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Membership Dues vs. Annual Fund at the Baseball Hall of Fame: "Membership Dues vs. Annual Fund
November 16th, 2010 · No Comments
This week I’m honored to introduce Ken Meifert. Ken is the Senior Director of Development at the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, NY. He’s overseen the growth of their membership program from 7,000 to more than 30,000 members. So I’ve asked him for his thoughts on raising annual support from dues paying members. You can learn more about the Hall of Fame at baseballhall.org.
Tuesday, November 16, 2010
HK$1 million white truffle arrives in Hong Kong | CNNGo.com
HK$1 million white truffle arrives in Hong Kong | CNNGo.com: "The wine mistress and her friends were willing to pay higher than market prices as the auction was for a good cause -- proceeds from the auction, which brought in €307,000 (HK$3.3 million), will go to Italian scholarships and charities including Hong Kong's Mother's Choice.
But enough of all this talk. We want to get in on the action and eat truffles at these fine establishments."
But enough of all this talk. We want to get in on the action and eat truffles at these fine establishments."
Australian Man To Live With Deadly Spiders For Charity Stunt
Australian Man To Live With Deadly Spiders For Charity Stunt: "Sixty-seven-year-old Melbourne resident Nick Le Souef will spend the next three weeks living among hundreds of poisonous spider"
Minnesota nonprofits rev up for give-a-thon | StarTribune.com
Minnesota nonprofits rev up for give-a-thon | StarTribune.com: "More than 3,000 Minnesota charities, churches, schools and nonprofits are bracing for one of their biggest fundraising days of the year Tuesday -- 'Give to the Max Day.'
The 24-hour online giving blitz, which raked in an astounding $14 million last year, has generated a blizzard of creative ideas to call attention to the big day."
The 24-hour online giving blitz, which raked in an astounding $14 million last year, has generated a blizzard of creative ideas to call attention to the big day."
Book Authors To Give Away Advertising Worth $100K In Contest
Book Authors To Give Away Advertising Worth $100K In Contest: "I've heard of all sorts of ways to promote a book, but the authors of Breakthrough Nonprofit Branding have taken promotion to a whole new level."
Monday, November 15, 2010
Art fund-raising nonprofit's success leads to award for founder | Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/12/2010
Art fund-raising nonprofit's success leads to award for founder | Philadelphia Inquirer | 11/12/2010: "As founder of Fresh Artists, Allen, 62, of Lafayette Hill, in just two years has put more than 400 pieces of bold, lush, gorgeous 'refrigerator art' from Philadelphia schoolchildren into corporate boardrooms and surprising spaces around the region and nation.
She's used donations from those corporations to purchase $100,000 in art supplies for children in the city's neediest public schools."
She's used donations from those corporations to purchase $100,000 in art supplies for children in the city's neediest public schools."
Revolving loans to help nonprofits manage cash | News-Gazette.com – Your Source for News and Advertising in East Central Illinois
Revolving loans to help nonprofits manage cash | News-Gazette.com – Your Source for News and Advertising in East Central Illinois: "Revolving loans to help nonprofits manage cash
Mon, 11/15/2010 - 7:00am | Julie Wurth Contact Author
A new revolving-loan fund will soon be available to help nonprofit agencies withstand a one-two punch from the weak economy and delayed state payments.
The Community Foundation of East Central Illinois, using a $100,000 grant from the Marajen Stevick Foundation, will administer the 'Program-Related Investment Fund,' with loans of up to $15,000 for agencies facing a cash crunch."
Mon, 11/15/2010 - 7:00am | Julie Wurth Contact Author
A new revolving-loan fund will soon be available to help nonprofit agencies withstand a one-two punch from the weak economy and delayed state payments.
The Community Foundation of East Central Illinois, using a $100,000 grant from the Marajen Stevick Foundation, will administer the 'Program-Related Investment Fund,' with loans of up to $15,000 for agencies facing a cash crunch."
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Boston Museum Casts Wide Net for Growth - NYTimes.com
Boston Museum Casts Wide Net for Growth - NYTimes.com: "Mr. Rogers and the museum have charmed a lot of people like the Wornicks lately. In a seven-year campaign that ended in 2008 — for a new wing, the endowment and operating expenses — the museum pulled in $504 million plus $165 million worth of art. After one slow year, it followed that with donations of $57 million, including art, in the year to June 30, and another $40 million, all told, since July 1."
Trustees Fall Short in Fund Raising and Promoting Diversity - Boards - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas
Trustees Fall Short in Fund Raising and Promoting Diversity - Boards - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "Trustees Don’t Do Well in Fund Raising or Promoting Diversity, CEO’s Say
By Eric Frazier
Chief executives of nonprofit organizations gave their boards grades of D in fund raising and C in increasing board diversity, according to a national survey whose results were released on Wednesday.
The 2010 Nonprofit Governance Index, unveiled at the annual BoardSource Leadership Forum, in San Francisco, also shows many organizations are still struggling to recover from the recession: Forty-one percent cut or froze staff salaries, 29 percent laid off staff members, and 28 percent dipped into their reserves or endowments."
By Eric Frazier
Chief executives of nonprofit organizations gave their boards grades of D in fund raising and C in increasing board diversity, according to a national survey whose results were released on Wednesday.
The 2010 Nonprofit Governance Index, unveiled at the annual BoardSource Leadership Forum, in San Francisco, also shows many organizations are still struggling to recover from the recession: Forty-one percent cut or froze staff salaries, 29 percent laid off staff members, and 28 percent dipped into their reserves or endowments."
11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place :: 2010 Edition � Nonprofit Tech 2.0 :: A Social Media Guide for Nonprofits
11 Holiday Gift Programs That Benefit Nonprofits and Make the World A Better Place :: 2010 Edition � Nonprofit Tech 2.0 :: A Social Media Guide for Nonprofits: "Last year’s list of nonprofit holiday gift programs has been getting a lot traffic over the last two weeks thanks to Google searches. In addition to all those wonderful programs, I wrote up 11 more for 2010."
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | To Be or Not To Be an L3C
The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | To Be or Not To Be an L3C: "A half dozen states have authorized the creation of L3Cs, the latest being North Carolina. As many have acknowledged, the aim of L3Cs is to get a sort of blanket approval of eligibility for Program Related Investments (PRIs), which are loans and loan guarantees that foundations can make and that count toward foundations' required qualified distributions or payout. (Note: Foundations can invest from their corpus in for-profit companies through Market Related Investments or MRIs, but they don't count toward payout)."L3c
Rich Americans' philanthropy dropped in 2009, but not for the arts, study finds | Culture Monster | Los Angeles Times
Rich Americans' philanthropy dropped in 2009, but not for the arts, study finds | Culture Monster | Los Angeles Times: "Looking at the four-year arc of the study, the arts feasted on their richest patrons’ donations in 2005, when the average wealthy household gave $17,498 inflation-adjusted dollars; arts groups had to get by on table scraps in 2007, when average giving fell to $4,958, but they enjoyed a more decent meal in 2009, thanks to an 11.6% increase, to $5,531."
Nonprofits Lend to Gulf Coast Businesses - BusinessWeek
Nonprofits Lend to Gulf Coast Businesses - BusinessWeek: "Mary's Floor World is one of the first Gulf Coast businesses to have obtained loan funding through Kiva.org, a microlender that pairs individuals who make interest-free loans with entrepreneurs across the globe. Founded in San Francisco in 2005, Kiva opened a pilot program in the U.S. a year ago. Since its domestic launch, the nonprofit says it has facilitated more than $1 million in loans to American small businesses. Globally, Kiva says, more than 487,000 individuals have gone through the site to extend credit to some 428,000 entrepreneurs in 54 countries."
Giving by the Rich: Altruism or Just a Tax Write-Off? - The Wealth Report - WSJ
Giving by the Rich: Altruism or Just a Tax Write-Off? - The Wealth Report - WSJ: "When asked why they give, a majority of high-net-worth respondents said their main motivations were the following:
• Being moved by how their gift can make a difference (72%).
• Feeling financially secure (71%).
• Giving to an organization that will use their donation efficiently (71%).
• Supporting the same causes or organizations annually (66%)."
• Being moved by how their gift can make a difference (72%).
• Feeling financially secure (71%).
• Giving to an organization that will use their donation efficiently (71%).
• Supporting the same causes or organizations annually (66%)."
Encore Careers | combine purpose, passion and a paycheck.
Encore Careers | combine purpose, passion and a paycheck.: "ALL WINNERS AND FELLOWS
* Prize
Over the past five years, more than 300 adults over the age of 60 have been named Purpose Prize winners or fellows for their extraordinary contributions in an encore career. All of them are using their talents and experience to come up with new and creative ways to help solve pressing issues in education, the environment, health care, poverty and more.
* Meet the 2010 Prize winners >
* Meet the 2010 Prize fellows >
* See a list of all winners and fellows sortable by name, year, issue and location."
* Prize
Over the past five years, more than 300 adults over the age of 60 have been named Purpose Prize winners or fellows for their extraordinary contributions in an encore career. All of them are using their talents and experience to come up with new and creative ways to help solve pressing issues in education, the environment, health care, poverty and more.
* Meet the 2010 Prize winners >
* Meet the 2010 Prize fellows >
* See a list of all winners and fellows sortable by name, year, issue and location."
Tuesday, November 09, 2010
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Announces Its First Live Symphony Performance Series in More Than 450 Movie Theatres Featuring Internationally-Acclaimed Music Director Gustavo Dudamel
The Los Angeles Philharmonic Announces Its First Live Symphony Performance Series in More Than 450 Movie Theatres Featuring Internationally-Acclaimed Music Director Gustavo Dudamel: "OS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - (Marketwire - Nov. 9, 2010) - The LA Phil and NCM Fathom, the entertainment division of National CineMedia, and Cineplex Entertainment (TSX:CGX.UN) announced today an agreement to present a series of three programs exclusively in select movie theatres across the U.S. and Canada, beginning in January and continuing into June of 2011. LA Phil LIVE with Gustavo Dudamel from Walt Disney Concert Hall complements Fathom and Cineplex Entertainment's existing arts and cultural programming, offering many communities the opportunity to experience the finest in orchestral performances from the Los Angeles Philharmonic for the first time."
Is Your Charitable Giving Getting Results? - Kiplinger
Is Your Charitable Giving Getting Results? - Kiplinger: "Weigh the results. Expect the annual report to lay out how the charity met its mission, including the challenges it faced and the milestones it met. Be sure the goals and results were measurable -- say, number of meals served -- and not just general statements, such as 'fed the hungry.' For instance, SOME (So Others May Eat), in Washington, D.C., reports that it served 288,390 meals in its dining rooms in 2009, an increase of 17,000 meals over the previous year. Those numbers demonstrate impact, says Michael Nilsen, of the Association of Fundraising Professionals. 'People want a sense of the concrete.' If you can't get a handle on the reported results, talk to staff members to get the insiders' take."
Maximizing matching gifts | Philanthropy Journal
Maximizing matching gifts | Philanthropy Journal: "PJ's Ret Boney talked to Carl Pitruzzello, director of advancement services at the University of New Haven, about how nonprofits can maximize the corporate matching gifts their donors are eligible for but may not be taking advantage of."
Charitable giving by wealthy households falls 35% in 2009 - Nov. 9, 2010
Charitable giving by wealthy households falls 35% in 2009 - Nov. 9, 2010: "NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- As the recession whacked the economy, charitable giving by even the wealthiest Americans took a substantial hit, according to a study released Tuesday.
Although 98.2% of high net worth households donated to charity in 2009, they gave substantially less than in the years before, according to a survey for Bank of America Merrill Lynch by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University."
Although 98.2% of high net worth households donated to charity in 2009, they gave substantially less than in the years before, according to a survey for Bank of America Merrill Lynch by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University."
Larkspur philanthropist gives millions for scholarships that honor young lives cut short - Marin Independent Journal
Larkspur philanthropist gives millions for scholarships that honor young lives cut short - Marin Independent Journal: "At the UC Berkeley School of Public Health, Mahoney is responsible for a remarkable 24 scholarships collectively valued at more than $9 million.
'Typically, they have been in memory of a young person who has been the victim of violence of some sort,' said Assistant Dean Patricia Hosel. 'We do have students who look at the issue of violence as a public health issue, and how to create interventions to prevent these kinds of things from happening, particularly among young people. Through the students who receive the scholarships and work on these issues, it expands the benefit from just one person to all the people they then serve in their careers and their professions.'"
'Typically, they have been in memory of a young person who has been the victim of violence of some sort,' said Assistant Dean Patricia Hosel. 'We do have students who look at the issue of violence as a public health issue, and how to create interventions to prevent these kinds of things from happening, particularly among young people. Through the students who receive the scholarships and work on these issues, it expands the benefit from just one person to all the people they then serve in their careers and their professions.'"
Art therapy a confidence-booster for AIDS orphans - China.org.cn
Art therapy a confidence-booster for AIDS orphans - China.org.cn: "Hong Kong charity the Chi Heng Foundation is hosting an art exhibition in Beijing to raise public awareness of the problems facing children impacted by HIV/AIDS. The exhibition opened at the Yang Gallery on November 8."
Wade Phillips Attends Charity Event | NBC Dallas-Fort Worth
Wade Phillips Attends Charity Event | NBC Dallas-Fort Worth: "Hours after the nation found out the Dallas Cowboys had fired Wade Phillips as head coach, Phillips put on a suit and tie and a smile for a charity event.
Phillips and his wife Lori attended the kickoff party for One Heart Project at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington Monday night."
Phillips and his wife Lori attended the kickoff party for One Heart Project at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington Monday night."
Greatest Person Of The Day: Jessica Carso, Who Turned Theatre Dreams Into A Career In Giving
Greatest Person Of The Day: Jessica Carso, Who Turned Theatre Dreams Into A Career In Giving: "Although my work in the arts took a bit of a different turn, I credit my passion for and the study of theatre with leading me to the work I am involved in today. Currently, I serve as the Managing Director of Wesleyan University's Green Street Arts Center. My work at Green Street has taught me many things, one of the most important is being an advocate: an advocate for the arts, arts education, community collaboration, partnership and access to all. Through this discovery, I have had the great honor of extending my work, joining other incredibly important organizations such as The Fund for Women and Girls of the Middlesex County Community Foundation and A Hand Up, Inc. In addition, I serve on the board of the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), CT Chapter, as scholarship-chair."
ASU receives grant to fund nonprofit apprenticeships | ASU News
ASU receives grant to fund nonprofit apprenticeships | ASU News: "The ASU Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation has received $580,449 to fund 47 nonprofit apprenticeships, comprising the 2010-2011 class of Public Allies Arizona.
Public Allies is an AmeriCorps national youth leadership organization that places service-minded young people in apprenticeships in nonprofit organizations throughout the community."
Public Allies is an AmeriCorps national youth leadership organization that places service-minded young people in apprenticeships in nonprofit organizations throughout the community."
Giving by rich Americans fell during recession-study | Reuters
Giving by rich Americans fell during recession-study | Reuters: "Wealthy Americans donated average $54,016 in 2009
* Only 2.5 percent made donations of more than $500,000
By Michelle Nichols
NEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Charitable giving by wealthy Americans dropped by more than a third between 2007 and 2009 as the worst U.S. recession in decades put pressure on the nonprofit sector, according to a study released on Tuesday.
While almost all rich Americans -- more than 98 percent -- donated to nonprofit groups last year, the average amount fell to $54,016 in 2009 from $83,034 in 2007 and $91,928 in 2005, the third biennial Bank of America Merrill Lynch study found."
* Only 2.5 percent made donations of more than $500,000
By Michelle Nichols
NEW YORK, Nov 9 (Reuters) - Charitable giving by wealthy Americans dropped by more than a third between 2007 and 2009 as the worst U.S. recession in decades put pressure on the nonprofit sector, according to a study released on Tuesday.
While almost all rich Americans -- more than 98 percent -- donated to nonprofit groups last year, the average amount fell to $54,016 in 2009 from $83,034 in 2007 and $91,928 in 2005, the third biennial Bank of America Merrill Lynch study found."
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