Young art enthusiasts are in for a mysterious treat at future DMA fête - CultureMap Dallas

Young art enthusiasts are in for a mysterious treat at future DMA fête - CultureMap Dallas: "Junior Associates of the Dallas Museum of Art recently gathered more than 100 members of their loyal crew for a save-the-date party of sorts to announce a one-time only event they are calling Director's Cut.

Happening in lieu of the beloved annual fundraiser, An Affair of the Art, Director's Cut is still mostly shrouded in mystery."



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Community Health Centers Marry Fitness Centers for the Sake of the Patients | Nonprofit Quarterly

Community Health Centers Marry Fitness Centers for the Sake of the Patients | Nonprofit Quarterly:



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Modern Contractual Considerations in Using Volunteers: Another Lesson From Reddit | Nonprofit Quarterly

Modern Contractual Considerations in Using Volunteers: Another Lesson From Reddit | Nonprofit Quarterly:



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Picking a New CEO for Independent Sector: What Really Matters? | Nonprofit Quarterly

Picking a New CEO for Independent Sector: What Really Matters? | Nonprofit Quarterly:



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How Fans Run The Largest U.S. Anime Convention As A Non-Profit

How Fans Run The Largest U.S. Anime Convention As A Non-Profit: "Despite its enormous economic impact, you might be surprised to discover that Anime Expo is run as a 503(c)(6) tax-exempt non-profit. Like most companies in this categorization, it is run by a board of directors and publicly discloses its earnings every year. As a non-profit, the SPJA usually brings in as much as it makes, by charging admittance to attendees, table fees to exhibitors, and advertising space to sponsors. According to 2011 records on Guidestar, the company brought in $3 million, and spent slightly more than that organizing the next year’s event. It’s a typical cash flow for the company, since Anime Expo keeps attracting more fans (and therefore costing a little more) every year."



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Armstrong charity Tour ride irrelevant for Froome - Yahoo Sports Singapore

Armstrong charity Tour ride irrelevant for Froome - Yahoo Sports Singapore: "Tour de France leader Chris Froome has dismissed as irrelevant disgraced American Lance Armstrong's controversial charity ride due on Thursday.
Armstrong will cycle two stages of the Tour for a leukaemia charity -- from Muret to Rodez on Thursday and from Rodez to Mende on Friday -- a day ahead of the competing riders."



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What's Happened Since the Ice Bucket Challenge Was Born

What's Happened Since the Ice Bucket Challenge Was Born: "Exactly 365 days ago, Chris Kennedy posted a video to YouTube—one that’s widely regarded to be the first ALS Ice Bucket Challenge video. From there, more than 17 million people followed suit, and 2.5 million people handed the ALS Association $115 million between July 29 and Sept. 15, per the Wall Street Journal, an amount the association says could be the biggest single giving event unrelated to a disaster or emergency."



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Girl Scouts rejects $100K anti-transgender donation

Girl Scouts rejects $100K anti-transgender donation:



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N.Y. City Opera Drops Plan to Sell Name and Assets - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

N.Y. City Opera Drops Plan to Sell Name and Assets - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "he New York City Opera has abandoned plans to sell its name and other assets after months of legal squabbling between rival bidders seeking to revive the moribund company, writes The Wall Street Journal. The opera's board is instead weighing whether to restructure through the bankruptcy process begun when the organization filed for Chapter 11 protection in 2013."



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Relief Groups Expand Fundraising in Fight for Aid Dollars - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Relief Groups Expand Fundraising in Fight for Aid Dollars - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "Major aid charities have more than tripled their spending on fundraising over the past decade amid a boom in international aid and fierce competition to draw donors, the Thomson Reuters Foundation reports. Total spending by the world's 50 largest humanitarian nonprofits has more than doubled in 10 years to $18 billion, as more public money is channeled to relief work in disaster and conflict zones, according to the foundation's inaugural Business of Aid survey."



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Sweet Briar at 300 Students and Counting in the Run-up to the Academic Year | Nonprofit Quarterly

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Sweet Briar at 300 Students and Counting in the Run-up to the Academic Year | Nonprofit Quarterly: "Over the course of twelve days, the brand new board of Sweet Briar College has met three times, including yesterday via teleconference, to make the decisions required to try to keep the college open. Again, one of the most immediate variables that needed to be dealt with was enrollment. The student body was at 700 last year, and the new regime was unsure how many students would enroll or re-enroll after the college’s former board voted to close the college last March—and after the ensuing struggle, where the outcome was iffy."



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Survey Says: Fundraising at the Register - NonProfit PRO

Survey Says: Fundraising at the Register - NonProfit PRO: "If you walked into a Walgreens pharmacy in the month of May, there’s a good chance your trip to the checkout counter involved more than just the usual assortment of two-for-$3 candy specials and glossy magazine covers. That’s because Red Nose Day—a premier celebrity telefunding event in the U.K.—was readying its May 21 U.S. debut, and Walgreens was the exclusive provider of the eponymous red noses, available for $1 at the register."



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Chatting About Cause Marketing With Tania Little, CFRE - Resource Center - AFP

Chatting About Cause Marketing With Tania Little, CFRE - Resource Center - AFP

Sweet Briar Names New Board, New President, and New Chair—Teresa Tomlinson | Nonprofit Quarterly

Sweet Briar Names New Board, New President, and New Chair—Teresa Tomlinson | Nonprofit Quarterly:



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On the Relative Lack of Mission-Focused Foundation Investments | Nonprofit Quarterly

On the Relative Lack of Mission-Focused Foundation Investments | Nonprofit Quarterly:



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Auctioneers Should Be Entertaining... Not The Entertainment | Scott Robertson | LinkedIn

Auctioneers Should Be Entertaining... Not The Entertainment | Scott Robertson | LinkedIn:



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Virtual Reality Could Be the Next Big Thing in Charitable Giving | Smart News | Smithsonian

Virtual Reality Could Be the Next Big Thing in Charitable Giving | Smart News | Smithsonian: "sometimes, all it takes to inspire more charitable giving is a visit to a place or person in need. But not every situation or location is accessible to the average donor. That could be changing, writes NPR’s Linda Poon, thanks to virtual reality experiences designed to increase empathy and charitable giving."



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Nonprofit Crowdfunds Homes For People In Need, Gives Donors Updates On Families They've Helped

Nonprofit Crowdfunds Homes For People In Need, Gives Donors Updates On Families They've Helped: "For donors who want to know exactly how their money’s being spent, there’s a new transparent nonprofit that allows its supporters to rest easy.

New Story, an Atlanta-based group, identifies families in need, shares their struggles via moving video stories and then solicits donations from supporters. But what distinguishes this initiative from other similar-sounding ones is that every dollar goes right to the profiled family and donors are kept abreast of the developments every step of the way."



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The Power Of Non-Cash Gifts - The NonProfit Times

The Power Of Non-Cash Gifts - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times: "Survey after survey shows that donors rarely cite tax advantages as their most important reason for giving. That is good. It means your donors give because they care about your mission.

It is still in the best interests of your donor to maximize the tax benefit of their gifts whenever possible. Likewise, it is in the best interests of the nonprofit and donors for staff to help donors develop strategies to do so."



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Jordan Spieth fulfills promise, plays charity round in Dallas days after winning U.S. Open | Dallas Morning News

Jordan Spieth fulfills promise, plays charity round in Dallas days after winning U.S. Open | Dallas Morning News: "On Wednesday, however, Spieth was at Dallas National, where he is a member, playing in a round of golf and fulfilling a commitment he made at a Jordan Spieth Family Foundation charity function last October."



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Millennials And The Power Of Influence

Millennials And The Power Of Influence: "While many acknowledge they don’t really “get” this generation – our years of work at the Case Foundation, researching, engaging and convening this generation, has placed me squarely (and proudly) in the role of Millennial optimist and enthusiast.

Yes, it is true that all young people – including those from generations past – tend to be idealistic.  "



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Columbia is First American University to Divest from Prisons | Nonprofit Quarterly

Columbia is First American University to Divest from Prisons | Nonprofit Quarterly: "Columbia is First American University to Divest from Prisons"



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Donation Dos and Don'ts | Amy L. Freeman

Donation Dos and Don'ts | Amy L. Freeman: "I think that giving would be more effective if we nonprofits were clearer about not just what we need, but also what we don't need. Well-meaning donors tend to err on the side of excess: "Well, maybe they can use it." The nonprofit, not wanting to offend, tends to simply accept what people bring to them. If we nonprofits urged a bit more triage on the donor end, I suspect that, rather than being offended, donors would be happy to eliminate that "maybe." Staff would have less work sorting items, and clients would get only items they will use.

So here are my everyone-wins donation dos and don'ts:"



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Arts philanthropy booming, cultural giving rises 9.2%, new study says - LA Times

Arts philanthropy booming, cultural giving rises 9.2%, new study says - LA Times: "Overall, however, arts and culture commanded a modest share of the philanthropic pie. Estimated gifts to arts and culture totaled $17.2 billion, according to the report compiled by Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. Although that was a record high, it represented only 4.8% of the $358.4-billion total."



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The AFP Blog: Giving USA 2015: Record Giving and Growth, But Still Stuck at Two Percent GDP

The AFP Blog: Giving USA 2015: Record Giving and Growth, But Still Stuck at Two Percent GDP: "Giving USA 2015: Record Giving and Growth, But Still Stuck at Two Percent GDP
You’ve probably seen some of the major Giving USA 2015 numbers already: growth of over five percent (adjusted for inflation) and a record level of giving at $358.4 billion. Amazing figures, and the data aligns with what we saw with the Nonprofit Research Collaborative’s (NRC) 2014 Year-End Fundraising Survey: strong growth in fundraising across the board with fundraising success levels at what we saw before the recession."



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Colleges Are on a Building Spree as Endowment Gains Pick Up - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Colleges Are on a Building Spree as Endowment Gains Pick Up - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "Major universities are embarking on multibillion-dollar expansions on the back on back of positive financial trends and sharpening competition for top faculty and students, according to The Wall Street Journal. The article cites Cornell University's $2-billion Cornell Tech project, which broke ground last week on Roosevelt Island in New York City, and Columbia University's $6-billion second campus in upper Manhattan."



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How to Forecast Fundraising Revenue

How to Forecast Fundraising Revenue:



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How your donors literally think about legacy - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times

How your donors literally think about legacy - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times: "How your donors literally think about legacy
by The NonProfit Times - June 23, 2015
Medical technology can track what your donors think about legacy giving. A conversation about planned giving makes prospects look back on their lives, think about their legacy and it’s all trackable.

According to Bill Tedesco, CEO and managing partner of DonorSearch in Marriottsville, Md., speaking during last fall’s National Catholic Development Conference (NCDC) conference in Chicago, it’s all about the science of giving."



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Book Review: Plugging the leaky bucket of donors | Third Sector

Book Review: Plugging the leaky bucket of donors | Third Sector: "hat premise is underpinned by a 2013 study of nearly 2,500 organisations by the Association of Fundraising Professionals in the US, which found that only 65 per cent of them retained new recruits long enough to receive a second donation. For every 100 donors acquired, the study found, 107 were lost through attrition."



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MIT officer killed by marathon bombers honored by hometown - Boston News, Weather, Sports | FOX 25 | MyFoxBoston

MIT officer killed by marathon bombers honored by hometown - Boston News, Weather, Sports | FOX 25 | MyFoxBoston: "WILMINGTON, Mass. (AP) - A playground named in honor of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer killed by the Boston Marathon bombers is being built in his hometown.

Wilmington selectmen unanimously approved construction of a playground in honor of Sean Collier on Monday."



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