2011 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Recipients Announced | PND | Foundation Center: 2011 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy Recipients Announced
The Carnegie Corporation of New York has announced the winners of the 2011 Carnegie Medal of Philanthropy. This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Carnegie Medal, an honor that is bestowed every two years to families and individuals around the world who believe, as Andrew Carnegie did, in dedicating their private wealth to the public good.
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Nonprofit groups cash in on Brewers playoff games - JSOnline
Nonprofit groups cash in on Brewers playoff games - JSOnline: What is not generally known is that a few hundred of those people work for nonprofits that gain financially from staffing the concession stands.
Since the '90s, Sportservice and the Milwaukee Brewers have allowed nonprofit groups to work the concession stands for a percentage of the money brought in. Olson said the groups get 10% of the sales. Sometimes, he said, groups will make as much as $1,000 for working one game.
Since the '90s, Sportservice and the Milwaukee Brewers have allowed nonprofit groups to work the concession stands for a percentage of the money brought in. Olson said the groups get 10% of the sales. Sometimes, he said, groups will make as much as $1,000 for working one game.
Richmond Folk Festival breaks attendance record | Richmond Times-Dispatch
Richmond Folk Festival breaks attendance record | Richmond Times-Dispatch: Meanwhile, festival bucket brigades took in a record $92,000 in donations — $4,000 above last year's total and well above the $57,000 collected two years ago, Sims said.
Sims said a member of the event security staff conducted an informal survey of arriving concertgoers. His findings: Nearly every state was represented at the festival.
Sims said a member of the event security staff conducted an informal survey of arriving concertgoers. His findings: Nearly every state was represented at the festival.
Monday, October 17, 2011
The New Way to Recruit Skilled Volunteers on VolunteerMatch | Engaging Volunteers
The New Way to Recruit Skilled Volunteers on VolunteerMatch | Engaging Volunteers: The world of volunteering is changing. More and more, we’re seeing a great focus on what skills volunteers possess and how they can utilize them to help nonprofits and causes.
The Need
Corporations are interested in making skilled volunteering a larger piece of their community involvement activities, and companies like Microsoft, HP, American Express and The Gap
The Need
Corporations are interested in making skilled volunteering a larger piece of their community involvement activities, and companies like Microsoft, HP, American Express and The Gap
Report says tithing, church spending hit record low - The Washington Post
Report says tithing, church spending hit record low - The Washington Post: Tithing to mainline Protestant churches as a percentage of income is at its lowest level in at least 41 years, according to a new report, and churches are keeping a greater share of those donations for their own needs.
Parishioners gave about 2.38 percent of their income to their church, according to “The State of Church Giving through 2009,” a new report being released Friday (Oct. 14) by Empty Tomb inc., a Christian research agency in Champaign, Ill.
Parishioners gave about 2.38 percent of their income to their church, according to “The State of Church Giving through 2009,” a new report being released Friday (Oct. 14) by Empty Tomb inc., a Christian research agency in Champaign, Ill.
Les Dames Du Soeil grace Desert AIDS Project event, raise $139,000 | The Desert Sun | MyDesert.com
Les Dames Du Soeil grace Desert AIDS Project event, raise $139,000 | The Desert Sun | MyDesert.com: The Ladies Of The Sun, that amazing group that calls itself “a drag of comic entertainers,” has now been performing — for free — at fundraisers for more than 17 years.
They design, sew and pay for their spectacular costumes. They write their scripts, choreograph their dances and pay for their props, music, transportation and all other expenses. They have entertained thousands while raising more than $2 million for dozens of local charities.
They design, sew and pay for their spectacular costumes. They write their scripts, choreograph their dances and pay for their props, music, transportation and all other expenses. They have entertained thousands while raising more than $2 million for dozens of local charities.
Your rags. Whose riches? Charity donations vary at second-hand stores - TwinCities.com
Your rags. Whose riches? Charity donations vary at second-hand stores - TwinCities.com: Shoua Yang is a big philanthropist - but she doesn't know how big.
She dropped off a bag of clothes at the Goodwill store in Woodbury on Wednesday.
Because she did, the value of that donation was about 25 times more than if she had taken it to the Woodbury Savers store or if she had called a pickup service.
She dropped off a bag of clothes at the Goodwill store in Woodbury on Wednesday.
Because she did, the value of that donation was about 25 times more than if she had taken it to the Woodbury Savers store or if she had called a pickup service.
Southern California’s Fil-Am Community Unites for Philanthropy
Southern California’s Fil-Am Community Unites for Philanthropy: HOLLYWOOD—The southern California Filipino-American community now resonates with one vision and one purpose, from as far east as san Fernando Valley to the western blocks of hollywood. The community, represented by 70 of its top leaders representing over 30 organizations, came together under the auspices of the ABs CBN Foundation international on september 17th to discuss collaboration and philanthropy. The ABs CBN Foundation international’s institutional giving program, the Kapamilya Circle of Giving, held its capacity-building event, Kwentuhan Hollywood (Hollywood Stories), on the weekend of the TFC’s One Kapamilya Go event at Universal studios.
Designing and Evaluating Your Mentoring Program
Designing and Evaluating Your Mentoring Program: Good mentorship program design and matching is crucial to the effectiveness of mentorship relationships. Research by Ragins, Cotton and Miller (2000) found that program design has a direct impact on the mentee's:
Career commitment (commitment to working in a specific field/sector)
Job satisfaction
Satisfaction with opportunities for promotion
Organizational commitment
Satisfaction with procedural justice (how policies are implemented by the organization)
Organization-based self-esteem (self-esteem specific to their job and role with the organization)
Intentions to quit
Career commitment (commitment to working in a specific field/sector)
Job satisfaction
Satisfaction with opportunities for promotion
Organizational commitment
Satisfaction with procedural justice (how policies are implemented by the organization)
Organization-based self-esteem (self-esteem specific to their job and role with the organization)
Intentions to quit
People Are Multidimensional | Inspiring Generosity
People Are Multidimensional | Inspiring Generosity: BlackBaud released an infographic last week that highlighted the importance of cultivating online donors with more than just social media or email. The data shows that online donors who give through multiple channels are worth up to 3x more than single channel donors (specifically, donors acquired by mail or email).
Economic Challenges Persist for Nonprofits: New Report Recommends Action for Organizations | onPhilanthropy
Economic Challenges Persist for Nonprofits: New Report Recommends Action for Organizations | onPhilanthropy: However, I am very proud to say that a new report will help you understand our economic downturn and its effects on the nonprofit sector. The Public Finance Crisis: Can Philanthropy Shoulder the Burden? not only explains in tremendous detail just how “deeply and widely” the effects were felt, but it provides solutions for you and your nonprofit. Released by our firm, Changing Our World, Inc., the report is the work of Susan Raymond, Ph.D., Sally Schiff Park and Jason Simons – and addresses the following questions; What to do now?, How to be ready next time?, and How to predict the next time?
Friday, October 14, 2011
What happened to the Hewlett Foundation's major gift? - Big Tech - Fortune Tech
What happened to the Hewlett Foundation's major gift? - Big Tech - Fortune Tech: The grant, a gift from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, has been one bright spot for the school through the economic downturn. With California's debt growing to $6.9 billion, the state passed a budget plan in June that raised the total to $650 million in cuts to the UC system. Fortune commended the Hewlett Foundation when the grant was originally announced in 2007. Four years on, the grant has allowed the school to remain competitive.
The money was to be paid in yearly increments over seven years, with the goal of creating 100 endowed chairs for faculty -- full professorial positions that are funded privately and come with a $25,000 yearly stipend for research, travel or graduate student employment. The chairs range from Art History to Journalism to Chemistry.
The money was to be paid in yearly increments over seven years, with the goal of creating 100 endowed chairs for faculty -- full professorial positions that are funded privately and come with a $25,000 yearly stipend for research, travel or graduate student employment. The chairs range from Art History to Journalism to Chemistry.
Corporations Keep Giving to Harlem Public Schools | The Uptowner
Corporations Keep Giving to Harlem Public Schools | The Uptowner: For the last two years, Zeimer has been principal of Harlem Renaissance, a school not only in the midst of its own renaissance – the graduation rate jumped from 17 percent to 39.9 percent in just one year – but also one looking to harness the benefits of working with the private sector. And in Harlem, it’s not the only one.
Despite the economic malaise, Michael Haberman, the president of PENCIL, a non-profit organization that seeks to improve student achievement in public schools by linking business leaders with educators, says that more and more private sector firms want to form relationships with some of the city’s most disadvantaged schools.
Despite the economic malaise, Michael Haberman, the president of PENCIL, a non-profit organization that seeks to improve student achievement in public schools by linking business leaders with educators, says that more and more private sector firms want to form relationships with some of the city’s most disadvantaged schools.
Penn State WB alum gives students an opportunity | The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton PA - News
Penn State WB alum gives students an opportunity | The Times Leader, Wilkes-Barre, Scranton PA - News: DALLAS -- Rick Barry’s time at Penn State’s Wilkes-Barre campus was short but it had quite an impact on him. Barry and his wife Sue have established a $1 million scholarship program that will help dozens of students with financial needs each year.
Fifty of those students shared in a meal with Barry during the school’s annual scholarship dinner at Apple Tree Terrace at Newberry Estate Thursday night.
The gift is the latest in a line that Rick, a 1980 Penn State University graduate, and his wife have made to the local campus and the University Park main campus in recent years.
Fifty of those students shared in a meal with Barry during the school’s annual scholarship dinner at Apple Tree Terrace at Newberry Estate Thursday night.
The gift is the latest in a line that Rick, a 1980 Penn State University graduate, and his wife have made to the local campus and the University Park main campus in recent years.
Charles Howard: Anonymity in Giving: A Case Study of 52times52.com
Charles Howard: Anonymity in Giving: A Case Study of 52times52.com: The person on the other end of the phone line is a writer who has chosen to only be known as "Giver Girl." She and husband "Giver Boy" are the mysterious yet inspiring duo behind the website and project 52times52.com.
The premise is pretty straight forward. Starting this past January, they committed to donating $52 to a different charity, each of the 52 weeks of the year.
The premise is pretty straight forward. Starting this past January, they committed to donating $52 to a different charity, each of the 52 weeks of the year.
Nonprofit directory will be a valuable resource | Great Falls Tribune | greatfallstribune.com
Nonprofit directory will be a valuable resource | Great Falls Tribune | greatfallstribune.com: Once complete, the book will be distributed to professionals who help clients with estate and financial planning, attorneys, financial advisers, accountants and such. The book will be a resource for folks to find out their local options when it comes to charitable giving.
OtterBox a philanthropic honoree | The Coloradoan | coloradoan.com
OtterBox a philanthropic honoree | The Coloradoan | coloradoan.com: Within the past year, the company gave employees $200 grants to donate to charities of their choice and challenged them to raise additional funds.
Wal-Mart Names a Head for Its Corporate Foundation - NYTimes.com
Wal-Mart Names a Head for Its Corporate Foundation - NYTimes.com: In another sign of how the lines between profit-making and nonprofit are blurring, Wal-Mart on Friday will appoint a former senior executive of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to head its corporate foundation.
Staffer charity picks benefit from Issa's wealth - John Bresnahan and Jake Sherman - POLITICO.com
Staffer charity picks benefit from Issa's wealth - John Bresnahan and Jake Sherman - POLITICO.com: Here’s how it works: Staffers pitch Issa each holiday season, suggesting a charity worthy of a donation from the Issa Family Foundation. Issa then decides who gets a check, and the staffer is “recognized for their recommendation to the charity that receives the contribution,” said Frederick Hill, an Issa spokesman. The aides do not get a tax write-off or any other benefit, the office says.
Summit County Boy Scouts using technology to raise funds | SummitDaily.com
Summit County Boy Scouts using technology to raise funds | SummitDaily.com: The new program, Buy Local with the Boy Scouts, is similar to Groupon but with a twist: 70 percent of collected fees go to the Scouts. If successful, its creators hope to benefit not only local troops and packs, but residents and businesses with deals and exposure.
Breckenridge Troop 187 assistant scoutmaster Chris John calls the model a “triple win.”
Breckenridge Troop 187 assistant scoutmaster Chris John calls the model a “triple win.”
Statewide Nonprofit Association in the Works - WVNS-TV - WVNSTV.com
Statewide Nonprofit Association in the Works - WVNS-TV - WVNSTV.com: With estimates of more than 8,000 nonprofit entities, the sector employs more West Virginians than mining. And with the exception of natural gas development, it's the fastest-growing segment of the state's economy, according to Kent Spellman of the West Virginia Community Development Hub.
Still, the state is one of only four in the nation without a nonprofit association to provide support.
"West Virginia has a statewide disc golfers association, but not a nonprofit association," Spellman said.
That is about to change.
Still, the state is one of only four in the nation without a nonprofit association to provide support.
"West Virginia has a statewide disc golfers association, but not a nonprofit association," Spellman said.
That is about to change.
Thursday, October 13, 2011
The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Philanthropist with Panache: The Homeless Billionaire Do-Gooder
The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Philanthropist with Panache: The Homeless Billionaire Do-Gooder: ’s a little hard to discern exactly what the high-end WSJ Magazine defines as “philanthropy” in Berggruen’s case. Maybe it was his acquisition of Karstadt (for the sum of one euro, since Karstadt was insolvent at the time), which WSJ Magazine says saved 25,000 jobs. Maybe it was the fact that he loaned his art collection (his father, a friend of Picasso’s, was a major art collector) to museums as he sold off his homes (including an island estate in Florida and an apartment in New York) to become a homeless billionaire philanthropist.
A Quest for Hybrid Companies - Part Money-Maker, Part Nonprofit - NYTimes.com
A Quest for Hybrid Companies - Part Money-Maker, Part Nonprofit - NYTimes.com: California is the latest state to adopt a statute permitting what is called flexible-purpose corporations, new companies that are part social benefit and part low-profit entities. The companies are now allowed under laws in more than a dozen states and two Indian tribes.
States like New York and Massachusetts are weighing comparable legislation — sometimes also known as low-profit limited liability or benefit corporations
States like New York and Massachusetts are weighing comparable legislation — sometimes also known as low-profit limited liability or benefit corporations
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
The AFP Blog: Salutations de Montr�al!
The AFP Blog: Salutations de Montr�al!: Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Salutations de Montr�al!
This week, we’re headed to Montreal and the Leadership Academy, our annual gathering of chapter leaders from around the world.
Salutations de Montr�al!
This week, we’re headed to Montreal and the Leadership Academy, our annual gathering of chapter leaders from around the world.
Friday Book Club celebrates 100 years of reading, philanthropy and change � Knoxville News Sentinel
Friday Book Club celebrates 100 years of reading, philanthropy and change � Knoxville News Sentinel: After the meal, they have a business meeting to discuss philanthropy projects or other events they want to attend. The group does at least one philanthropy project every year, something they said Moore stressed.
The past three years they have donated time and money to Dogwood Elementary School library so children could share their passion for reading.
The past three years they have donated time and money to Dogwood Elementary School library so children could share their passion for reading.
Keep communities vital by preserving charitable deduction
Keep communities vital by preserving charitable deduction: For nearly a century, the charitable contribution has created an expectation of a deeper relationship between the American people and the government, and has provided vital support for our communities through philanthropy. Since 1997, the state of Montana has also recognized the value of giving taxpayers an incentive for supporting charitable work. The Montana tax credit for planned gifts has built permanent endowments that will forever provide financial support for needed community services. Government at all levels needs to continue to promote policies that encourage people to be generous, and reject policies aimed at reducing incentives for giving.
Especially in tough times like these, Montanans value generosity and policies that promote generosity. Preserving the charitable deduction will help assure a stronger, more independent, more robust Montana for us and generations that will follow us.
Especially in tough times like these, Montanans value generosity and policies that promote generosity. Preserving the charitable deduction will help assure a stronger, more independent, more robust Montana for us and generations that will follow us.
The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Hartford Nonprofits Hard Nosed and Determined in New Economy
The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Hartford Nonprofits Hard Nosed and Determined in New Economy: In the Greater Hartford area, the latest United Way "Non-Profit Pulse Survey" concludes that nonprofits "have a renewed sense of optimism."
Perhaps it is the comments of nonprofits quoted in the HBJ article, but optimism doesn't exactly jump off the page (or the screen) from this article. The observations sound a bit more like nonprofits making the most out of a bad deal, such as these:
Perhaps it is the comments of nonprofits quoted in the HBJ article, but optimism doesn't exactly jump off the page (or the screen) from this article. The observations sound a bit more like nonprofits making the most out of a bad deal, such as these:
Lake County News | California - New law allows nonprofits to partner with state to keep parks open
Lake County News | California - New law allows nonprofits to partner with state to keep parks open: LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Thanks to a new law, state parks slated for closure – including Lake County's own Anderson Marsh – could be spared through cooperative agreements with nonprofits.
On Oct. 4, Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 42 by Assemblyman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael).
According to a report from Huffman's office, AB 42 authorizes the California Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into operating agreements with qualified nonprofit organizations to operate a state park unit if the agreement will enable the state to keep open a state park that would otherwise be closed.
On Oct. 4, Gov. Jerry Brown signed AB 42 by Assemblyman Jared Huffman (D-San Rafael).
According to a report from Huffman's office, AB 42 authorizes the California Department of Parks and Recreation to enter into operating agreements with qualified nonprofit organizations to operate a state park unit if the agreement will enable the state to keep open a state park that would otherwise be closed.
SOI Tax Stats - Exempt Organizations' Unrelated Business Income (UBI) Tax Statistics
SOI Tax Stats - Exempt Organizations' Unrelated Business Income (UBI) Tax Statistics: Snapshot of Unrelated Business Income Tax Statistics
Because tax-exempt organizations generally operate for charitable or other beneficial purposes, most income that they receive is exempt from tax under the Internal Revenue Code. Tax-exempt organizations are permitted to engage in income-producing activities that are considered to be unrelated to their exempt purposes. However, income from these activities may be taxable. This study measures income, deductions, and tax imposed on tax-exempt corporate and trust entities' unrelated business income. Data are compiled from Form 990-T, Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return.
Because tax-exempt organizations generally operate for charitable or other beneficial purposes, most income that they receive is exempt from tax under the Internal Revenue Code. Tax-exempt organizations are permitted to engage in income-producing activities that are considered to be unrelated to their exempt purposes. However, income from these activities may be taxable. This study measures income, deductions, and tax imposed on tax-exempt corporate and trust entities' unrelated business income. Data are compiled from Form 990-T, Exempt Organization Business Income Tax Return.
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