Acronym: Have a Heart: Wear Red This Friday!

Acronym: Have a Heart: Wear Red This Friday!: "s if Fridays aren’t great enough, this Friday has the extra good element of being the American Heart Association’s popular National Wear Red Day. We’re talking red dresses, blouses, pins, lipstick, handbags, ties, socks, whatever. Thousands of organizations, cities and individuals nationwide are signing up to wear red and/or give $5 (with organizations often matching employee donations) to help raise awareness and boost prevention of the number-one killer of women: heart disease."

Rob Walker - Consumed - Marketing and Advertising - New York Times

Rob Walker - Consumed - Marketing and Advertising - New York Times: "Has a charity ever announced that it had enough money? Would-be lenders were dumbstruck, says Kiva’s public-relations director, Fiona Ramsey: “They’re stunned for a second — ‘Here I am, I have money, I want to help someone, and you’re telling me that I can’t?’ ” The note encouraged the visitor to check back soon, as a new batch of loan-seeking entrepreneurs will often appear mere minutes later. But still, Kiva is a philanthropic organization facing an extremely unusual challenge: maintaining adequate supply (people who need help) to meet demand (people who want to give it). “We don’t want people coming to the Web site who want to make a loan and there’s no one to loan to,” Ramsey says."

The Nature Conservancy in Iowa - The Nature Conservancy Announces $18 Million Raised For Conservation

The Nature Conservancy in Iowa - The Nature Conservancy Announces $18 Million Raised For Conservation: "The Nature Conservancy Announces $18 Million Raised For Conservation

DES MOINES, Iowa—January 25, 2008—The Nature Conservancy announced that they have raised more than $18.1 million dollars for conservation in the Saving the Last Great Places in Iowa-The Campaign for Conservation publically launched in June 2006. This exceeded the original goal of $9.5 million."

Take a Bow | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Opinion: Editorials

Take a Bow | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Opinion: Editorials: "he spirit of philanthropy is alive and well in North Texas, as underscored last week by civic leader Nancy Hamon's $10 million gift enabling the new Center for the Performing Arts to surpass its fundraising goal of $275 million.

A funding effort of such magnitude, bolstered by enormous gifts of $42 million by Margo and Bill Winspear and $20 million from four members of the Wyly family, is helping raise Dallas' stature as one of the country's premier performing arts venues."

Palo Alto Daily News

Palo Alto Daily News: "A survey of 100 Silicon Valley firms finds that nearly two-thirds of companies encourage employees to volunteer, 72 percent give locally and that health and human services and education are the most popular areas for gifts.

Corporate Philanthropy in Silicon Valley, a study released by the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, a Mountain-View based philanthropic institution, shows that while some companies give upwards of $200 million, others donate very small amounts or nothing, makng the median t$80,000. The study includes private, public and family-owned firms - with public companies giving the most."

Law school donations soar as Harvard lands $48m haul - Legal Week, legal news, comment, events and legal jobs

Law school donations soar as Harvard lands $48m haul - Legal Week, legal news, comment, events and legal jobs: "Top US law schools are reporting record-breaking donations that are helping to cover tuition costs, hire faculty and promote public interest programs, writes the National Law Journal, but may not be spending the cash efficiently.

Last year Harvard Law School brought in $48m (£24.6m), while New York University School of Law raised about $42m (£21.5m) and Columbia Law School raked in almost $24m (£12.3m) – excluding further cash promised by alums and businesses amounting to millions more."

AFP > Research & Statistics | AFP research > New AFP-Funded Research Compares U.S., Japanese Fundraising

AFP > Research & Statistics | AFP research > New AFP-Funded Research Compares U.S., Japanese Fundraising: "New AFP-Funded Research Compares U.S., Japanese Fundraising

(Jan. 28, 2008) A new study examines the extraordinary growth in the Japanese charitable sector, what fundraising methods are most popular in Japan, differing views on giving and how North American fundraisers can approach Japanese donors."

Wealthy College Endowments Beat the Stock Market - US News and World Report

Wealthy College Endowments Beat the Stock Market - US News and World Report: "The nation's 76 richest colleges earned a market-beating 21.3 percent on their billions of dollars in tax-free endowment funds in the fiscal year ending last June 30, according to a report issued today by the National Association of College and University Business Officers."

Democrat & Chronicle: Local News

Democrat & Chronicle: Local News: "The prospects for achieving such fundraising goals are reasonable, one expert said.

'There has never been a recession in philanthropy in this country. Despite a number of recessions, economic crises, energy crises, sudden changes in administrations, conflicts or wars, giving in the United States has increased, or at least stayed the same every year. It's an encouraging thing for nonprofit institutions,' said Thomas Kissane, senior vice president at Community Counselling Service in New York City, a fundraising consulting firm that works with colleges, universities and all types of nonprofits.

Between 2000 and 2007, UR's endowment grew by about $500 million to $1.7 billion, making it 39th among schools in the annual ranking of endowments by the National Association of College and University Business Officers, released Thursday."

United Way likely to miss $3M. fundraising target

United Way likely to miss $3M. fundraising target: "The United Way of Atlantic County may come up short of meeting its annual fundraising goal for the fourth consecutive year.

While the final figures will not be known until April, the agency has pulled in $2.5 million of the $3 million it hoped to raise last year."

CU fundraising set for record year : CU News : Boulder Daily Camera

CU fundraising set for record year : CU News : Boulder Daily Camera: "Donors gave $84.3 million in six months

By Brittany Anas (Contact)
Friday, January 25, 2008

Donors gave $84.3 million to the University of Colorado in the six-month period that ended Dec. 31, surpassing the $59.2 million raised over the same period the year before, officials announced Thursday

The university raised $133.5 million in donations last fiscal year, which ended June 30, making 2007 the best fundraising year in the school's 131-year history. School officials say they could be on pace to set a new record."

Entrepreneurs Foundation of North Texas helps firms do good works | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Business News

Entrepreneurs Foundation of North Texas helps firms do good works | Dallas Morning News | News for Dallas, Texas | Dallas Business News: "But like its larger counterparts, it wants to give back to the community. That's why it joined the Entrepreneurs Foundation of North Texas shortly after opening its doors in 2000.

'We can leverage their staff ... to get help with setting up community service projects,' said Wes Blair, the company's chief operating officer. 'We can focus on providing the service.'

The Entrepreneurs Foundation's mission is to help smaller companies organize volunteer activities.

Essentially, it's 'an outsourced community development department,' said executive director Pam Gerber."

As donations double, Boston Foundation awards $92m - The Boston Globe

As donations double, Boston Foundation awards $92m - The Boston Globe: "It was another banner year for the Boston Foundation.


The foundation, which is a major grant-making organization that distributes tens of millions of dollars to thousands of nonprofit groups annually, more than doubled the amount of donations it received last year, to about $155 million - up from a near-record $72 million the year before.

The windfall brings its total assets to nearly $1 billion, and the foundation increased its grant-making accordingly. It gave away $92 million in 2007, centering its philanthropy on Boston-area organizations that focus on education, workforce development, and housing.

That payout was the largest in the foundation's history."

Tide turns against tiny community's really big event

Tide turns against tiny community's really big event: "The annual sandcastle competition at Harrison Hot Springs is all washed up.

A high tide of financial losses and rainy weather has brought the famous sand-sculpture event crumbling down.

Organizer Bob Bell said he needs $80,000 to fund this year's event, but the money's just not there."

O'Keefe's resignation affects donations - News

O'Keefe's resignation affects donations - News: "One week after Chancellor Sean O'Keefe announced his resignation, several University donors said they plan to withhold scheduled donations to the University until they understand how the position will be filled.

'It's not meant as a threat,' said Charlotte Bollinger, Bollinger Shipyards Inc. executive vice president and University donor. 'It's meant as the reality that those pledges came about because of Chancellor O'Keefe. People give to organizations where they understand who is running the organization and what the plan for the money is.'"

Put some charity zip into the new year - icWales

Put some charity zip into the new year - icWales: "Put some charity zip into the new year

Jan 24 2008 by Gary Marsh, Cynon Valley Leader

ARE you looking for an exciting challenge in 2008?

Television presenter Amanda Protheroe Thomas is calling for Cynon Valley people to take part in Prince’s Trust Cymru’s fundraising Zip Line.

The event takes place in Cardiff this weekend (January 26-27).

Amanda will be one of the many thrill-seekers to take up the challenge of zip-sliding from the roof of the Holiday Inn, Cardiff."

Impact of Nonprofits - News - Reston Connection - Connection Newspapers

Impact of Nonprofits - News - Reston Connection - Connection Newspapers: "Calculating how much good numerous nonprofit organizations in the region do is complicated, since it is difficult to put a value behind some services those organizations provide. However, an alliance of 200 nonprofit organizations in the Washington area attempted to do exactly that.
The Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington published its findings in late November, 2007, in a report titled 'Beyond Charity: Recognizing Return on Investment."

Philanthropy website will ask donors for feedback - Third Sector

Philanthropy website will ask donors for feedback - Third Sector: "TheBigGive, the website that enables wealthy philanthropists to browse for charitable projects, is planning to introduce a user-review system.

The system is likely to be similar to the points rating used by online retailer Amazon. Site users would give marks out of five for projects they have read about. 'We will ask visitors to give feedback on projects as they go through the system,' said Jon Brooks, managing director of theBigGive.

'This kind of thing is an important development in the web at the moment,' he added. 'The founder of Wikipedia is trying to challenge Google with a search engine that uses the idea of user-generated content.'"

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Board's Give Or Get More Expensive Now

More than half of nonprofits now require board members to make an annual contribution, with a major share of large ones setting a minimum of $5,000.

That finding, in the new edition of National Board Governance Survey for Not-for-Profit Organizations conducted by the accounting firm Grant Thornton LLP, comes against a backdrop of more and more nonprofits reshaping board of directors practices and policies to fit the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Just as more public companies expect their directors own stock, nonprofits expect an investment as well."

Charity draws fire for paying generals - Navy News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Navy Times

Charity draws fire for paying generals - Navy News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Navy Times: "Retired Army Gen. Tommy Franks was paid $100,000 — out of donations made to wounded veterans — for allowing his name to be used on fundraising appeals by a charity that has come under increasing scrutiny for the way it handles its money.

Lawmakers questioned the ethics of the Coalition to Salute America’s Heroes Foundation not only for using donors’ money to pay Franks, but for failing to disclose to potential donors who received the mail solicitations that Franks was paid for his endorsement."

Vindy.com News – Youngstown, Warren, Columbiana Ohio - Training promotes diversity on boards

Vindy.com News – Youngstown, Warren, Columbiana Ohio - Training promotes diversity on boards: "Volunteer Services Agency, in partnership with leaders from the business and nonprofit community, is offering Project Blueprint, a training program designed to promote diversity on nonprofit boards and committees in the Mahoning Valley."

Should a charity’s fundraiser get commission on donations? - Today's Paper > Local News | Bakersfield.com - Kern County news, events, shopping & searc

Should a charity’s fundraiser get commission on donations? - events, shopping & search: "Clark also gets a hefty cut — 10 or 20 percent of the donation, depending on whether he did all or just most of the work. He made $408,767 over the last two years. In 2005-06, his income was 6 percent of the money the mission pulled in from the public.

That commission structure is unusual in fundraising. In fact, the Association of Fundraising Professionals calls it unethical."

$25 Million Begins Google's Charity - washingtonpost.com

More Coverage of Google's Charity. This time from Washington Post.

$25 Million Begins Google's Charity - washingtonpost.com: "riday, January 18, 2008; Page D02

Google yesterday laid out its plan for philanthropy and announced $25 million in grants aimed at addressing climate change as well as poverty and health issues in developing countries.

The initial grants begin to fulfill a pledge made four years ago by Google's founders to devote about 1 percent of the company's equity and annual profit to humanitarian causes. Google.org, the philanthropic arm formed in 2006, expects to give away as much as $175 million over the next few years."

Leesburg Today - The Journal of Loudoun County - Loudoun Red Cross Executive Ready To Turn Local Chapter Around

Leesburg Today - The Journal of Loudoun County - Loudoun Red Cross Executive Ready To Turn Local Chapter Around: "'I received a knock on my door,' she said. 'It was the Red Cross. They said they were just checking on everybody. It was such a comforting feeling. Whenever I think of the Red Cross I think of the symbol I saw that morning. I thought, 'wow-this is the kind of thing I want to do next.' Being the one to make sure that happens in our community is important to me.'

To Birkenstock, 32, it became the next step in her career. Birkenstock accepted a position with Loudoun County's Red Cross in November.

Prior to her position with the New York City Fire Department, Birkenstock led development efforts at the International Association of Fire Chiefs in Fairfax for three years. She also worked as an executive with the Boy Scouts of American in Washington, DC and Indianapolis, IN, her hometown.

Though she has English and Russian double major bachelors degrees from DePauw University, she believes her experience studying at Georgetown University's Nonprofit Management Executive Certificate Program will assist her most in her newest endeavors-to get the Loudoun Red Cross chapter's expenses and revenues in line and set some realistic goals for the new year."

Google starts living up to a pledge - International Herald Tribune

Google starts living up to a pledge - International Herald Tribune: "Google said Thursday that it had come up with a plan that began to fulfill the pledge it made to investors when it went public nearly four years ago to reserve 1 percent of its profit and equity to 'make the world a better place.'

The philanthropy the company has set up - Google.org, or DotOrg as Googlers call it - will spend as much as $175 million"

Doctor's $1 million gift gets name on Scripps site

Doctor's $1 million gift gets name on Scripps site: "The Scripps Research Institute will name the foyer of one of its three taxpayer-financed lab buildings for Ivax founder Dr. Phil Frost, after the Miami physician-entrepreneur and his wife pledged $1 million to support research.

The Frost name will appear in the entry of Scripps' drug discovery building, one of three structures now rising quickly in Jupiter's Abacoa development."

Nonprofit Employees Boost Their Retirement Savings - Alpha Consumer (usnews.com)

Nonprofit Employees Boost Their Retirement Savings - Alpha Consumer (usnews.com): "t's a question that often comes up when I get together with friends who work for nonprofits: Do they sacrifice money for their idealism? Most nonprofits are dedicated to improving the world in some way, but many people who work for them say they could earn more if they defected to the for-profit world. So how much, if anything, are they sacrificing for their career choice?

A new study from Fidelity Investments answers part of that question: At least in the ways they save for retirement, nonprofit workers seem a bit more conservative than their for-profit counterparts—but may have less money to work with. 'They tend to put away, in terms of deferral rates, a little bit more than corporate employees. However, their average balance is less than on the corporate side,' says John Begley, executive vice president of Fidelity Investments."

Traverse City Record-Eagle - Giving where it counts: Survey studies women philanthropists

Traverse City Record-Eagle - Giving where it counts: Survey studies women philanthropists: "Giving where it counts: Survey studies women philanthropists

BY CYMBRE FOSTER
Special to the Record-Eagle

Philanthropists are often thought of as wealthy men who donate large sums of money.

But philanthropy can mean much more, especially to the ever-increasing number of women who are donating their time and money to charitable causes.

The Falconer Group, a family wealth advisory firm in Traverse City, recently released the results of a national survey focusing on the philanthropy of Baby Boomer women born between 1945 and 1960 and Gen X women born between 1961 and 1980."

William Barron Hilton Tops The Chronicle's Philanthropy 50 List of the Most-Generous Donors of 2007 - Philanthropy.com

From the Chronicle-Top 50 Donors

William Barron Hilton Tops The Chronicle's Philanthropy 50 List of the Most-Generous Donors of 2007 - Philanthropy.com: "William Barron Hilton Tops The Chronicle's Philanthropy 50 List of the Most-Generous Donors of 2007

By Maria Di Mento and Nicole Lewis

Twenty donors made gifts of $100-million or more last year, just shy of a record of 21 such gifts in 2006, according to The Chronicle’s annual ranking of the 50 most-generous Americans."

www.kansascity.com | 01/10/2008 | AS I SEE IT: Increase homegrown leadership for nonprofits

www.kansascity.com | 01/10/2008 | AS I SEE IT: Increase homegrown leadership for nonprofits: "Bartle’s solution? A rigorous, college-based program to train and certify future nonprofit sector leaders, connect them to jobs at organizations in need of talent, and help launch meaningful careers of public service."