Thursday, June 30, 2011
The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Social Entrepreneurship as Fetish
The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Social Entrepreneurship as Fetish: "First, despite the many constructive and positive impacts created by nonprofit organizations both locally and nationally, there exists a looming doubt that our current efforts are reaching far enough fast enough, and that traditional ways of addressing community needs and social issues have the transformational capacity to deal with many of today’s complex and new social problems. In other words, the search is on for a new paradigm—a “game-changer”—based on fresh and different ways to create systemic change."
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Tufts completes record fundraising campaign - Boston.com
Tufts completes record fundraising campaign - Boston.com: "The school reported on Wednesday that it raised $1.2 billion for its 'Beyond Boundaries' campaign."
Meyer Foundation - Meyer Foundation
Meyer Foundation - Meyer Foundation: "Two-thirds of the 3,000 nonprofit executive directors surveyed plan to leave their jobs within five years. Executives express frustration with nonprofit funding models, amplified by the recession, but remain resolved and engaged.
Washington, DC—Daring to Lead 2011, a new national study of nonprofit executive directors conducted in the aftermath of the deepest economic recession in decades, reports that a significant number of executives plan to leave their jobs within the next five years, citing frustration with their organizations’ shaky finances, under-performing boards of directors, and the difficulty of maintaining healthy work-life balance in their demanding roles."
Washington, DC—Daring to Lead 2011, a new national study of nonprofit executive directors conducted in the aftermath of the deepest economic recession in decades, reports that a significant number of executives plan to leave their jobs within the next five years, citing frustration with their organizations’ shaky finances, under-performing boards of directors, and the difficulty of maintaining healthy work-life balance in their demanding roles."
OPM honors charitable giving efforts - The Federal Eye - The Washington Post
OPM honors charitable giving efforts - The Federal Eye - The Washington Post: "The 2010 Combined Federal Campaign raised more than $281.5 million for charities, and Tuesday federal employees got their kudos at a White House ceremony. Those efforts yielded only less than half-percent of the record-setting 2009 results of $282.6 million."
Summer activities to strengthen your fundraising program
Summer activities to strengthen your fundraising program: "hat should my charity focus on over the summer to strengthen our fundraising program?
Cynthia's response:
July and August are good months to refocus your fundraising strategy so you can hit the ground running come the autumn. While June is often taken up AGMs, July and August are usually slower times for most charities. Many boards of directors don’t meet and staff members take holidays with their families. You will have to balance between a quieter time to complete projects and adequate human resources to cover the tasks, but if you have a summer student, some projects can be delegated effectively."
Cynthia's response:
July and August are good months to refocus your fundraising strategy so you can hit the ground running come the autumn. While June is often taken up AGMs, July and August are usually slower times for most charities. Many boards of directors don’t meet and staff members take holidays with their families. You will have to balance between a quieter time to complete projects and adequate human resources to cover the tasks, but if you have a summer student, some projects can be delegated effectively."
Thatcher handbag fetches $40,000 at charity auction | Reuters
Thatcher handbag fetches $40,000 at charity auction | Reuters: "Best-selling author and former Conservative politician Jeffrey Archer was wielding the gavel at the auctioneer's London showrooms at a sale where proceeds went to the charity chosen by each contributing sportsman, politician or musician.
Top price on the night was paid for the chief timekeeper's stop watch that recorded Roger Bannister's first four-minute mile in 1954."
Top price on the night was paid for the chief timekeeper's stop watch that recorded Roger Bannister's first four-minute mile in 1954."
ForeverGreen Day launches Philanthropy Council - News - The Greyhound - Loyola University Maryland
ForeverGreen Day launches Philanthropy Council - News - The Greyhound - Loyola University Maryland: "Loyola's student body was introduced to the Student Philanthropy Council (SPC) last Thursday, April 14, at their first event: 'ForeverGreen Day.' The group was stationed on the quad outside of Maryland Hall not only to give out free Rita's, but also to spread awareness of their cause.
The Council's overall mission is to educate current students about Loyola's operating fund, the Evergreen Fund. This fund takes donations made to the university and goes toward many of the extra aspects of Loyola life, such as clubs and activities, campus maintenance, technology upgrades, sports and athletics, scholarships and more. Each student's tuition covers only 75 percent of daily campus life expenses, and the money from the Evergreen Fund supports the remaining quarter."
The Council's overall mission is to educate current students about Loyola's operating fund, the Evergreen Fund. This fund takes donations made to the university and goes toward many of the extra aspects of Loyola life, such as clubs and activities, campus maintenance, technology upgrades, sports and athletics, scholarships and more. Each student's tuition covers only 75 percent of daily campus life expenses, and the money from the Evergreen Fund supports the remaining quarter."
In brief | SeacoastOnline.com
In brief | SeacoastOnline.com: "YP4M, a new and local initiative to the agency, is designed to offer an attractive opportunity for young professionals in their 20s and 30s to contribute their talents to Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Greater Seacoast, and to promote a commitment of philanthropy among the next generation of professionals. As an arm of the agency's development initiatives, YP4M will plan and implement at least one fund-raising event each year and will be responsible for shaping the future of the group."
Nonprofit leaders study major gifts | Philanthropy Journal
Nonprofit leaders study major gifts | Philanthropy Journal: "His new appreciation for the investment required in fundraising, he says, is the result of his participation in the inaugural class of the Leadership Gift School, a privately-funded effort to develop the philanthropic culture of nonprofits and the community.
The first class, which just graduated and included teams of executive directors and development directors from 12 nonprofits, plus the chief fundraiser at United Way of Central Carolinas, met for 8� hours roughly once a month for eight months.
Led by Karla Williams, a national fundraising consultant based in Charlotte, the school's faculty consisted of development directors at local nonprofits."
The first class, which just graduated and included teams of executive directors and development directors from 12 nonprofits, plus the chief fundraiser at United Way of Central Carolinas, met for 8� hours roughly once a month for eight months.
Led by Karla Williams, a national fundraising consultant based in Charlotte, the school's faculty consisted of development directors at local nonprofits."
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Campaign Competition
Campaign Competition: "Some organizations spend millions of dollars and months of time developing an advocacy campaign. National Children's Alliance, an association of children's advocacy centers, has found a way to give all its members top-notch multimedia campaign content on the cheap with the help of some friendly competition."
GoLocalProv | Politics | PowerPlayer: Kate Brock
GoLocalProv | Politics | PowerPlayer: Kate Brock: "My story is this: when I was twelve I spent five mornings a week for several months volunteering at the Amos House. Day in and day out, I cut vegetables, organized the stock room and served meals in South Providence. And each one of those days, I would see people who didn’t have enough to eat. Kids, just like me, who, if not for the charity of others, would go to bed hungry. And the only difference between us was that I was born to a different family in another neighborhood. This violated the fundamental value of fairness that I had been taught to cherish. It also taught me that through simple acts, cutting vegetables, or spooning mashed potatoes onto a plate, a single person could ease the suffering of another."
Median foundation salary totals $70,000 | Philanthropy Journal
Median foundation salary totals $70,000 | Philanthropy Journal: "The median salary at U.S. foundations totaled $70,000 in 2010, a new report says."
Carnival Submissions: Handling Objections
Carnival Submissions: Handling Objections: "Carnival Submissions: Handling Objections
by Jason Dick on June 2, 2011ShareThis
I’m hosting the Nonprofit Blog Carnival for the month of June featuring links and summaries of the top posts from around the blogosphere around handling objections. I also wanted to reach out see if anyone from the A Small Change community had anything to add on an earlier conversation."
by Jason Dick on June 2, 2011ShareThis
I’m hosting the Nonprofit Blog Carnival for the month of June featuring links and summaries of the top posts from around the blogosphere around handling objections. I also wanted to reach out see if anyone from the A Small Change community had anything to add on an earlier conversation."
The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | National Increases in Corporate Giving Not Seen in Abilene
The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | National Increases in Corporate Giving Not Seen in Abilene: "June 25, 2011; Source: Abilene Reporter-News | In Abilene, Texas nonprofits are finding the challenge of raising corporate money more difficult than ever. Last week, the Giving USA 2011 report said that charitable giving by corporations in 2010 actually rose 10.6 percent. How does that make sense to groups like the Abilene Education Foundation, whose latest grant from the Citi Foundation was only half of last year’s amount? As the Education Foundation’s executive director, Jean McMillon, explained, 'The gentlemen we go through had contacted me and said they were having to cut their funding.”"
Monday, June 27, 2011
Nonprofit Collaboration: Myth or Reality?
Nonprofit Collaboration: Myth or Reality?: "Center for Nonprofit Excellence
e-Newsletter: Connect to Solutions
Nonprofit Collaboration: Myth or Reality?
by Susan Griffin, Director of Operations, Center for Nonprofit Excellence
Collaboration is one of the big buzz words in the nonprofit sector. This is in part because fundraising in 2010 remains a huge challenge. As Ohio’s 2011-2012 biennial budget predictions paint an even gloomier picture for the State’s nonprofit sector, the fundraising pressure will continue for at least the next few years."
e-Newsletter: Connect to Solutions
Nonprofit Collaboration: Myth or Reality?
by Susan Griffin, Director of Operations, Center for Nonprofit Excellence
Collaboration is one of the big buzz words in the nonprofit sector. This is in part because fundraising in 2010 remains a huge challenge. As Ohio’s 2011-2012 biennial budget predictions paint an even gloomier picture for the State’s nonprofit sector, the fundraising pressure will continue for at least the next few years."
Editorial: Protecting charitable giving | Deseret News
Editorial: Protecting charitable giving | Deseret News: "The associational freedom, volunteerism and charity that help to address social needs precede, both historically and conceptually, a tax-funded administrative state attempting to do similar things. While we generally support tax reforms that scrape away many of the encrusted exceptions that have attached themselves to our tax code over the years, the charitable tax deduction is not one of them. The exceptional habit of the American heart to voluntarily pool resources to solve problems deserves renewed attention and care, not an unprecedented tax."
Friday, June 24, 2011
ShalomLife - Young Leaders Spearhead Launch of New Philanthropy Fund
ShalomLife - Young Leaders Spearhead Launch of New Philanthropy Fund: "hat’s exactly what businessmen Jonathan Bloomberg, Noah Godfrey and Sam Mizrahi are doing. And the trio, who are chairing UJA Federation’s SixPoints Jewish Venture Philanthropy Fund, have successfully encouraged their contemporaries to join them in learning about Jewish philanthropy and making an impact on our community. "
Maryland dog escapes, joins charity half marathon - San Jose Mercury News
Maryland dog escapes, joins charity half marathon - San Jose Mercury News: "The 3-year-old golden retriever-poodle mix named Dozer joined runners near his home, at mile five of the 13-mile race in Howard County near Baltimore on May 15.
Runners reported seeing him at several points and there's video of him crossing the finish line at 2 hours and 14 minutes. He then found his way home."
Runners reported seeing him at several points and there's video of him crossing the finish line at 2 hours and 14 minutes. He then found his way home."
Recluse New York heiress leaves fortune to nurse and art charity – VIDEO | Irish News | IrishCentral
Recluse New York heiress leaves fortune to nurse and art charity – VIDEO | Irish News | IrishCentral: "he will revealed that Hadassah Peri, Clark’s nurse and close friend, has inherited her doll collection (potentially worth millions) as well as 60 percent of various assets worth $40 million. Clark’s goddaughter, Wanda Styka, will receive 25 percent.
A foundation established to promote the arts will receive her Santa Barbara estate, most of her art collection, all her musical instruments and her rare book collection."
A foundation established to promote the arts will receive her Santa Barbara estate, most of her art collection, all her musical instruments and her rare book collection."
Business Schools Transform Nonprofit Leadership
Business Schools Transform Nonprofit Leadership: "Recently, it has become more common to see programs such as the IESE-Harvard Kennedy program being offered at the leading business schools. Custom programs for NGOs have been designed by many schools in the past; for example, Columbia Business School developed a one-week program for the King Khalid Foundation in Saudi Arabia, which in turn chose leaders from a variety of NGOs to attend the program. However, open programs are relatively newer and are now earning popularity; the IESE-Harvard Kennedy program, for example, was attended by more than 40 leaders from NGOs representing 25 countries, including the CEO of the Aga Khan Foundation, representatives from Kipred (a political think-tank from Kosovo) and the Qatar Foundation."
Maywood’s Mayor And Partner Will Lead Mission To Kenya As Part Of Rotary Project This July - The Paramus Post - News and Lifestyle Webzine
Maywood’s Mayor And Partner Will Lead Mission To Kenya As Part Of Rotary Project This July - The Paramus Post - News and Lifestyle Webzine: "MAYWOOD’s MAYOR AND PARTNER WILL LEAD MISSION TO KENYA AS PART OF ROTARY PROJECT THIS JULY
Glen Rock’s BonnieSirower, age 62, is proprietor of Liaisons for Funding, LLC, an independent fundraising consultant who has worked with the YWCA’s Tribute to Women and Industry (Central New Jersey) for the past five years. She is an alumna of Barnard College. Although this is her first trip to Kenya with the Maywood Rotary Kenya Project, Sirower will hold the position of District Governor for all of the 55 Rotary Clubs in Bergen, Passaic and Hudson Counties in 2012-2013. During the visit to Kenya, Bonnie will be responsible for teaching games and activities to small children. She also served on the Board of the YMCA of Paterson for 17 years, as well as on the Board of the Association of Fund Raising Professionals of New Jersey. Bonnie’s hobbies are crocheting, beading, crossword puzzles"
Glen Rock’s BonnieSirower, age 62, is proprietor of Liaisons for Funding, LLC, an independent fundraising consultant who has worked with the YWCA’s Tribute to Women and Industry (Central New Jersey) for the past five years. She is an alumna of Barnard College. Although this is her first trip to Kenya with the Maywood Rotary Kenya Project, Sirower will hold the position of District Governor for all of the 55 Rotary Clubs in Bergen, Passaic and Hudson Counties in 2012-2013. During the visit to Kenya, Bonnie will be responsible for teaching games and activities to small children. She also served on the Board of the YMCA of Paterson for 17 years, as well as on the Board of the Association of Fund Raising Professionals of New Jersey. Bonnie’s hobbies are crocheting, beading, crossword puzzles"
Becoming For-Profit, Wanting to Keep Nonprofit Perks - voiceofsandiego.org:
Becoming For-Profit, Wanting to Keep Nonprofit Perks - voiceofsandiego.org:: "Since writing the story that revealed a tax snafu at a burgeoning arts and culture district in March, I've been asked a frequent question: What's the deal with the nonprofit NTC Foundation forming for-profit sub-companies, anyway?"
When giving back, corporate America takes a different path - USATODAY.com
When giving back, corporate America takes a different path - USATODAY.com: "A recent charitable giving report found that corporate America stepped up to the plate to give in larger numbers last year, up 8.8% after inflation from the year before.
But not every corporation is writing checks these days."
But not every corporation is writing checks these days."
Nonprofit Resource Center: Automatic Revocation of Tax-Exempt Status
Nonprofit Resource Center: Automatic Revocation of Tax-Exempt Status: "First IRS Automatic Revocation of Exemption List Has Been Published
On June 8, 2011, the IRS posted the initial Automatic Revocation of Exemption List on its Web site. The list names 275,000 nonprofits that have lost their tax exemptions for failure to file an annual return.
We have incorporated the data from the June 8 list and a June 10 update into our database and products. We will automatically update them when the IRS adds new organizations to the list each month."
On June 8, 2011, the IRS posted the initial Automatic Revocation of Exemption List on its Web site. The list names 275,000 nonprofits that have lost their tax exemptions for failure to file an annual return.
We have incorporated the data from the June 8 list and a June 10 update into our database and products. We will automatically update them when the IRS adds new organizations to the list each month."
Charities Experiment With Ways to Train Fund Raisers - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas
Charities Experiment With Ways to Train Fund Raisers - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "In Charlotte, for example, eight senior fund raisers founded the Leadership Gift School last year. Their goal is to teach executive directors and other fund raisers how to pursue big gifts from individuals.
To get the training program off the ground, the founders got a $100,000 grant from the community foundation as well as donations from corporate sponsors, the local chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and other donors."
To get the training program off the ground, the founders got a $100,000 grant from the community foundation as well as donations from corporate sponsors, the local chapter of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, and other donors."
Thursday, June 23, 2011
MinnPost - Spark Radio: Tool helps nonprofits objectively measure impact on world
MinnPost - Spark Radio: Tool helps nonprofits objectively measure impact on world: "Spark Radio: Tool helps nonprofits objectively measure impact on world
Renee McGivern | Thursday, June 23, 2011
There's a new online tool for nonprofits that is nothing short of stunning. It gives me a glimmer of hope that the nonprofit sector is maturing enough to solve rather than serve the world's problems."
Renee McGivern | Thursday, June 23, 2011
There's a new online tool for nonprofits that is nothing short of stunning. It gives me a glimmer of hope that the nonprofit sector is maturing enough to solve rather than serve the world's problems."
The Future of Fundraising: What a Difference Five Years Will Make : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success
The Future of Fundraising: What a Difference Five Years Will Make : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success: " I have looked the future of fundraising in the face. More like 83 million faces, with the oldest just reaching 30.
Yes, the millennials, those born between 1981 and 2000, are comingOpens in a new window. And, yes, they are the largest generation in American history. (Sorry fellow boomers, we’ve been usurped.)"
Yes, the millennials, those born between 1981 and 2000, are comingOpens in a new window. And, yes, they are the largest generation in American history. (Sorry fellow boomers, we’ve been usurped.)"
The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Experts Offer Yays and Minor Nays on Giving USA
The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | Experts Offer Yays and Minor Nays on Giving USA: "But the class divide in charitable giving is largely missing in the reactions of many fundraising experts commenting on this year’s Giving USA news release, based on this sampling of initial news coverage, some of it feeling a little more boosterism from fundraising consultants rather than gimlet-eyed readings by human services or grassroots nonprofits on the front lines of serving the poor:"
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