Indian Philanthropy Lags Behind Accumulation of Wealth

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Indian Philanthropy Lags Behind Accumulation of Wealth: While many of us think that the U.S. is very nonprofit-rich, India has a staggering 3.3 million NGOs with 700 new ones opening each day. It has 450 million people who are living in poverty and also has 57 billionaires, according to Forbes, as well as a rapidly increasing group of millionaires. According to Bain and Company, India’s 20 wealthiest individuals have doubled their combined wealth, but this super rich class is only giving between 1.5% and 3% of their yearly income, paling in comparison to the 9 percent donated each year in the U.S. “

Author, charity founder visits Prep | The Daily Journal | thedailyjournal.com

Author, charity founder visits Prep | The Daily Journal | thedailyjournal.com: Austin founded 88bikes in 2006. The name was inspired by its first project, which brought bikes to 88 children in an orphanage in Cambodia.

For every $88 the organization gets, one bike is purchased. All bikes are purchased locally and labor for transportation and assembly also are exclusively local.

Bleak Short Term Outlook for Egyptian Philanthropic and NGO Sectors | Foreign Policy Blogs

Bleak Short Term Outlook for Egyptian Philanthropic and NGO Sectors | Foreign Policy Blogs: Back in mid-February, amid the optimism of the immediate post-Mubarak era, I wrote a blog post exploring the future of philanthropy and the NGO sector in Egypt, noting that the field had been developing quite rapidly despite a restrictive operating environment. I speculated that if regulatory interference from the Ministry of Social Solidarity receded, the future was bright and we might witness major boom in nonprofits and civil society activity. That may still come to pass, but recent developments detailed by IRIN/Guardian Global Development paint a less hopeful picture in the near term:

Philanthropy, frivolity lure ‘nawty dawg’ fans | The Columbus Dispatch

Philanthropy, frivolity lure ‘nawty dawg’ fans | The Columbus Dispatch

Arsht family recognized by Biden at fundraiser | The News Journal | delawareonline.com

Arsht family recognized by Biden at fundraiser | The News Journal | delawareonline.com: WILMINGTON -- The Delaware Community Foundation celebrated 25 years of supporting the state's nonprofits and charities Tuesday with a fundraiser attended by Vice President Joe Biden.

Delaware's former U.S. senator appeared at the banquet at the Center on the Riverfront to award the foundation's first Delaware Family Philanthropy Award to the family of the late Samuel and Roxana Arsht.

Nashville fundraising efforts get creative | The Tennessean | tennessean.com

Nashville fundraising efforts get creative | The Tennessean | tennessean.com: But when they saw the swank, Hatch Show Print-crafted flier for the Battle of the Food Trucks event at Greer Stadium on a sunny Sunday afternoon, they immediately purchased the $25 tickets. A cupcake truck and cajun food truck on the same grounds? No-brainer.

It wasn’t until they got there that they realized their tickets supported the Tomorrow Fund, an organization run by young professionals that promotes charitable giving. Bonus!

Charity Navigator 2.0 in Context | Tactical Philanthropy

Charity Navigator 2.0 in Context | Tactical Philanthropy: On September 20th of this year, Charity Navigator (CN) launched a significant change to our rating system (called CN 2.0). In follow-up, Sean has kindly offered me the opportunity to put this event in the context of CN’s present and future. In addition, it offers me the chance to address some criticisms from the “three C’s” (critics, competitors and charities with lower ratings).

Second SPREAD fundraising dinner to award one artist money to complete art project - The Santa Fe New Mexican

Second SPREAD fundraising dinner to award one artist money to complete art project - The Santa Fe New Mexican: On Tuesday, founder Louis Schalk did a run-through of the presentation he'll give on his project Friday at SPREAD 2.0 at the Santa Fe Farmers Market building in the Santa Fe Railyard.

SPREAD is a community dinner, held twice a year, that funds projects and creative initiatives by artists from New Mexico.

Steve Jobs Found Much to Dislike About Philanthropy - The Giveaway - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Steve Jobs Found Much to Dislike About Philanthropy - The Giveaway - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Steve Jobs wasn’t simply too busy for philanthropy. The Apple co-founder found many things about professional philanthropy—the jargon, showiness, and all the rich people who thought they could shake it up—distasteful.

Report: Arts and culture nonprofits economic driver | Mainebiz

Report: Arts and culture nonprofits economic driver | Mainebiz: New England's nonprofit arts sector is a job-generating, financially robust sector of the economy, despite stereotypes to the contrary, according to a new report released by the New England Foundation for the Arts.

Study Says that Few Community Foundation Heads Are Strategic

massnonprofit.org ::: The finding, contained in a report titled Rhetoric Versus Reality: A Strategic Disconnect at Community Foundations, was based on in-depth interviews with CEOs of community foundations that were selected to represent the population of larger American community foundations.

The AFP Blog: Leadership, Community and Academy

The AFP Blog: Leadership, Community and Academy: Leadership, Community and Academy
Leadership and inspiration are critical to fundraising. We work to bring a community together—in support of programs and causes that will create a world that all of us want to live in.
Leadership Academy captures the best of AFP. Dedicated individuals, all supporting their fundraising community—and the communities they live and work in. We expanded that community in Montreal as the board approved two new chapters: the Capitulo Puerto Vallarta – Riviera Nayarit Chapter located in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and the AFP Aloha Collegiate Chapter located in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The UK Civil Society Almanac 2010: Workforce | Library | Research and policy | Skills - Third Sector

The UK Civil Society Almanac 2010: Workforce | Library | Research and policy | Skills - Third Sector: The report is based on the 'Work' chapter of the NCVO UK Civil Society Almanac 2010 and covers key trends and characteristics of the voluntary sector workforce, employment and volunteering.

Trickle-Forward Economics: Scott Harrison's Water-Based Experiment In Viral Philanthropy | Fast Company

Trickle-Forward Economics: Scott Harrison's Water-Based Experiment In Viral Philanthropy | Fast Company: The same strategy has propelled a new experiment in micro-philanthropy with WaterForward, a pay-it-forward model of charitable giving where, for $10, a donor inscribes a friend of his or her choosing in a public book; each donor can only be in the book once, so any sense of reciprocation has to be directed to another friend, hopefully sparking a cascade of forward reciprocity. The ultimate goal is to bring clean water to a billion people who don't have it; 100% of public donations go to clean water projects. Physical volumes of the book will be printed every time an "edition" is one million people strong.

Columnists | Nonprofits answering Belle Isle's cry 'for help' | The Detroit News

Columnists | Nonprofits answering Belle Isle's cry 'for help' | The Detroit News: Now, four nonprofits, including that committee, have merged unique histories and interests to create the Belle Isle Conservancy — a single-focused entity to restore and protect the 982-acre island park that has for decades been a jewel badly in need of burnishing.

These groups — the Friends of Belle Isle, the Belle Isle Women's Committee, the Friends of the Belle Isle Aquarium and the Belle Isle Botanical Society — have achieved something remarkable: Placed the future of Belle Isle ahead of organizational traditions, histories and personal ambitions.

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | High-Priced Athletic Charity Events: How Lucrative Are They?

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | High-Priced Athletic Charity Events: How Lucrative Are They?: October 23, 2011; Source: Tampa Bay Tribune | For many organizations, the athletic event has replaced the high-priced charity event. Case in point was this weekend’s Susan B. Komen 3-Day for the Cure, a sixty-mile trek in Florida that was to have involved 2,400 participants. Each of those walkers had to put $2,300 on his or her credit card to participate.

Sorority revisiting youth for charity - TimesDaily.com

Sorority revisiting youth for charity - TimesDaily.com: Members of Alpha Delta Pi sorority at the University of North Alabama will be revisiting their youth to go trick or treating on Halloween, but they won’t ask for candy.

They will be trick or treating for items on the Ronald McDonald House Charities’ wish list, which includes laundry detergent, liquid hand soap and bathroom cleaners.

The sorority will accept items through Nov. 12. They can be dropped off at the Trojan House restaurant on Avalon Avenue in Muscle Shoals or at several places on UNA’s campus, philanthropy chairwoman Luisa Oswalt said.

Rubin Museum receives $25 million gift from Shelley and Donald Rubin

Rubin Museum receives $25 million gift from Shelley and Donald Rubin: NEW YORK, N.Y.- Robert M. Baylis, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Rubin Museum announced that the Museum has received a $25 million gift from Shelley and Donald Rubin, the Museum’s founders. The gift will be dedicated to helping fund operations, exhibitions and programs over the next five years as the Rubin continues its initiatives to diversify its leadership and broaden its funding base. In support of these goals, Mr. Baylis concurrently announced that Patrick Sears has been named Deputy Director of the Museum and Cynthia Guyer has been appointed to the newly created position of Head of External Affairs.

Stuff the Bus drive benefits food pantry in Long Valley | Daily Record | dailyrecord.com

Stuff the Bus drive benefits food pantry in Long Valley | Daily Record | dailyrecord.com

91st Charity Ball to feature different look

91st Charity Ball to feature different look: he 91st annual Charity Ball has found another home, hired an 11-piece orchestra and is being chaired by a couple who never attended the ball before.

This isn’t your mother’s — or your grandmother’s — Charity Ball.

Running a Successful Capital Campaign

Running a Successful Capital Campaign: When Heather Hurst started her new job as president and CEO of Humber River Regional Hospital Foundation, she had to hit the ground running, given her new employer was one year into the throes of a major capital campaign.

In the early stage of a $250 million fundraising effort to build the first new hospital in Toronto in 35 years, they’re hoping the first shovel will hit the ground this November.

'Many dead' as powerful earthquake shakes eastern Turkey's Van province

ANKARA, Turkey — A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey Sunday, collapsing about 45 buildings according to the deputy prime minister. 'Many dead' as powerful earthquake shakes eastern Turkey's Van province