The Signal - Santa Clarita Valley News - Big stage, big costs: City helps some nonprofits book the Performing Arts Center

The Signal - Santa Clarita Valley News - Big stage, big costs: City helps some nonprofits book the Performing Arts Center: "Some local nonprofits can't afford to rent out the Santa Clarita Valley's biggest theater, even though the fees would just go to cover the cost of a performance.

So the city has been helping out, but even that's not always enough."

gulfnews : Sarkozy arrives in Haiti with aid and reconstruction plan

gulfnews : Sarkozy arrives in Haiti with aid and reconstruction plan: "Port-au-Prince: France's national anthem blared across the tarmac yesterday as Nicolas Sarkozy made the first visit ever by a French president to Haiti, once his nation's richest colony — offering aid to a country prostrate after a catastrophic earthquake."

Survey shows Quad City nonprofits who ask, receive - Quad Cities Online

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Survey shows Quad City nonprofits who ask, receive - Quad Cities Online: "The Illowa Partnership for Philanthropic Planning released findings of its 2009 Planned Giving Survey. The annual survey seeks to demonstrate the importance of planned giving and to subsequently create a report that allows local nonprofit organizations to evaluate their success in planned giving."

United Way winds down with large donations - The Londoner - Ontario, CA

United Way winds down with large donations - The Londoner - Ontario, CA: "With this year's United Way campaign drawing to a close a trio of organizations made significant donations to the fundraising effort this past week.

Last Monday the Thames Valley District School Board (TVDSB) announced a record $337,336 donation to the United Way agencies of Elgin-St. Thomas, London-Middlesex and Oxford – with United Way of London and Middlesex receiving $232, 361."

Solicitations That Challenge | eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog

Solicitations That Challenge | eJewish Philanthropy: The Jewish Philanthropy Blog: "am often asked how do non-profit organizations set up endowment funds and solicit donors for bequests. Although the two are not necessarily related frequently donors connect setting up an endowment with their passing on. Often endowment funds are set up when organizations or donors want to arrange to use the earned interest and not the principal of a contribution. Committed donors bequeath funds to organizations and sometimes stipulate the funds should be invested and the interest should be used either for the annual budget or for a specific program in the agency. When the donors make a request for the funds to be invested and for the interest to be used by the non-profit then the agency has to set up a vehicle to handle the funds; this is the endowment fund."

Idaho Mountain Express: Homegrown philanthropy turns 5 - February 17, 2010

Idaho Mountain Express: Homegrown philanthropy turns 5 - February 17, 2010: "Make a Difference Now volunteers are raising funds to climb 19,340 foot Mount Kilimanjaro in eastern Africa in July. A portion of the proceeds will provide shelter, education and life skills training for orphans."

The Chronicle | Charitable challenges

The Chronicle | Charitable challenges: "And that could be because giving is an American way of life. Even in the worse economy since the Great Depression, U.S. charitable giving in 2008 exceeded $300 billion for the second year in a row, according to the Giving USA Foundation annual report."

Newman's Own Foundation Announces Campus Community Service Challenge With The America East Conference - The Official Website of the America East Conference

Newman's Own Foundation Announces Campus Community Service Challenge With The America East Conference - The Official Website of the America East Conference: "Westport, Connecticut ─ As a means of fostering social good on the America East Conference campuses and in surrounding communities, Newman's Own Foundation today launched its first-ever Campus Community Service Challenge. One student group, chosen from each of the America East's nine member universities, will participate on behalf of its affiliated nonprofit for the top grant of $25,000. In total, $80,000 will be awarded to the nominated nonprofits."

Big City - Celebrating Surprising Donations at the Secret Society of Creative Philanthropy - NYTimes.com

Big City - Celebrating Surprising Donations at the Secret Society of Creative Philanthropy - NYTimes.com: "As acts of philanthropy go, none of the above would rate particularly high on any measure of effectiveness. They do get points for creativity, however, which, to Courtney Martin, the 30-year-old minor-league benefactor who spawned them, is an undervalued aspect of charitable giving. “Human salvation lies in the hands of the creatively maladjusted,” she likes to say, quoting a fellow maladjust, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr."

American Charities Raise $709-Million for Haiti Relief, Chronicle Tally Finds - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

American Charities Raise $709-Million for Haiti Relief, Chronicle Tally Finds - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "American Charities Raise $709-Million for Haiti Relief, Chronicle Tally Finds

A month after the devastating earthquake in Haiti donors have contributed more than $709-million to support relief efforts.

Aid to Haiti got a big lift from a star-studded telethon that was broadcast on major television networks January. Donations made in response to the telethon totaled $66-million, and organizers awarded $35-million in grants on February 5."

Ted Turner Says Soros Inspired His Philanthropy (Atlanta) - NewsFlash - SiLive.com

Ted Turner Says Soros Inspired His Philanthropy (Atlanta) - NewsFlash - SiLive.com: "ATLANTA-CNN founder Ted Turner says he was inspired to give away much of his fortune after reading about billionaire investor George Soros's philanthropic work in Eastern Europe.

'I copied him and asked others to copy me. It's like a relay race,' Turner, 71, said Thursday to students and faculty at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta."

6 Words for Nonprofits to Avoid | Network for Good Learning Center - Learn how to raise money online for your nonprofit

6 Words for Nonprofits to Avoid | Network for Good Learning Center - Learn how to raise money online for your nonprofit: "Well, that got us thinking… What words do we nonprofit people overuse or misuse, and what terms are generally useless or shouldn’t be used?

So without further ado, here’s a short list (in no particular order) along with the reason(s) for its inclusion here:"

Pepsi Refresh: Just Another Contest?

Pepsi Refresh: Just Another Contest?: "I have to admit that I'm not terribly fond of contests for nonprofits.

I worry about the time spent competing in them that might be better used on something else. I worry about the groups that don't win anything. I'm very concerned that we have too many contests. Will a staff position become necessary at nonprofits just to keep up?"