The UK Civil Society Almanac 2010: Workforce | Library | Research and policy | Skills - Third Sector

The UK Civil Society Almanac 2010: Workforce | Library | Research and policy | Skills - Third Sector: The report is based on the 'Work' chapter of the NCVO UK Civil Society Almanac 2010 and covers key trends and characteristics of the voluntary sector workforce, employment and volunteering.

Trickle-Forward Economics: Scott Harrison's Water-Based Experiment In Viral Philanthropy | Fast Company

Trickle-Forward Economics: Scott Harrison's Water-Based Experiment In Viral Philanthropy | Fast Company: The same strategy has propelled a new experiment in micro-philanthropy with WaterForward, a pay-it-forward model of charitable giving where, for $10, a donor inscribes a friend of his or her choosing in a public book; each donor can only be in the book once, so any sense of reciprocation has to be directed to another friend, hopefully sparking a cascade of forward reciprocity. The ultimate goal is to bring clean water to a billion people who don't have it; 100% of public donations go to clean water projects. Physical volumes of the book will be printed every time an "edition" is one million people strong.

Columnists | Nonprofits answering Belle Isle's cry 'for help' | The Detroit News

Columnists | Nonprofits answering Belle Isle's cry 'for help' | The Detroit News: Now, four nonprofits, including that committee, have merged unique histories and interests to create the Belle Isle Conservancy — a single-focused entity to restore and protect the 982-acre island park that has for decades been a jewel badly in need of burnishing.

These groups — the Friends of Belle Isle, the Belle Isle Women's Committee, the Friends of the Belle Isle Aquarium and the Belle Isle Botanical Society — have achieved something remarkable: Placed the future of Belle Isle ahead of organizational traditions, histories and personal ambitions.

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | High-Priced Athletic Charity Events: How Lucrative Are They?

The Nonprofit Quarterly | @npquarterly | High-Priced Athletic Charity Events: How Lucrative Are They?: October 23, 2011; Source: Tampa Bay Tribune | For many organizations, the athletic event has replaced the high-priced charity event. Case in point was this weekend’s Susan B. Komen 3-Day for the Cure, a sixty-mile trek in Florida that was to have involved 2,400 participants. Each of those walkers had to put $2,300 on his or her credit card to participate.

Sorority revisiting youth for charity - TimesDaily.com

Sorority revisiting youth for charity - TimesDaily.com: Members of Alpha Delta Pi sorority at the University of North Alabama will be revisiting their youth to go trick or treating on Halloween, but they won’t ask for candy.

They will be trick or treating for items on the Ronald McDonald House Charities’ wish list, which includes laundry detergent, liquid hand soap and bathroom cleaners.

The sorority will accept items through Nov. 12. They can be dropped off at the Trojan House restaurant on Avalon Avenue in Muscle Shoals or at several places on UNA’s campus, philanthropy chairwoman Luisa Oswalt said.

Rubin Museum receives $25 million gift from Shelley and Donald Rubin

Rubin Museum receives $25 million gift from Shelley and Donald Rubin: NEW YORK, N.Y.- Robert M. Baylis, Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the Rubin Museum announced that the Museum has received a $25 million gift from Shelley and Donald Rubin, the Museum’s founders. The gift will be dedicated to helping fund operations, exhibitions and programs over the next five years as the Rubin continues its initiatives to diversify its leadership and broaden its funding base. In support of these goals, Mr. Baylis concurrently announced that Patrick Sears has been named Deputy Director of the Museum and Cynthia Guyer has been appointed to the newly created position of Head of External Affairs.

Stuff the Bus drive benefits food pantry in Long Valley | Daily Record | dailyrecord.com

Stuff the Bus drive benefits food pantry in Long Valley | Daily Record | dailyrecord.com

91st Charity Ball to feature different look

91st Charity Ball to feature different look: he 91st annual Charity Ball has found another home, hired an 11-piece orchestra and is being chaired by a couple who never attended the ball before.

This isn’t your mother’s — or your grandmother’s — Charity Ball.

Running a Successful Capital Campaign

Running a Successful Capital Campaign: When Heather Hurst started her new job as president and CEO of Humber River Regional Hospital Foundation, she had to hit the ground running, given her new employer was one year into the throes of a major capital campaign.

In the early stage of a $250 million fundraising effort to build the first new hospital in Toronto in 35 years, they’re hoping the first shovel will hit the ground this November.

'Many dead' as powerful earthquake shakes eastern Turkey's Van province

ANKARA, Turkey — A powerful 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck eastern Turkey Sunday, collapsing about 45 buildings according to the deputy prime minister. 'Many dead' as powerful earthquake shakes eastern Turkey's Van province

Area college donations hold steady | timesfreepress.com

Area college donations hold steady | timesfreepress.com: Charitable giving to colleges and universities nationwide is looking better but it hasn't fully recovered from a 12 percent decrease in 2009 -- the highest drop in more than three decades.

"A significant recovery depends a lot on the economy," said Ann Kaplan, director of the Voluntary Support of Education survey, which tracks private giving to higher education and private k-12.

2nd Micronesian Non Profit Congress Convenes MONDAY On Guam

2nd Micronesian Non Profit Congress Convenes MONDAY On Guam: Guam -Payu-ta, Inc., Guam’s umbrella organization for nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations, will convene the 2nd Micronesian Non Profit Congress on October 24-28, at the Westin Hotel. The Conference titled “"Weaving Policy and Practice: The Role of Nonprofit Organizations in Sustaining Pacific Communities" will bring together local, regional, national and international presenters, speakers and dignitaries to discuss the evolving role of the nonprofit and nongovernmental organizations in the region.

Microsoft's Top Lawyer Recruits Celebrities and Colleagues to Start Charity - The Giveaway - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Microsoft's Top Lawyer Recruits Celebrities and Colleagues to Start Charity - The Giveaway - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Kids in Need of Defense provides free legal assistance to immigrant children in courtrooms across the country. Its roots are in an unexpected place: the Microsoft Corporation.

Brad Smith (left), Microsoft’s general counsel, got the idea for the nonprofit after learning that many children who are caught up in immigration proceedings—about 4,000—never receive the help of a lawyer.

UT MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER CAMPAIGN SURPASSES $1.2 BILLION GOAL - TheCypressTimes

UT MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER CAMPAIGN SURPASSES $1.2 BILLION GOAL - TheCypressTimes: HOUSTON — The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has completed its largest fundraising campaign ever. Thanks to the generosity of supporters across the globe, Making Cancer History�: The Campaign to Transform Cancer Care has raised $1.215 billion for:

Three local nonprofits get boost from Day of Giving contributions | YourMurrysville.com

Three local nonprofits get boost from Day of Giving contributions | YourMurrysville.com: Delmont Public Library, Murrysville Community Library and the Westmoreland County Food Bank were among dozens of groups to receive donations during the Day of Giving on Oct. 4. Sponsored by the community foundation, the day is a major fundraising event for many nonprofit groups because it includes a "match" from the community foundation.

This year, donors contributed $435,599, and the foundation matched $100,000 of that amount, meaning for every dollar donated, nonprofit groups received an additional 23 cents.

Your Kid's Halloween Costume Could Win Money for Charity - Fairfax City, VA Patch

Your Kid's Halloween Costume Could Win Money for Charity - Fairfax City, VA Patch: The Grand Prize? Patch will whisk the winner to New York or Los Angeles for a two day, three night trip for two that includes a meet and greet with Heidi, plus a donation of $1,031 to a local charity of the winner's choice. Nine runners-up will also get a $1,031 donation from Patch to a local charity of their choice.

What Designing The New Girls Scout Innovation Badges Taught Us About Raising Leaders | Co. Design

What Designing The New Girls Scout Innovation Badges Taught Us About Raising Leaders | Co. Design: As the Girl Scouts approach their 100-year anniversary in March, they are introducing a whole new lineup of badges. Way back in 1913, the organization had badges like Flyer and Electrician to represent those trailblazing professions. Today, girls live in vastly different times and have wider opportunities in business leadership. With that in mind, Jump worked with the Girl Scouts to develop a badge program to expose girls to cutting-edge fields such as web design and social innovation.

Best bits: Charity degrees | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional

Best bits: Charity degrees | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional: Choose your course with your career in mind: Your choice of course very much depends on your specific career - there are many different types of roles within the voluntary sector umbrella. For those focusing upon a cause-specific, service delivery role, many of the generic charity management courses will be less helpful than a professionally orientated degree. That said, there are many useful courses that focus upon more generic management needs that can be specifically applied to the voluntary sector be it in finance, marketing, fundraising or grant-making etc. Their blend of theoretical underpinning with practical application can be an advantage, both in terms of enhanced understanding of what you need to do to be successful and having the competence to do it.

Jon Bon Jovi’s ‘pay-what-you-can’ charity restaurant opens in NJ to help the hungry - The Washington Post

Jon Bon Jovi’s ‘pay-what-you-can’ charity restaurant opens in NJ to help the hungry - The Washington Post: The restaurant provides gourmet-quality meals to the hungry while enabling them to volunteer on community projects in return without the stigma of visiting a soup kitchen. Paying customers are encouraged to leave whatever they want in the envelopes on each table, where the menus never list a price.

The restaurant is the latest undertaking by the New Jersey rocker’s Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation, which has built 260 homes for low-income residents in recent years.

New Study Says Charities Could Lose Up to $3.2-Billion From Obama Tax Change - Government & Politics Watch - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: In another new study on President Obama’s proposal to limit the value of the charitable deduction, the Tax Policy Center has estimated that the change would depress giving from $1.7-billion to $3.2-billion a year.

That is less than the estimate of $2.9-billion to $5.6-billion offered in another study released this month.

Optimism growing in the sector, claims report

Optimism growing in the sector, claims report: “There is a very real sense of optimism growing in the sector,” said Andrew Watt, president and CEO, Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP), who provided commentary in the report.

Citing a situation not many in the UK sector will share, Watt added: “Rising giving levels are what is driving the sense of optimism and, in turn, anticipated growth in staffing. Part of that optimism is the nature of our missions—NFPs work to create change and inspire the public. We tend to be optimists, but with a healthy dose of realism.”

The protean nature of philanthropy is one of its greatest assets | Michael Edwards | Global development | guardian.co.uk

The protean nature of philanthropy is one of its greatest assets | Michael Edwards | Global development | guardian.co.uk: In fact, the debate is heating up. On the one hand, there are those who, like Gates, favour large, targeted investments in social goods such as classrooms, drugs and loans, which provide an immediate sense of payback. On the other, there are those who favour longer-term support for the infrastructure of social change – for the institutions that determine who wins and who loses from the processes and politics of development.

Who is going to win? Hopefully neither side, since both approaches have much to offer in the century to come

The protean nature of philanthropy is one of its greatest assets | Michael Edwards | Global development | guardian.co.uk

The protean nature of philanthropy is one of its greatest assets | Michael Edwards | Global development | guardian.co.uk: In fact, the debate is heating up. On the one hand, there are those who, like Gates, favour large, targeted investments in social goods such as classrooms, drugs and loans, which provide an immediate sense of payback. On the other, there are those who favour longer-term support for the infrastructure of social change – for the institutions that determine who wins and who loses from the processes and politics of development.

Who is going to win? Hopefully neither side, since both approaches have much to offer in the century to come

Chinese nuns run to help AIDS victims - CNN.com

Chinese nuns run to help AIDS victims - CNN.com: This year, 52 Chinese catholic nuns ran for charity.

The jolly group of women came in jogging pants and whiteT-shirts emblazoned with the logo, Great Wall Appeal.org.

Car Donations In IRS Spotlight--Again - TheNonProfitTimes

Car Donations In IRS Spotlight--Again - TheNonProfitTimes: he Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is calling for public comment on a scheduled reevaluation on the codes that stipulate rules for charitable contributions of certain motor vehicles, boats and airplanes.

Every three years the IRS takes into account new perspectives and ideas on how tax codes can be changed to make processes run smoother and more effective. The last time this code changed was 2005.

Wealth - The New York Times

Wealth - The New York Times

A Primer on IRS Rules for Charitable Giving

massnonprofit.org ::: A Primer on IRS Rules for Charitable Giving

When soliciting or acknowledging donations to your nonprofit, it's important to understand substantiation and disclosure requirements for contributions of $250 or more, or if you provide goods or services to donors who make contributions over $75.

Johns Hopkins launches certificate in nonprofit management : Johns Hopkins University – The Gazette

Johns Hopkins launches certificate in nonprofit management : Johns Hopkins University – The Gazette: ohns Hopkins has launched an online graduate certificate in nonprofit management, designed for working professionals who are looking to expand their expertise in nonprofit management with the latest skills and approaches taught by faculty at the forefront of their careers. The certificate will be offered through the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences’ Advanced Academic Programs.

Rickshaw charity rally assured Bangkok not flooded - The Nation

Rickshaw charity rally assured Bangkok not flooded - The Nation: With 28 teams of motorised rickshaws on a 3,000km journey through Java to Bangkok, Thailand has assured visitors that the kingdom is safe for travellers with many key tourist attractions unaffected by the floods.

The rickshaw journey will cross the Straits of Malacca into Malaysia's Penang Island. They will continue to head north, and are expected to complete the first ever Asean Rickshaw Run in the Thai capital of Bangkok. News of the flooding in Thailand had caused some concern among the organisers, although the intrepid racers seemed totally unfazed.

Institute of Fundraising goes for gold | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional

Institute of Fundraising goes for gold | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional: As I take on the role of chief executive at the Institute of Fundraising I've been asked to reflect on my priorities. Quite simply, my goal is to make the IoF the best membership and training organisation in the country.

Why do I want to do this? The answer is that I am driven by a commitment to social justice, to changing the world for the better. And I know that fundraisers are the lifeblood of charities. Without cold, hard cash to spend it is very difficult for charities to make the positive impact they want on the causes they care about, changing for the better the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world. This is particularly true when the country is facing the difficult economic challenges it has to handle today.