'Jewish philanthropy must adapt to changes'

'Jewish philanthropy must adapt to changes': "The Jewish Federations system has to adapt to the changing patterns in Jewish generosity or risk becoming increasingly irrelevant, according to Jeffrey R. Solomon, an expert on Jewish giving and the president of the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies."

Business philanthropy can be win-win - The Denver Post

Business philanthropy can be win-win - The Denver Post: "Companies of any size recognize the benefits of returning profits to their communities. Beyond company and brand positioning, cause-related marketing can intensify customer loyalty and serve as a reservoir against reputational attack. Further yet, engaging employees in philanthropic decision-making and volunteerism builds a platform of employee pride, increased job satisfaction and loyalty. Ultimately, working with nonprofits to solve societal problems can create opportunities for innovation and access to new markets."

Arts benefactor Barbara Jackson also generous with moral support - Sacramento Living - Sacramento Food and Wine, Home, Health | Sacramento Bee

Arts benefactor Barbara Jackson also generous with moral support - Sacramento Living - Sacramento Food and Wine, Home, Health | Sacramento Bee: "To most, her name means a set of gray letters displayed over the entrance to the 1,800-seat concert hall at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.

But to others, longtime Davis resident Barbara Jackson is the patrjavascript:void(0)on saint of classical music and opera."

The Dempsey Challenge: He's really riders' Maine man | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram

The Dempsey Challenge: He's really riders' Maine man | The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram: "LEWISTON — Patrick Dempsey didn't mind slowing down as he rode the 50-mile course in the Dempsey Challenge. He did so a few dozen times Sunday to listen to another story about a friend or family touched by cancer, or to hear a new goal for better health."

Las Vegas Weekly : "Barry Manilow to donate musical instruments to 15 Las Vegas schools" by Robin Leach: Luxe Life

Las Vegas Weekly : "Barry Manilow to donate musical instruments to 15 Las Vegas schools" by Robin Leach: Luxe Life: "It’s another extraordinary -- and mammoth -- act of generosity from superstar Strip entertainer Barry Manilow. Next week, the singer-songwriter will present five semi-trucks loaded with musical instruments to severely depleted school music programs. Students at no less than 15 schools in Las Vegas and Clark County will be recipients of the large gift valued in the hundreds of thousands of dollars."

Donors Plan to Give the Same or Less This Year, a New Poll Suggests - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Donors Plan to Give the Same or Less This Year, a New Poll Suggests - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Donors are less sure than they were in June about their economic future and even less confident about their charitable giving, according to a new poll.

The Donor Confidence Index compiled by Campbell Rinker, a marketing-research company, fell 3.2 points in August to 86.5 out of a 100, a score that is lower than at any other point since December 2008."

Will China's billionaires share the wealth? - CNN.com

Will China's billionaires share the wealth? - CNN.com: "Beijing, China (CNN) -- At a recent Beijing dinner, Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, the world's richest philanthropists, tried to convince some 50 of the 189 known Chinese billionaires (in US dollars) that 'it's good to give.'"

Milwaukee charities face steep financial challenges - BizTimes

Milwaukee charities face steep financial challenges - BizTimes: "The woes local nonprofit organizations faced in 2009 - less support and more individuals needing assistance - continued in 2010 with ongoing concerns about the state of philanthropy in metropolitan Milwaukee, according to a new and expanded survey of local agencies commissioned by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and conducted by the Public Policy Forum.
Sixty-six percent of the nonprofits surveyed for the 14th Annual Report Card on Charitable Giving say the economic downturn has caused a drop in giving. Forty-five percent of the agencies feel the state of philanthropy is getting worse. Of the organizations providing direct services to clients, 62 percent say demand for assistance is increasing."

Nonprofits sold on couple's skills || OnlineAthens.com

Nonprofits sold on couple's skills || OnlineAthens.com: "COMMERCE - Jefferson couple Rose and Vince Mercardante have spent years learning the best way to organize racks of children's clothing and the kindest way to tell people that no one wants their old couch."

Ninety Percent of Consumers want Companies to Support Causes� - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

Ninety Percent of Consumers want Companies to Support Causes� - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop: "While nonprofit campaigners like to debate the merits of cause related marketing, according to the 2010 Cone Cause Evolution Study, American consumers are huge supporters of cause marketing campaigns. In fact, these types of campaigns even inspire a new group of supporters. According to the study, high-touch engagement, such as volunteerism is up 11%, advocacy is up 8% and philanthropy is up 9% since Cone’s last study in 2008. Check out the comparison chart below."

Outreach Toolkit for Partner Use - Revocation of Small Tax-Exempt Organizations That Failed to File for Three Consecutive Years

Outreach Toolkit for Partner Use - Revocation of Small Tax-Exempt Organizations That Failed to File for Three Consecutive Years: "Outreach Toolkit for Partner Use - Revocation of Small Tax-Exempt Organizations That Failed to File for Three Consecutive Years


IRS Exempt Organizations provides the following materials for use by stakeholder groups and others interested in helping small tax-exempt organizations qualify for one-time filing relief and retain their tax-exempt status. We encourage you to take advantage of these educational materials, and other materials that can be found on IRS.gov under Charities & Non-Profits, at www.irs.gov/thelist."

Gates, Buffett encouraged by Chinese response to philanthropy calls - CNN.com

Gates, Buffett encouraged by Chinese response to philanthropy calls - CNN.com: "Beijing, China (CNN) -- In the end, few Chinese tycoons could resist the rare opportunity to dine with Bill Gates and Warren Buffett in a chateau-style resort on the outskirts of the capital.

Local media had earlier been abuzz over the story of more than half of the invited guests declining to join the American pair out of fear of being pressured to make huge donation commitments."

Charitable Giving for U.S. Health Care Plunged 11 Percent in 2009, While Canadian Charitable Giving Rose 5.2 Percent - FierceHealthcare

Charitable Giving for U.S. Health Care Plunged 11 Percent in 2009, While Canadian Charitable Giving Rose 5.2 Percent - FierceHealthcare: "WASHINGTON, D.C., (September 27, 2010) - Snapshots of charitable support in 2009 have produced two very different pictures for nonprofit health care institutions in the United States and Canada, according to the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy (AHP). The association's annual Report on Giving indicated donations dropped $944 million in the U.S. last year from 2008 levels, while rising $56 million in Canada.

Members of AHP direct fundraising programs on behalf of more than 2,000 nonprofit health care facilities. In FY 2009 their efforts yielded $7.644 billion in the U.S. and $1.124 billion in Canada, compared to $8.588 billion and $1.068 billion the previous year."

Philadelphians Set the Pace for National Leadership | The Jewish Exponent

Philadelphians Set the Pace for National Leadership | The Jewish Exponent: "Steven Scheck, chairperson of the Jewish Federations of North America's National Young Leadership Cabinet along with Alice Viroslav, says that the 200 men and women who attended the Cabinet's August retreat in Scottsdale, Ariz., represent 'the very future of our Jewish community.'

Judging from the participants' high level of philanthropy, and the energy and creativity they exuded in workshops and discussions, Scheck predicts that 'the future appears quite bright.'"

Affluent Blacks Differ in Giving Patterns From Whites, Study Finds - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Affluent Blacks Differ in Giving Patterns From Whites, Study Finds - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Wealthy Blacks Give Most Donations to Education and Religious Groups, Study Finds

By Maria Di Mento

Wealthy black Americans are more likely to donate to educational institutions, religious organizations, and human-services groups than other affluent people, according to a new study.

Black donors who make at least $250,000 or who have $1-million in assets also tend to give anonymously and to nonprofits they know well, says Marguerite Griffin, national director of philanthropic services at Northern Trust Corporation, a financial-services firm in Chicago, which conducted the survey."

Akhtar Badshah: Toward a New Normal -- Visions for Development Leaders

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Last week I was in N.Y. for the Clinton Global Initiative and this week I am in Washington, D.C. attending the Business Civic Leadership Center Global Corporate Citizenship Conference. There have been many conversations about global development -- from the status of the MDGs to the role of capitalism. I want to share my thoughts in an attempt to focus on the positive and the opportunities at hand."

The Top 10 Mistakes in Fundraising Campaigns - Resource Center - AFP

The Top 10 Mistakes in Fundraising Campaigns - Resource Center - AFP: "Sept. 28, 2010) Is your fundraising campaign fizzling? Whether you are stalled or just moving slower than you would like, there are some common mistakes that you can diagnose now before your campaign sputters to a stop.

The following is taken from the AFP/Wiley Fund Development Series book called Jump-Starting the Stalled Fundraising Campaign, written by Julie Ingraham Walker."

Gender Gap in Nonprofit Salaries Persists, Study Finds - Executive Compensation - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Gender Gap in Nonprofit Salaries Persists, Study Finds - Executive Compensation - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "The proportion of chief executives who are women edged higher in 2008, to nearly 47 percent, according to an annual survey by GuideStar, an organization in Williamsburg, Va., that collects the informational tax forms that nonprofit groups are required to file with the Internal Revenue Service. Yet female leaders continue to be much more heavily represented at smaller charities. Women held 57 percent of the chief-executive positions at organizations with budgets of $1-million or less but only 38 percent of the top positions at organizations with budgets of more than $1-million."

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Nonprofit Newswire | Recession Worsening Decline in Religious Giving

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Nonprofit Newswire | Recession Worsening Decline in Religious Giving: "As the New York Times reports, 'Well before the subprime mortgage crisis threw the economy into a tailspin, warning signs for religious giving were present. A 2007 study by three professors at Indiana University-Purdue University in Indianapolis found that baby boomers in 2000 were donating about 10 percent less to religious bodies than their parents’ generation did at a comparable age in 1973—and almost 25 percent less than those parents, by then ages 62 to 76, were donating in 2000.'"

Haiti Rebuilding Spotlighted at CGI Amid Calls for More Help | onPhilanthropy

Haiti Rebuilding Spotlighted at CGI Amid Calls for More Help | onPhilanthropy: "One of the elements in CGI 2010 that has elicited the greatest interest is the recovery effort in Haiti. The destruction resulting from the earthquake has been one of the most challenging, among numerous natural disasters that have occurred in recent years. President Clinton, who had been functioning as a special envoy for Haiti before last January’s earthquake, has co-chaired a philanthropic response with former president George W. Bush. As expected, Clinton took the opportunity at CGI to showcase some of the major elements of the response, which has proceeded at a frustratingly slow pace, and to call for additional support from the private sector."

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | The Important Precedent in the Social Innovation Fund's Disclosure Policy

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | The Important Precedent in the Social Innovation Fund's Disclosure Policy: "On Friday, September 17, the Social Innovation Fund released the names of all 63 reviewers of applications for SIF funding and the names of 43 of the 59 SIF applicants that applied for grants but did not win. These were disclosures that had been requested by NPQ and it was the second round of disclosures that came as a result of calls for further transparency at the Social Innovation Fund."

Gifts of Tangible Personal Property or How to Find Valuable Donations in Your Donor’s Attic and What to Do with Them | Planned Giving Design Center

Gifts of Tangible Personal Property or How to Find Valuable Donations in Your Donor’s Attic and What to Do with Them | Planned Giving Design Center: "Why would a donor offer such non-cash assets for charitable gifting? – Possibly:

* To be able to make a gift during a period of recession when income producing assets are scarce and, in the process, secure an income tax deduction while avoiding capital gains tax on sale of appreciated property;? or"

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | What Do Donors Want?

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | What Do Donors Want?: "n short, many wondered: Do donors want more information about nonprofits and, if so, what kind? And if they have it, will it change their minds about what they support?

March to Metrics

There is little question that data, metrics, and measurement have become embedded into the philanthropic process in recent years—practices were initially met with deep skepticism by some but eventually gained considerable traction among a majority of nonprofits and philanthropic institutions. Today, in fact, few would argue against the need for more evidence-based measures of progress, outcomes, and impact. Foundations, in particular, have been focused on helping nonprofits beef up their data collection and evaluative capacities, due to a growing demand from their boards for evidence that their investments were having an impact. Also a factor is increased public and government scrutiny, and competition from private companies moving into markets in which nonprofits had traditionally dominated. Even among nonprofits that initially recoiled at collecting data on their outcomes, there is now a general understanding that “doing God’s work” may no longer be sufficient to justify their existence in a rapidly changing world"

FT.com / Technology - Ebay founder to bridge digital chasm

FT.com / Technology - Ebay founder to bridge digital chasm: "Pierre Omidyar, the billionaire founder of Ebay, will spend $55m over the next three years to bolster government transparency and spur innovation in the developing world.

Through the Omidyar Network, his philanthropic investment firm, he has pledged $30m for transparency efforts enabled through technology, and $25m in support of mobile innovation benefiting people in emerging markets."

PND - News - Commitments Totaling $2.5 Billion Announced on Day One of Clinton Global Initiative

PND - News - Commitments Totaling $2.5 Billion Announced on Day One of Clinton Global Initiative: "Commitments Totaling $2.5 Billion Announced on Day One of Clinton Global Initiative

On the first day of the sixth annual Clinton Global Initiative meeting, former President Bill Clinton said he had collected 'commitments to action' totaling more than $2.5 billion, Bloomberg reports."

October 7520 Rate Drops to 2.0%; Ties Lowest Rate in History | Planned Giving Design Center

October 7520 Rate Drops to 2.0%; Ties Lowest Rate in History | Planned Giving Design Center: "For purposes of determining the present value of an annuity, an interest for life or a term of years, or a remainder or a reversionary interest, Revenue Ruling 2010-24 indicates the applicable federal rate under section 7520 for October 2010 is 2.0%; down 0.4% from the September rate of 2.4% and down 0.6% from the August rate of 2.6%."

Charities see investment assets decline - Third Sector

Charities see investment assets decline - Third Sector: "The investment assets of the 1,000 charities with the largest portfolios were valued at about �64.9bn, down from �66.9bn in the previous year, according to data collated from the most recent reports, which mostly had a financial year-end in the month of December 2009."

Philanthropy Faces Obstacles in China, as Shown by One Foundation | China | Epoch Times

Philanthropy Faces Obstacles in China, as Shown by One Foundation | China | Epoch Times: "C
omments made by Jet Li about the status of his One Foundation in China earlier this month have become a cause for reflection on the state of philanthropy in China.

In a Sept. 12 interview with Face to Face, produced by CCTV, Li said: “[One Foundation] was born without a certificate… this kid is now turning three and cannot go to school.”"

Ethical Dilemmas Relatively Rare in Fund Raising, Says New Poll - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Ethical Dilemmas Relatively Rare in Fund Raising, Says New Poll - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Ethical Dilemmas Relatively Rare in Fund Raising, Says New Poll

By Nicole Wallace

The lion's share of fund raisers — 82 percent — face ethical dilemmas once a month or less, according to a new poll.

The informal online survey, conducted by the Association of Fundraising Professionals on its Web site from from late July to late August, garnered 493 responses. Fifty-eight percent of participants said that they encountered ethical challenges less than one a month, while 24 percent said once a month."

Do Jewish households give more to poverty causes than those from other faiths? | The Fundermentalist | JTA - Jewish & Israel News

Do Jewish households give more to poverty causes than those from other faiths? | The Fundermentalist | JTA - Jewish & Israel News: "Do Jewish households give more to poverty causes than those from other faiths?

By Jacob Berkman � September 21, 2010

Jewish households are more likely than households of other faith backgrounds to give money to the poor and needy, according to a new study economist Mark Ottoni-Wilhelm, just published in the Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion."