News from Cambridge UK

News from Cambridge UK: Pioneering Cambridge campaign reaches record US$2 billion
The University of Cambridge has raised more than US$2.0 billion (�1.17 billion) during its 800th Anniversary Campaign,The University of Cambridge announced it has raised more than US$2.0 billion (�1.17 billion) during the course of its 800th Anniversary Campaign, the largest fundraising total ever announced by a European university. This total places Cambridge in the top rank of fundraising institutions worldwide.

SOI Tax Stats - SOI Bulletin: Fall 2011

SOI Tax Stats - SOI Bulletin: Fall 2011: Charities, Fraternal Beneficiary Societies, and Other Tax-Exempt Organizations, 2008
by Paul Arnsberger and Mike Graham
For 2008, nonprofit charitable organizations (excluding private foundations) tax exempt under IRC Section 501(c)(3) reported $2.5 trillion in total assets and $1.4 trillion in revenue, both decreases from 2007. The number of returns filed by these organizations was 315,184, including 148,821 Forms 990 and 166,363 Forms 990-EZ. There were major changes in both the content of Form 990 and the filing threshold between Tax Years 2007 and 2008. Excel Tables:



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UC Merced fraternity breaks records with food donations by the ton - UC Merced - MercedSun-Star.com

UC Merced fraternity breaks records with food donations by the ton - UC Merced - MercedSun-Star.com: But this year the program, put on by the UC Merced chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, broke the record for most food donated to the food bank by a single local group.

The goods weighed more than a ton -- 2,296 pounds with an estimated value of $2,218.62

Supporting Partnership - RE:Philanthropy

Supporting Partnership - RE:Philanthropy: By helping food pantries deepen their partnerships, we thought we just might be able to create stronger emergency food delivery in specific communities. With help from two generous donor partners, we were able to invest in three collaborative groups of food pantries and support 18 month-long projects. Each member of each collaborative had one thing in common: a focus on the needs of their community-just like community foundations.

Tech climbs ladder in fundraising | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Tech climbs ladder in fundraising | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: In a recent ranking of the most successful nonprofit fundraisers, the Texas Tech System recorded the largest increase of all universities in the Big 12 Conference.

Year-End Fund Raising: What You Need to Know - Fund-Raising Fundamentals - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Year-End Fund Raising: What You Need to Know - Fund-Raising Fundamentals - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: In a new episode of Fund-Raising Fundamentals, Daniel Watson, executive director of Restoration House of East Tennessee, and Sandy Rees, a fund-raising consultant, answer such questions and offer other advice on how to handle year-end appeals.

Listen to the podcast by clicking on the icon at the top or subscribe using iTunes.

4 E-mail Fundraising Campaign Best Practices : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success

4 E-mail Fundraising Campaign Best Practices : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success: One organization that found tremendous e-mail response in the past year was amfAR, The Foundation for AIDs ResearchOpens in a new window. Earlier this year, amfAR took home the E-mail Renewal Package of the YearOpens in a new window awarded by the Direct Marketing Fundraisers AssociationOpens in a new window for its holiday/year-end renewal e-mail.

The e-mail, which we’ll break down next week in Today in Fundraising, was created with the help of online nonprofit marketing agency SankyNetOpens in a new window. Here Paul Habig, executive vice president of SankyNet, shares some best practices for a successful fundraising e-mail campaign.

‘Invisible’ giving yields results | The Post and Courier, Charleston SC - News, Sports, Entertainment

‘Invisible’ giving yields results | The Post and Courier, Charleston SC - News, Sports, Entertainment: In the old days the churches really were the primary channel for charity. However, today giving to churches and houses of worship has fallen to less than 50 percent of all charitable contributions. Said differently, that means that for every church steeple there is another, invisible steeple, made up of charitable organizations and volunteer efforts in our community. There are thousands of charitable organizations in the greater Charleston area, some of which are almost invisible. It’s those invisible charities along with houses of worship that hold this community together.

What Matters: The power of yellow

What Matters: The power of yellow: It was a novel and generous idea. Yet it met with skepticism, particularly on the part of our eponymous founder. “What are we going to do,” Lance asked, “with the 4.9 million wristbands we don’t sell?” The Foundation’s president, Mitch Stoller, saw the potential and found support from board member, Mike Sherwin, who immediately grasped the power of the idea. “We’re going to need more than five million,” he predicted.

PHILANTHROPY 2173: Philanthropy Buzzword 2011.5 - Infographics

PHILANTHROPY 2173: Philanthropy Buzzword 2011.5 - Infographics

Celebrating true spirit of National Philanthropy Day | philanthropy, day, gates - Jacksonville Illinois News and Information Jacksonville Journal Courier

Celebrating true spirit of National Philanthropy Day | philanthropy, day, gates - Jacksonville Illinois News and Information Jacksonville Journal Courier: Today marks the 25th anniversary of National Philanthropy Day. While most of us may never reach the status of Carnegie or Gates, we all have the opportunity to be philanthropists.

The word philanthropy is derived from the Greek word “philos” which means “loving” and “anthropos” meaning “man.” Simply put, to be a philanthropist is to love mankind. Philanthropy manifests in the form of financial giving, voluntary action and associations that are built among individuals. Last year, it is estimated that a half trillion dollars were donated by Americans through financial giving and volunteer support to the over 1.5 million nonprofit organizations that are registered with the Internal Revenue Service.

MAINE COMPASS: Charitable giving is a tradition for state employees | The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME

MAINE COMPASS: Charitable giving is a tradition for state employees | The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME: State employees perform remarkable work throughout the year. They connect Maine people with needed services. They provide guidance and resources to entrepreneurs and small business owners.

In countless ways, they help families, strengthen the economy, improve communities and make Maine a more productive and inviting place to live.

Couple delivers hot food, company | The Post and Courier, Charleston SC - News, Sports, Entertainment

Couple delivers hot food, company | The Post and Courier, Charleston SC - News, Sports, Entertainment: Couple delivers hot food, company
Philanthropy Week time to give

Forum spotlights new thinking for nonprofits - The York Daily Record

Forum spotlights new thinking for nonprofits - The York Daily Record: The aptly named "Ah-Ha Initiative" seeks to reshape the local humanitarian discourse by introducing unconventional, paradigm-altering ideas to local nonprofit and business leaders. Its kickoff featured a presentation by wave-stirring author and social entrepreneur Dan Pallotta, whose book, "Uncharitable," critiques the traditional nonprofit business model as ineffective and unjustly constrained.

Mission Plus Good Logistics Create a Model Cause Marketing Campaign: Developing a great cause-marketing campaign is part art, part business, part negotiation, and a whole lot of heart.

Twitter donors worth the most on social media - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

Twitter donors worth the most on social media - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: People who make donations on JustGiving pages after being prompted on Twitter are nearly twice as generous as those who are inspired to give by a Facebook prompt, according to new figures.

In a study on the average gift value of donors directed to JustGiving pages via social media, Twitter prompts came out on top, with an average gift from someone coming from a Twitter link worth �30.26, compared with just �18.33 on Facebook. Facebook, however, remains the vastly more popular social network for JustGiving donors, accounting for 97 per cent of all visits directed through a social media source - in contrast Twitter facilitates a tiny 1 per cent of all visits from social media sources.

National Philanthropy Day® Official Website - AFP

National Philanthropy Day® Official Website - AFP: - Sent using Google Toolbar

Emmett Carson: Community foundation model 'broken,' at risk - San Francisco Business Times

Emmett Carson: Community foundation model 'broken,' at risk - San Francisco Business Times: “In five or 10 years, I fear that many of the institutions in this room won’t be here,” Emmett told the gathering of some 1,400 community foundation leaders. “Revenues aren’t meeting expenses. Other people offer what we perceive as our core product at a cheaper price — zero. As for raising costs: Talk to Netflix. In this environment, that doesn’t work.”

Staff Retreats on a Shoestring: For the typically cash-strapped nonprofit, a staff retreat can seem like a luxury, reserved for private companies with revenue to spare. But organizing a staff retreat on a budget is not only feasible, some executive directors argue it's a necessary and integral component of long-term strategic planning. Dave Kranenburg, executive director of Toronto-based Meal Exchange and Ben Peterson, co-founder and executive director of Journalists for Human Rights, maintain that nonprofit retreats o

Workplace donations make a difference | Statesman Journal | statesmanjournal.com

Workplace donations make a difference | Statesman Journal | statesmanjournal.com: Nowhere is generosity more prevalent than among corporations and organizations in the tri-county region as they host workplace campaigns and provide an opportunity for their employees to engage with the community through giving, volunteering and advocacy. Workplace campaign contributions comprise nearly 75 percent of the total funds raised by the local United Way each year.

Tribe's giving falls off; rank stays high | StarTribune.com

Tribe's giving falls off; rank stays high | StarTribune.com: After years of extraordinary growth, charitable giving by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has fallen off considerably, according to a new statewide analysis from the Minnesota Council on Foundations.

Rock Your Year-End�Fundraising - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media -

Rock Your Year-End�Fundraising - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media -: Year-end fundraising is here. This is the time of year that your organization should be raising up to 40% of its donations online. Yes, that’s right - up to 40% of donations come in at the end of the year for many nonprofits that have a solid year-end fundraising plan in place and an engaged list of supporters.

Society Notebook: It's a gift | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

Society Notebook: It's a gift | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram: n order to do so, he told us that we must realize that "money does not matter as much as influence and time" and that giving to "fewer things in a bigger way for a longer period of time" is a proven way to get better results. He also pointed out that a nonprofit organization's overhead and administrative costs shouldn't be judged solely based on its percentage of total costs, because staffing is a crucial area when it comes to an organization's effectiveness.

Metrics Can Be a Grant Writer’s Nightmare | Fundraising Non-Profit Fund-raising Resource – Tony Poderis

Metrics Can Be a Grant Writer’s Nightmare | Fundraising Non-Profit Fund-raising Resource – Tony Poderis: I don’t think there could be three more dismaying demands. Using any of these too common absolutist metrics to evaluate a grant seeker’s performance is more than formidable. Depending on how the fill-in-the-blank numbers are determined, it can be flat out damning.

Such demands, more often than not, lack a footing in reality. They are unlikely to show even a rudimentary understanding of which grant-making organizations are awarding grants to what initiatives, projects, and organizations.

Local nonprofits hope ‘Give’ day helps fundraising | St. Cloud TIMES | sctimes.com

Local nonprofits hope ‘Give’ day helps fundraising | St. Cloud TIMES | sctimes.com: Local nonprofit organizations are hoping a statewide online initiative will help raise much-needed funds.

GiveMN.org, will host its Give to the Max Day on Wednesday. GiveMN.org offers nonprofits an online presence for donors.

On Giving - Reporting and discussion about philanthropy and social entrepreneurship.

New section of the Washington Post

On Giving becomes the newest addition to The Post's popular On Topics channels, which include On Leadership, On Faith, on Innovation and On Small Business.


On Giving - Reporting and discussion about philanthropy and social entrepreneurship.

lifetime value formula

lifetime value formula: In a previous blog post, Reinier wrote about the importance of assessing LTV. He brings as an example a corporate case study, and says “It’s not the calculation that is so interesting […]What is most interesting is that this infograpic underlines the importance of using Lifetime Value (LTV) in your acquisition strategy.”

Accounting Board to Research Nonprofit Financial Standards - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Accounting Board to Research Nonprofit Financial Standards - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: The group that establishes standards for financial accounting and reporting has approved two new projects that seek to streamline the way nonprofits complete their annual financial statements.

The Washington Post launches On Giving - The Washington Post

The Washington Post launches On Giving - The Washington Post: Today The Washington Post launches “On Giving,” a new section devoted to coverage of corporate giving and social responsibility, social entrepreneurship, charitable actions and personal finance. The section features original Washington Post reporting and guest contributions from philanthropists, global development leaders, social entrepreneurs, academics and researchers.

End-of-Year Fundraising Campaigns that Will Rock Your World | NetWitsThinkTank.com

End-of-Year Fundraising Campaigns that Will Rock Your World | NetWitsThinkTank.com: End-of-year is a very busy time for fundraisers.

Lots of ideas are bouncing around, campaigns that have been run for years are spinning up, and new end-of-year fundraising campaigns are coming to life. Many will eventually be pushed out the door with the hope of great results.

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