Donations to Tennessee colleges seesaw | The Tennessean | tennessean.com

Donations to Tennessee colleges seesaw | The Tennessean | tennessean.com: "In a bad economy, colleges need every penny they can raise. But nothing makes it harder to raise money than a bad economy.

Even so, Tennessee colleges and universities received hundreds of millions of dollars worth of donations in 2010. That's money the schools rely on for everything from scholarships to building projects."

New report shows Memphis-area nonprofit groups feel stress of difficult economy � The Commercial Appeal

New report shows Memphis-area nonprofit groups feel stress of difficult economy � The Commercial Appeal: "Revenues are down. Funding is diminishing. Demand is up, but there are fewer resources and employees, so stress levels are high.

This is the state of the Memphis-area nonprofit community. What's worse is that Nancy McGee, CEO of the Memphis-based Alliance for Nonprofit Excellence, can't yet tell if this is the 'new normal.'"

Memphians gave more to charity than national average in '07, study finds : Business News : Memphis Commercial Appeal

Memphians gave more to charity than national average in '07, study finds : Business News : Memphis Commercial Appeal: "That's borne out in the relatively high percentage of charitable contributions that stay in the community, said Virginia Stallworth, executive director of the Memphis Child Advocacy Center and president of the Memphis chapter of Association of Fundraising Professionals.

Of the estimated $1.58 billion in charitable giving area residents, foundations and companies did in 2007, about 80 percent went to nonprofits in the region. The 2002 figure was 79 percent."