$52 Million Push to Help Arts Institutions Find New Audiences - NYTimes.com

$52 Million Push to Help Arts Institutions Find New Audiences - NYTimes.com: "Opera Theater of Saint Louis will experiment with reaching younger and more diverse audiences with a variety of programs, including one that will send singers into houses of worship to perform, to work with choirs and to connect with people who do not normally go to the opera."



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Global Photographers' Fundraiser For Haiti School Sparked By B.C. Couple

Global Photographers' Fundraiser For Haiti School Sparked By B.C. Couple:



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Social-Service Groups Try Creative Holiday-Season Fundraising Tactics - Year-End Fundraising - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Social-Service Groups Try Creative Holiday-Season Fundraising Tactics - Year-End Fundraising - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Some social-service groups, which generally have fewer resources to spend on fundraising than colleges, hospitals, or museums, are engaging their supporters in creative appeals this holiday season."



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Cancer Group Aims to Give Patients Say on Research Agenda – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Cancer Group Aims to Give Patients Say on Research Agenda – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Wildlife charity set to pop-up in Swan Walk - West Sussex County Times

Wildlife charity set to pop-up in Swan Walk - West Sussex County Times: Elephants, lions and hedgehogs will be popping-up in Swan Walk on Friday April 11 and and Saturday April 12 when a wildlife charity takes over a shop for two days.

Horsham charity Care for the Wild, based in Brighton Road, will be taking over a pop-up shop opposite Marks and Spencer, and promise something a little different for the shopping centre.

Idiot Golf Tournament benefits Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care | fox4kc.com

Idiot Golf Tournament benefits Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care | fox4kc.com: On Saturday it was hard to spot much green on the golf course at Smiley’s Golf Complex, but there were some waddling penguins and superheroes and to be seen. It was the 11th Annual Idiots Open Golf Tournament benefitting Kansas City Hospice and Palliative Care.

Nonprofit Raised $41k on Twitter | Social Media Today

Nonprofit Raised $41k on Twitter | Social Media Today: Knowing a lot of snow was on the way, he took to Twitter and sent out a simple challenge:

I'm donating $100 per inch of snow tomorrow (airport measure) to @WheelerMission. Who will join me? Any $$ per inch would be great.
— Peter Dunn (@PeteThePlanner) January 4, 2014

Within minutes, the tweet went viral and the pledges started pouring in from businesses and individuals:

Annual fruitcake toss in A.C. raises money for charity - Philly.com

Annual fruitcake toss in A.C. raises money for charity - Philly.com: Apparently, there were few rules. OK, no rules. People could stand where they wanted and just let fly at the bull's-eye. Hit or miss, it didn't matter.

What mattered was that the proceeds - people paid $1 per fruitcake, $3 for five - went to Gilda's Club South Jersey, a nonprofit in Linwood that gives social and psychological support to cancer patients and their families.

Nonprofit groups find trick is treating donors to fun, frights - pressofAtlanticCity.com: Breaking News

Nonprofit groups find trick is treating donors to fun, frights - pressofAtlanticCity.com: Breaking News: The Scullville Volunteer Fire Company used to make its money the same way as most volunteer fire companies do, by hosting Bingo games and spaghetti dinners and having its firefighters stand on street corners collecting spare change.

But since its annual Terror in the Junkyard haunted hayride started 13 years ago - bringing in an annual profit of about $15,000 - the fire company has quit the traditional money-making methods and focuses its fundraising efforts solely on the month of October.

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Hand Up Gala provides gourmet meals for homeless in Cleveland | cleveland.com

Hand Up Gala provides gourmet meals for homeless in Cleveland | cleveland.com: But the Hand Up Gala, happening on Friday, Oct. 18, takes a different twist. This event not only benefits programs for the homeless, it's the homeless who will get to sit and be served meals on tables swathed in table cloths and accented with centerpieces.

Fundraisers get in a spin for charity (From Swindon Advertiser)

Fundraisers get in a spin for charity (From Swindon Advertiser): Fundraisers get in a spin for charity

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MORE than 40 cyclists attempted the gruelling task of travelling the length of the Great Wall of China at the weekend.

Using several gym bikes, 12 teams set about trying to cycle 5,500 miles in just over nine hours at the David Lloyd Gym.

Proposed San Francisco Bar Pairs Drinking with Philanthropy | TIME.com

Proposed San Francisco Bar Pairs Drinking with Philanthropy | TIME.com: t a bar slated to pop up in San Francisco, the drunkest patron might actually be the most altruistic.

A group called United Libations is raising money to open a bar of the same name with an unorthodox business model. United Libations is a non-profit organization, and it plans to give every dollar of profit to selected charities. The first two projects on the non-profit’s list are to fund English classes for Haitian orphans and a rainwater collection system in Uganda, according to the group’s Indiegogo page.

Fire Truck Pull helps Be the MatchPinellas Park Beacon - Tampa Bay Newspapers

Fire Truck Pull helps Be the MatchPinellas Park Beacon - Tampa Bay Newspapers: Lynn wouldn’t have connected with Be the Match had it not been for the Fire Truck Pull. This year’s event will be the third annual, all sponsored by the Walgreens stores in Pinellas Park. Teresa Invandino, manager of Walgreens on Park Boulevard and 66th Street, is one of the organizers and she says entering the event can be a lot of fun.

Furry Friends Help Raise Money for Charity at USC | ATVN

Furry Friends Help Raise Money for Charity at USC | ATVN: Net Impact teamed up with World Vision Acts to help the micro finance institution World Vision Micro.

This organization helps fundraise loans for livestock business owners in third world countries to help them become financially independent.

Local vendors and pet shops donated the animals for the day to support this cause.

Wheaton Golfer Continues 'Hundred Hole Hike' for Charity - Wheaton, IL Patch

Wheaton Golfer Continues 'Hundred Hole Hike' for Charity - Wheaton, IL Patch: undred-hole hikers—who raise money hiking courses all over the world—choose their own causes to support as they pledge to raise money on www.hundredholehike.com.

Italian-Style Coffee Philanthropy Takes Hold in Bulgaria — Naharnet

Italian-Style Coffee Philanthropy Takes Hold in Bulgaria — Naharnet: More than 150 cafes across Bulgaria have joined a goodwill initiative modeled on the Italian "caffe sospeso" tradition, which literally means "suspended coffee", according to a Facebook page devoted to the movement.

The tradition -- born in the cafes of Italy's southern city of Naples -- sees people pay in advance for one or several coffees without drinking them.

Dania Beach roller coaster may be sold to fund disaster relief - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com

Dania Beach roller coaster may be sold to fund disaster relief - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com: The highly visible Dania Beach Hurricane, one of the United States' 112 wooden roller coasters, will be sold for scrap to help fund a local charity, a spokeswoman for the owner said.

Nonprofits get creative to reach donors | TBO.com

Nonprofits get creative to reach donors | TBO.com: MIAMI --

Feeding South Florida needed a fresh way to raise awareness about hunger. Enter the graffiti artists.

With a wall in the hip Wynwood neighborhood now devoted to the cause, the Pembroke Park-based organization has become a prime example of the lengths nonprofits are going to as need grows, traditional support shrinks and competition for dollars heats up.

Cause Philanthropub Plans to Give All its Profits to Charity - Young & Hungry

Cause Philanthropub Plans to Give All its Profits to Charity - Young & Hungry: Cause will operate like any other bar: You come in, buy drinks, eat food. The restaurant pays its staff and its bills. And then it does something completely unheard of in the restaurant industry: It gives 100 percent of the profits to charity.

At the opening, Ratwani quickly acknowledged to the crowd of nonprofit reps, friends, and media that he and Vilelle have no restaurant experience. “Two psychologists trying to start a restaurant? I’m sure everybody knows the statistics about the failure rate of restaurants.”

Jamie Oliver Gets Hairy Upper Lip for Movember Charity - Businessweek

Jamie Oliver Gets Hairy Upper Lip for Movember Charity - Businessweek: Movember, a global cancer campaign that encourages men to grow moustaches in November, has a record number of registrations this year driven by the growth in users of Facebook (FB) Inc. and Twitter Inc.