities for giving

Muslims seek 'safe' charities for giving: "- Kenwah Dabajah is in a quandary: How can she fulfill a central tenet of her faith, Islam, without putting herself in legal jeopardy? 'I was just thinking, I have this money, to whom or to what am I going to give, this year?' said Dabajah, as she considered how to give zakat, a donation required of Muslims, especially during Ramadan. Dabajah usually gives to al-Mabarrat, a popular local charity, but federal investigators raided its office this summer for reasons that remain untold."

Alexandria Echo Press | Survey shows Minnesotans have stong trust in charities

Alexandria Echo Press | Survey shows Minnesotans have stong trust in charities: "While high-profile charity scandals in the past 10 years have threatened the public's trust in charities, a new statewide study reveals that seven out of 10 Minnesotans have a great deal or a fair amount of confidence in charitable organizations. The Charities Review Council partnered with the St. Cloud State University Survey to interview adult Minnesotans to understand their level of trust in charities and how it affects their decisions to support charities with time and money."

The Wealth Report - WSJ.com : Global Wealth Gap Widens

The Wealth Report - WSJ.com : Global Wealth Gap Widens: "Global Wealth Gap Widens New data show that the number of millionaire households in the world soared by 14% last year, and that those households control at least a third of the world’s wealth. A money clipAccording to a study to be released tomorrow by Boston Consulting Group, the world’s wealth grew by 7.5% in 2006, reaching $97.9 trillion. The study also showed that the wealth gap between the haves and the have-nots continued to widen over the past five years, with much of the global wealth gains going to the wealthy."

Mountain View Voice Mountain View Voice: Philanthropy giant opens local HQ (October 5, 2007)

Mountain View Voice Mountain View Voice: Philanthropy giant opens local HQ (October 5, 2007): "The foundation controls $1.9 billion in 1,400 different funds that go to just about any social service or nonprofit imaginable, including children's clubs, art centers and health programs. Its latest donation to a Mountain View nonprofit was $15,000 to the Peninsula Youth Theatre earlier this year. The seven-story building was donated by the Sobrato family, real estate developers and major contributors to the foundation. The building was then sold, and the foundation now leases the second and third stories to house 100 staff members. One of the main benefits to Mountain View residents can be found inside the building, where seven meeting rooms can be used by local community groups, complete with audio-visual equipment"

Aspen Daily News | Aspen, Colorado

Aspen Daily News | Aspen, Colorado: "Nonprofit arts organizations have requested a record $487,600 in grants from the city of Aspen for 2008. The city awarded $365,380 in 2007 to arts organizations. The largest request comes from the Aspen Music Festival and School, which is seeking $115,000 for support of general operations, up from $106,000 the past three years."

BYU NewsNet - Nonprofit Sector Growing Across the Nation

BYU NewsNet - Nonprofit Sector Growing Across the Nation: "n order for nonprofit organizations to thrive, volunteers are essential. However, what many organizations now lack is not volunteers, but managers. The need for nonprofit management is becoming increasingly important. Nonprofits need people who can hold the operation together and organize it in a way that allows for the most success to take place. To meet that need, more than 70 colleges nationwide offer some form of a nonprofit management major or minor. Currently, the closest major to nonprofit management that BYU offers is recreation management and youth leadership, found in the Richards Building."

TwinCities.com - Nonprofits see job, wage growth

TwinCities.com - Nonprofits see job, wage growth: "Minnesota's nonprofits appear to be outpacing the government and corporate sectors in the state, at least when it comes to jobs and pay, according to a new report out today. The Minnesota Council of Nonprofits' annual economic report, being released at the council's annual conference in Duluth, paints a picture of a healthy sector. There's 27 fewer nonprofit employers than there were in 2005 - 3,614 last year compared to 3,641 in 2005 - but the number of locations and employees grew. (These numbers don't include the many nonprofits without paid staff.)"

Lawrenceville woman's idea got nonprofits valuable help | ajc.com

Lawrenceville woman's idea got nonprofits valuable help | ajc.com: "Lawrenceville woman's idea got nonprofits valuable help By REBECCA McCARTHY The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Published on: 10/04/07 Without the vision of one individual, many believe, Gwinnett's Great Days of Service might not even exist. Things could be in the same state they were in the 1990s, with some nonprofit agencies needing help, some CEOs and their employees wanting to give back to the community, and many not knowing how to proceed."

Digital Journal - Seattle buzzes after bust: diversification, education

Digital Journal - Seattle buzzes after bust: diversification, education: "Seattle also promotes its location as being in the middle of the Asia-Pacific market. New routes over the North Pole make Tokyo only a nine-hour flight. Already, one in three jobs in the region depends on international trade. Philanthropy could be the next growth engine: The multibillion-dollar Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the world's largest philanthropic organization, is building its headquarters in Seattle."

Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education - Inside Higher Ed :: Searching for Islands of Success

Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education - Inside Higher Ed :: Searching for Islands of Success:
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"Philanthropy needs to ferret out the programs that really work and figure out what accounts for their success when so many others are at best mediocre. Federal and state governments and corporations need to do the same, making sure that their evaluation processes are not just accumulating data, but vigorously and systematically searching for what works best, and then supporting these projects generously, bringing them up to scale and extending their impact."

Software firm hits $1 million in charitable gifts - The Boston Globe

Software firm hits $1 million in charitable gifts - The Boston Globe: "By Davis Bushnell, Globe Correspondent | October 4, 2007 Corporate giving takes on a special meaning at Lexington-based Ipswitch Inc., a small, privately held software firm that recently reached a $1 million milestone in donations to charitable organizations, many of them serving young people and the poor."

Barnard Offers Naming Rights on Internet - October 3, 2007 - The New York Sun

Barnard Offers Naming Rights on Internet - October 3, 2007 - The New York Sun: "n a push to raise $20 million for its largest, most costly expansion project to date, the liberal arts college is selling the naming rights for a 70,000-square-foot building currently under construction with an online ad seeking a corporate or private sponsor to foot the bill, administrators said. 'It's not typical to raise $20 million gifts by posting them online, but I think it would be a brilliant thing to do if a company wanted to demonstrate its commitment to women and higher education,' the vice president for institutional advancement at Barnard, Cameran Mason, said."

UGA grad's nonprofit honors friend | ajc.com

UGA grad's nonprofit honors friend | ajc.com: "He'd always had a bent toward philanthropy, something his parents instilled in him, but in the summer of 2002, something in Gravesen changed. Something about suffering — even being witness to it — does that to a person.

The story began when Gravesen, fresh from an internship at Merrill Lynch in Hong Kong, took one more summer off from UGA to find himself.
At 19, he ended up in Kenya working for an information technology company, where he learned about a nearby orphanage for children with AIDS. Children had always held a special place in his heart, so Gravesen decided to visit. That's when Martin and the 79 other orphans made a deep impression. After their first day together, Martin had a question for the young man he called 'GG.'"

Maryland Daily Record-For first time, VFW is using TV to raise money

Maryland Daily Record: "Feeling the financial strain of caring for soldiers returning from wars in both Afghanistan and Iraq, the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the United States is advertising on television for donations for the first time in its 108-year history."

North Texas Food Bank CEO receives America’s Second Harvest honor | pegasusnews.com

North Texas Food Bank CEO receives America’s Second Harvest honor | pegasusnews.com: "DALLAS — Jan Pruitt, who is in her 10th year as Chief Executive Officer of the North Texas Food Bank, is the 2007 recipient of the Presidential Recognition of the Year award from America’s Second Harvest -- The Nation’s Food Bank Network. The Presidential Recognition of the Year award is given by the CEO of America’s Second Harvest to an executive director of a member food bank who has contributed an extraordinary effort to the network’s viability and momentum."

Fewer clients waiting till death to part with charitable dollars - InvestmentNews

Fewer clients waiting till death to part with charitable dollars - InvestmentNews: "More clients are interested in charitable donations while they are still alive to oversee how the money is being spent."

Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education - Inside Higher Ed :: On Serving as President and Provost ... at the Same Time

Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education - Inside Higher Ed :: On Serving as President and Provost ... at the Same Time: "On Serving as President and Provost ... at the Same Time By Susan Herbst For my entire career, or at least post-tenure (when I looked up and noticed that there was an administration actually running the place), I thought the divisions of labor I perceived within higher education were as they should be. Chairs oversee departments and advocate for their colleagues, deans manage their schools and represent their colleges to alumni, donors and others. The provost watches over the budget allocation process, makes certain the various units, divisions, and colleges are coordinated, and oversees pedagogical quality, research standards, hiring, tenure, and promotion. The president is the star of any event she attends, and is on the road, raising money and representing the campus to all constituencies. The provost is largely inside, the president is outside. And while the provost mixes with donors, distinguished visitors, and legislators, his or her primary business is to mind the home front."

From Windfall To Philanthropy, The Suddenly Rich Are Finding Fresh Ways To Share Their Wealth - CBS News

From Windfall To Philanthropy, The Suddenly Rich Are Finding Fresh Ways To Share Their Wealth - CBS News: "Put yourself in Becky Liebman's shoes. For 20 years she worked as a librarian. And then she found out she was a millionaire - many times over. Her first reaction was: 'Yikes!” Her father's business had done better than she knew - a lot better. She got more money than she ever expected. Much more than she needed, CBS News correspondent Richard Schlesinger reports. “It's so unsettling when you have so much and somebody else is struggling,” Liebman said."

Jackson Sun - www.jacksonsun.com Life is about giving back and change, Matthews says

Jackson Sun - www.jacksonsun.com - Jackson, TN: "Life is about giving back and change, Matthews says By TONYA SMITH-KING tsmithking@jacksonsun.com Barry Matthews said farewell last Monday to an organization he's credited with having transformed in the more than 11 years he was its CEO. The United Way of West Tennessee Inc. is now looking for a new leader as Matthews heads to First State Bank, where he will be corporate vice president for community relations and business development. His final day at the United Way was last Monday."

Nonprofits get their own advocate - The Boston Globe

Nonprofits get their own advocate - The Boston Globe: "September 30, 2007 Last month, former state senator David P. Magnani was named the first executive director of the Massachusetts Nonprofit Network, a new association intended to give a unified voice to the state's roughly 25,000 nonprofit organizations. He spoke with Globe reporter Sacha Pfeiffer."

Take your favorite charity to work - Nashville, Tennessee - Monday, 10/01/07 - Tennessean.com

Take your favorite charity to work - Nashville, Tennessee - Monday, 10/01/07 - Tennessean.com: "You've already got one thing going for you. Companies want to give back to their community. It's not just good PR and good karma, it's an opportunity to build team spirit and company loyalty, since employees like knowing their employer's not just about the bottom line. 'It's a really good way to get everyone involved in a project from the different departments to get to know each other and for everyone to feel like they're part of something' said Lisa Ward-Smith, school and outreach coordinator at Cheekwood Botanical Garden and Museum of Art, which partners with H.G. Hill Middle School through the PENCIL Foundation."

The News-Gazette.com:UI fund-raising campaign has raised more than $1 billion

The News-Gazette.com:UI fund-raising campaign has raised more than $1 billion: "They're halfway there. The University of Illinois has raised more than $1 billion toward its goal of $2.25 billion for the Brilliant Futures campaign, the university's largest fundraising campaign so far."

Halliburton workers choosing charities | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle

Halliburton workers choosing charities | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle: "Halliburton has put a lot of its charitable giving into the hands of its employees. Each year, more than 900 grant and sponsorship applications from all over the globe are filtered through two community relations review boards made up of executives and staffers. That's one board each for the globe's western and eastern hemispheres. Company-sponsored volunteer councils in more than 20 locations around the world identify local projects in need of one-day or long-term time commitments for employees looking for volunteer opportunities."

Postbulletin.com: Students smash away for flood relief - Sat, Sep 29, 2007

Postbulletin.com: Students smash away for flood relief - Sat, Sep 29, 2007: "s usual the Key Club sold hot dogs to tailgating students before the homecoming football game with this year's proceeds benefiting flood victims. But they also added the 'Car Smash,' a fund-raising idea that hadn't been done in years, she said. 'We weren't sure how to go about it again,' Bruce said. Still they made it happen on short notice with a junked car donated by mechanics teacher Gary Komaniecki, some scrap paint from the recycling center and a lot of school and community spirit."

Setting rules on park name rights | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | News: Local News

Setting rules on park name rights | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | News: Local News: "With the city's downtown parks master plan beginning to unfold, corporate interest in naming rights is on the rise."

News-Leader.com | Local News-Blunt unveils faith-based charity plan

News-Leader.com | Local News: "Jefferson City — Gov. Matt Blunt launched an initiative Thursday aimed at strengthening cooperation between government and religious groups that provide social services. Blunt's 'Faith-Based Missouri' initiative includes two members of his staff and three appointees, who are to travel the state meeting with church and charity leaders about ways the state can improve its relationship with them."

Neighbors

Neighbors: "Radio series to feature charities Published: Monday, October 1, 2007 CONCORD – Twenty-six nonprofit organizations will showcase their experiences strengthening the community in a New Hampshire Public Radio weekly series called 'Giving Matters.' The new series is a joint project of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation and NHPR and will debut 8:35 a.m. Saturday."

Put your money where your heart is - Opinion

Put your money where your heart is - Opinion: "However, I was surprised to find that one thing hasn't changed - the senior gift.

While the idea of a financial campaign instead of a physical gift is still a little prickly to many, when my parents were in school, their class contribution was simply 'Funds to Carolina Annual Giving.'

Of course, I learned this from the Carolina First Web site - neither one of them could remember what the gift was, let alone if they donated any money to the cause.

After all, that donation wouldn't have been any different than the others they've given throughout the years. I prefer the idea of an endorsed fund - it focuses the gift to a timely cause and ties the class of 2008 to a lasting piece of Carolina."