United Way Flash Mob Raises Awareness Of Drop In Charity Donations Amid Recession - wbztv.com

United Way Flash Mob Raises Awareness Of Drop In Charity Donations Amid Recession - wbztv.com: "But the so-called flash mob outside South Station at 5:05 p.m. wasn't a prank or political statement. The stunt was organized by the local United Way to draw attention to the hard times local charities are going through.

There's a huge need for everything from clothing donations to food donations. The latest figures show meeting those needs is becoming ever more difficult."

Parsing Giving USA's Numbers: a Calamity or a Relief? - Philanthropy.com

More on Giving USA's Numbers

Parsing Giving USA's Numbers: a Calamity or a Relief? - Philanthropy.com: "Parsing Giving USA's Numbers: a Calamity or a Relief?

Writing on the Tactical Philanthropy blog, Sean Stannard-Stockton says there are two “factually accurate headlines” that could have run with the release of Giving USA’s annual study on donations."

Slumping Economy Puts Crimp in Oklahoma State, Texas A&M Plans -- NCAA Football FanHouse

Slumping Economy Puts Crimp in Oklahoma State, Texas A&M Plans -- NCAA Football FanHouse: "Both Oklahoma State and Texas A&M are feeling the crunch, according to a couple stories this week."

Kiva Brings Microlending Home To U.S. Entrepreneurs In Need

Kiva Brings Microlending Home To U.S. Entrepreneurs In Need: "The financial crisis has made a lasting impact on small businesses around the world and here at home in the United States. With the credit crunch creating a virtual standstill of lending, small businesses in the U.S. are facing an uphill battle to find funds, especially if their financial history isn’t stellar. Kiva.org, one of the web’s most interesting innovators in the micro-lending space, is hoping to come to the aid of U.S. entrepreneurs and small businesses by launching a pilot expansion that would allow individuals anywhere to make small loans to low-income U.S. entrepreneurs through Kiva’s platform."

Ron Mirenda: Change and Charity: How You Can Ensure They Both Survive

Ron Mirenda: Change and Charity: How You Can Ensure They Both Survive: "Contrary to some short-sighted, misguided beliefs, charity is not dead, but merely licking its wounds. Yet, people continue to trumpet its imminent demise. It reminds me of Mark Twain's famous quote, 'the report of my death was an exaggeration.' Our country would not be the great nation it is today if not for the charitable sector."

Cause Marketing Creates Welcome Debate

From Joanne's Nonprofit Blog
Cause Marketing Creates Welcome Debate: "Cause Marketing Creates Welcome Debate
Wednesday June 10, 2009

I've loved the debate this week about cause-related marketing created by an article in the Stanford Social Innovation Review by Professor Angela Eikenberry, assistant professor in the School of Public Administration at the University of Nebraska at Omaha."

Taking Risks in Museums and Nonprofits | BlogHer

Taking Risks in Museums and Nonprofits | BlogHer: "Think back to a time when you took a risk that succeeded. Now reflect on a time when you tried something and it bombed. What did you or others do differently in the first instance and the second? How did you recover from your failure in the second instance, and what would you do differently if you had another chance?"

Paulette's Point of View: Community

Paulette's Point of View: Community: "Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Community
Lately, I've been thinking a lot about the value of professional associations and how to communicate that value to members and non-members alike."

WKZO NEWS: The 'Ying-Yang' of Charitable Giving in Kalamazoo

WKZO NEWS: The 'Ying-Yang' of Charitable Giving in Kalamazoo: "KALAMAZOO - The Greater Kalamazoo United Way has delivered some less-than-great news to the 60 programs that depend on the organization's annual funding.

Donations were down by $1 million this year, and after extensive work by citizen allocation committees, most of the groups are getting less money, some more than others. The average cut was 16.7%.

'Overall, the volunteers really struggled with trying to make sure the needs of the community were met,' according to GKUW spokesman Chris Riker."

Charity swims on Long Island -- Newsday.com

Charity swims on Long Island -- Newsday.com: "Long Island teems with charity walks, runs, bike rides and golf events in the summer, but some organizations look beyond our shores to offer new challenges in raising funds. Long Island is home to more than a half-dozen swimming events that challenge participants to test their stamina in distances from a mile to as far as 15 miles. Venues range from pools to Long Island Sound itself."

D&C introduces philanthropy feature | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle

D&C introduces philanthropy feature | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle: "We’d like to draw your attention to a new philanthropy feature called the Do Good Channel, which connects our readers to opportunities at nonprofits in the Rochester area — and across the nation.

The feature appears on the lower right side of the home page today, and on the Young Professionals Web section."

Adventures in Philanthropy: To Merge, or Not to Merge?-Minyanville

Adventures in Philanthropy: To Merge, or Not to Merge?-Minyanville

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Jewish Teen Funders Network and B’nai Tzedek youth philanthropy to merge | The Fundermentalist | JTA - Jewish & Israel News

Jewish Teen Funders Network and B’nai Tzedek youth philanthropy to merge | The Fundermentalist | JTA - Jewish & Israel News: "The two largest Jewish teen philanthropy groups are merging.

The Jewish Teen Funders Network, run by the Jewish Funders Network, and the B’nai Tzedek teen philanthropy group, which was run by the Harold Grinspoon Foundation, are joining forces, according to a press release from the organizations."

Charitable Giving Declines, a New Report Finds - NYTimes.com

Charitable Giving Declines, a New Report Finds - NYTimes.com: "Charitable giving fell last year by the largest percentage in five decades, according to a new study by the Giving USA Foundation."

Salaries Rise at Charities in New York - Philanthropy.com

Salaries Rise at Charities in New York - Philanthropy.com: "A study of nonprofit pay in three New York counties has found that the number of nonprofit wage earners being paid at least $100,000 more than doubled from 2003 to 2007, reports the Times Herald-Record, in Middletown, N.Y."

Can charitable agencies be saved? It's a matter of faith | CharlotteObserver.com

Can charitable agencies be saved? It's a matter of faith | CharlotteObserver.com: "As United Way gets ready to make deep cuts to scores of charities, Charlotte houses of worship have begun asking whether – and how – the faith community can fill the gap, to make sure the growing number of hurting people get served."

Foundations Should Fund Risk and Growth - Dan Pallotta - HarvardBusiness.org

From Harvard Business Blog

Foundations Should Fund Risk and Growth - Dan Pallotta - HarvardBusiness.org: "But we expect charities to bat 1,000 — if one attempts a $5 million fundraising event that doesnʼt produce a 65% profit to the cause in the first twelve months, people want a crucifixion. So charities are petrified to initiate large-scale revenue-generating ideas that carry risk. And they routinely leave incremental revenue on the table because theyʼre uncertain if it can be raised at 35% cost or less. This is but one of the donating publicʼs restraints that leave nonprofits unable to scale up to anything near the size of the problems they are chartered to confront.

Itʼs critical that we change this public thinking — get donors to understand that investment in risk is investment in growth and without growth the nonprofit sector, and all those it exists to help, donʼt stand a chance. That change may take a while."

BC event focuses on philanthropy in a recession - Daily Business Update - The Boston Globe

BC event focuses on philanthropy in a recession - Daily Business Update - The Boston Globe: "The center said in a press release that it has teamed up with the Association of Fundraising Professionals and the Eaton Vance Investment Council to 'address the growing uncertainties and concerns that characterize this significantly challenging time in the world of philanthropy.'"

Nonprofit galas still reaping big bucks - Boston Business Journal:

Nonprofit galas still reaping big bucks - Boston Business Journal:: "The spring gala season for nonprofits was not a bust. And that’s big news.

Nonprofits are showing recession-defying zeal and, once again, have avoided financial doom. Local organizations have stared down predictions of sharp falloffs in revenue, in some cases surpassing their goals."

Foundation Grants for Preservation in Libraries, Archives, and Museums, 2009 Edition (Preservation, Library of Congress)

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Foundation Grants for Preservation in Libraries, Archives, and Museums, 2009 Edition [PDF: 2.3Mb / 125 p.] is a collaborative project of the Library of Congress and the Foundation Center. This publication lists 1,944 grants of $5,000 or more awarded by 488 foundations, from 2004 through the publication date of this guide. It covers grants to public, academic, research, school, and special libraries, and to archives and museums for activities related to conservation and preservation. This publication includes:"

Jobless Professionals Yearn to Do Good - WSJ.com

Jobless Professionals Yearn to Do Good - WSJ.com: "Now, she's spending her severance pay on a mosquito net and malaria pills for her new job: as a Peace Corps volunteer teaching computer skills to high-school students in Cameroon.

Ms. Kornfeld, 26, applied to the program in August, before the worst part of the financial crisis. Her acceptance arrived a few weeks after she was laid off in January. 'Honestly, getting laid off was a good thing,' she says. 'Merrill Lynch just wasn't a good fit for me and it gave me an opportunity to do something different.'"

Advertising - An Effort to Differentiate Yet Another Day of Volunteering - NYTimes.com

Advertising - An Effort to Differentiate Yet Another Day of Volunteering - NYTimes.com: "THERE was a time when holidays meant a break from working. Not so anymore, as seemingly every day of the year is National Something-or-Other Day. And a handful of nonprofits, with help from the White House, are working to rebrand occasions like Martin Luther King’s Birthday and Sept. 11 as national days of volunteering, to say nothing of César Chávez Day (March 31), Make a Difference Day (the fourth Saturday of October), National Volunteer Week (the third week of April) and Be the Change Day (this year, Oct. 3). Add one more to the calendar: Mandela Day, July 18, when people around the world will be urged to perform 67 minutes of community service to honor the 67 years (and counting) that Nelson Mandela has fought for racial and social equality. The holiday is the brainchild of the Nelson Mandela Foundation and 46664, the advocate group that bears Mr. Mandela’s prisoner number"

Film explores Grand Rapids area's legacy of philanthropic giving - Grand Rapids News - The Latest News, Blogs, Photos & Videos – MLive.com

Film explores Grand Rapids area's legacy of philanthropic giving - Grand Rapids News - The Latest News, Blogs, Photos & Videos – MLive.com: "Peter Cook, Richard DeVos, Ralph Hauenstein and Frederik and Lena Meijer are among the 32 West Michigan benefactors and servants whose stories are documented in 50 hours of original interviews filmed since 2007."

Symphony gets record donations at Summer Pops | WCNC.com | Local News for Charlotte, North Carolina | Top Stories

Symphony gets record donations at Summer Pops | WCNC.com | Local News for Charlotte, North Carolina | Top Stories: "At the symphony's opening concert, buckets went around asking those in attendance to give $5 for every adult there to help keep the music going. They collected $27,834. It’s the largest single-night contribution and is more than three times the average amount received at each Summer Pops concert last year."

Marathon Slots for Charity Fundraisers - Well Blog - NYTimes.com

Marathon Slots for Charity Fundraisers - Well Blog - NYTimes.com: "About 80 charities offer a total of 6,800 marathon slots to runners willing to raise money for their organization. Some of the groups only have 10 or 20 slots that quickly fill up, but among the larger charity partner groups, hundreds of spots remain available. The New York City marathon fundraising goal this year is $21 million. And even if you’re not running in New York this year, most major marathons also offer runners a chance to raise funds for a cause."

Recession puts a cork in lavish Napa charity

Recession puts a cork in lavish Napa charity: "The recession has been looming over Wine Country for months. By the time its glitziest evening of the year rolled around, expectations - if not overt displays of wealth - had clearly been reined in. Even so, last-minute displays of generosity surfaced to boost the evening's top lot to more than $1 million."

CTV.ca | Charitable donations in Canada up by $1.1 billion

CTV.ca | Charitable donations in Canada up by $1.1 billion: "Canadians gave $1.1 billion more to charitable and non-profit organizations in 2007 than they did in 2004, Statistics Canada reported Monday."

Professional Fundraising | Personality-led philanthropy for family business

Professional Fundraising | Personality-led philanthropy for family business: "The personality of a charity’s leader is as critical to philanthropic decision-making by family businesses as the organisation’s charitable mission, according to new research."

17,055 yellow rubber ducks float down Naugatuck River for charity The Republican-American

17,055 yellow rubber ducks float down Naugatuck River for charity The Republican-American: "Lynn Ward, director of the Naugatuck Chamber of Commerce, which sponsored the event, said 17,055 rubber ducks raced this year — the lowest number of entries in three years."

MinnPost - The 3 types of nonprofits: velociraptors, tickbirds, viruses

MinnPost - The 3 types of nonprofits: velociraptors, tickbirds, viruses: "The nonprofit world divides up into three organizational types: the velociraptor, the tickbird and the virus. (Hey, I'm not making this up. This is according to Jon Pratt, executive director of the Minnesota Council of Nonprofits (MCN) and Jodi Sandfort, associate professor at the Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs.)"