Hong Kong but not forgotten (From Stroud News and Journal)

Hong Kong but not forgotten (From Stroud News and Journal): ENVIRONMENTAL science graduate Micheil Gordon has arrived back in Stroud after completing a gruelling 9,780-mile charity bicycle ride from the UK to Hong Kong.

The 25-year-old cycling enthusiast undertook the nine-month journey with the aim of raising �30,000 for WaterAid,

Karen Delaney, Be the Difference: Charitable giving at the holidays plays important role in the community - Santa Cruz Sentinel

Karen Delaney, Be the Difference: Charitable giving at the holidays plays important role in the community - Santa Cruz Sentinel: Charity has always been a big part of holiday traditions in all faiths, and 20 percent of all giving and volunteering in the U.S. happens over the holidays.

It's true that high unemployment, rising poverty and the recession mean that more members of our community are challenged simply to meet their family's basic needs; celebrations, feasts and gifts are well beyond their reach.

When giving a little becomes a lot: Jarvis DeBerry | NOLA.com

When giving a little becomes a lot: Jarvis DeBerry | NOLA.com: In New Orleans, a group of women inspired by McCarty's philanthropy decided to get into the giving business themselves. They started a giving circle and called it, Zawadi, a Swahili word for gift.

Aalfs Auditorium’s new fees for student use - News - The Volante - University of South Dakota

Aalfs Auditorium’s new fees for student use - News - The Volante - University of South Dakota: Organizations like Strollers are taking notice to the new regulations. Strollers is USD's largest philanthropy event and has been held annually since 1924. Although the university will require organizations to pay more for facility use, Strollers President Drake Bachmeier is confident the event will still succeed.

"It's going to be tough, but we will fight through it," Bachmeier said.

How can charities adapt to difficult economic conditions? | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional

How can charities adapt to difficult economic conditions? | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional: t's not often a chief executive is brave enough to seriously spring-clean their organisation. It takes a lot of courage for a team to face up to problems and deal with them, rather than burying their heads further into fast-shifting sand.

Three years ago ask, a Wiltshire-based charity that supports parents and carers, was a content, jogging-along organisation with a single local authority funder. Then everything changed: funding was drastically reduced and suddenly it was time to decide whether to throw up their hands and give up, or stay and fight to survive. Linda Cantillon-Guyatt, ask's resourceful chief executive, decided that her personal optimism was critical to drive the team to redesign themselves.

Struggling Saint Paul's College gets two major gifts | Richmond Times-Dispatch

Struggling Saint Paul's College gets two major gifts | Richmond Times-Dispatch: With the gift of a $500,000 challenge grant, Saint Paul's College has launched an effort to raise $5 million by the end of June to ensure the survival of the historically black school in Lawrenceville.

Without the grant from philanthropist Jane Batten, "we probably wouldn't have a chance" of meeting the requirements necessary to retain accreditation, the college's new interim president, Eddie N. Moore Jr., said Monday after a luncheon in Richmond honoring Batten.

Ronald McDonald House Charities awards $90k to Maine nonprofits | Sun Journal

Ronald McDonald House Charities awards $90k to Maine nonprofits | Sun Journal: LEWISTON — Ronald McDonald House Charities of Maine has awarded grant funding totaling $90,149 to eight Maine nonprofit organizations.

Inside Philanthropy: Philanthropy without borders emerging

Inside Philanthropy: Philanthropy without borders emerging: he players are shifting and the lines are blurring in the “social economy,” creating big challenges and opportunities for people who care about social change.

At stake is the way private assets will be used for public good, whether through charitable giving, “impact investing” in the capital markets, or political advocacy and policy work.

News from Cambridge UK

News from Cambridge UK: Pioneering Cambridge campaign reaches record US$2 billion
The University of Cambridge has raised more than US$2.0 billion (�1.17 billion) during its 800th Anniversary Campaign,The University of Cambridge announced it has raised more than US$2.0 billion (�1.17 billion) during the course of its 800th Anniversary Campaign, the largest fundraising total ever announced by a European university. This total places Cambridge in the top rank of fundraising institutions worldwide.

SOI Tax Stats - SOI Bulletin: Fall 2011

SOI Tax Stats - SOI Bulletin: Fall 2011: Charities, Fraternal Beneficiary Societies, and Other Tax-Exempt Organizations, 2008
by Paul Arnsberger and Mike Graham
For 2008, nonprofit charitable organizations (excluding private foundations) tax exempt under IRC Section 501(c)(3) reported $2.5 trillion in total assets and $1.4 trillion in revenue, both decreases from 2007. The number of returns filed by these organizations was 315,184, including 148,821 Forms 990 and 166,363 Forms 990-EZ. There were major changes in both the content of Form 990 and the filing threshold between Tax Years 2007 and 2008. Excel Tables:



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UC Merced fraternity breaks records with food donations by the ton - UC Merced - MercedSun-Star.com

UC Merced fraternity breaks records with food donations by the ton - UC Merced - MercedSun-Star.com: But this year the program, put on by the UC Merced chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity, broke the record for most food donated to the food bank by a single local group.

The goods weighed more than a ton -- 2,296 pounds with an estimated value of $2,218.62

Supporting Partnership - RE:Philanthropy

Supporting Partnership - RE:Philanthropy: By helping food pantries deepen their partnerships, we thought we just might be able to create stronger emergency food delivery in specific communities. With help from two generous donor partners, we were able to invest in three collaborative groups of food pantries and support 18 month-long projects. Each member of each collaborative had one thing in common: a focus on the needs of their community-just like community foundations.

Tech climbs ladder in fundraising | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Tech climbs ladder in fundraising | Lubbock Online | Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: In a recent ranking of the most successful nonprofit fundraisers, the Texas Tech System recorded the largest increase of all universities in the Big 12 Conference.

Year-End Fund Raising: What You Need to Know - Fund-Raising Fundamentals - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Year-End Fund Raising: What You Need to Know - Fund-Raising Fundamentals - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: In a new episode of Fund-Raising Fundamentals, Daniel Watson, executive director of Restoration House of East Tennessee, and Sandy Rees, a fund-raising consultant, answer such questions and offer other advice on how to handle year-end appeals.

Listen to the podcast by clicking on the icon at the top or subscribe using iTunes.

4 E-mail Fundraising Campaign Best Practices : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success

4 E-mail Fundraising Campaign Best Practices : Page 1 of 2 : FundRaising Success: One organization that found tremendous e-mail response in the past year was amfAR, The Foundation for AIDs ResearchOpens in a new window. Earlier this year, amfAR took home the E-mail Renewal Package of the YearOpens in a new window awarded by the Direct Marketing Fundraisers AssociationOpens in a new window for its holiday/year-end renewal e-mail.

The e-mail, which we’ll break down next week in Today in Fundraising, was created with the help of online nonprofit marketing agency SankyNetOpens in a new window. Here Paul Habig, executive vice president of SankyNet, shares some best practices for a successful fundraising e-mail campaign.

‘Invisible’ giving yields results | The Post and Courier, Charleston SC - News, Sports, Entertainment

‘Invisible’ giving yields results | The Post and Courier, Charleston SC - News, Sports, Entertainment: In the old days the churches really were the primary channel for charity. However, today giving to churches and houses of worship has fallen to less than 50 percent of all charitable contributions. Said differently, that means that for every church steeple there is another, invisible steeple, made up of charitable organizations and volunteer efforts in our community. There are thousands of charitable organizations in the greater Charleston area, some of which are almost invisible. It’s those invisible charities along with houses of worship that hold this community together.

What Matters: The power of yellow

What Matters: The power of yellow: It was a novel and generous idea. Yet it met with skepticism, particularly on the part of our eponymous founder. “What are we going to do,” Lance asked, “with the 4.9 million wristbands we don’t sell?” The Foundation’s president, Mitch Stoller, saw the potential and found support from board member, Mike Sherwin, who immediately grasped the power of the idea. “We’re going to need more than five million,” he predicted.

PHILANTHROPY 2173: Philanthropy Buzzword 2011.5 - Infographics

PHILANTHROPY 2173: Philanthropy Buzzword 2011.5 - Infographics

Celebrating true spirit of National Philanthropy Day | philanthropy, day, gates - Jacksonville Illinois News and Information Jacksonville Journal Courier

Celebrating true spirit of National Philanthropy Day | philanthropy, day, gates - Jacksonville Illinois News and Information Jacksonville Journal Courier: Today marks the 25th anniversary of National Philanthropy Day. While most of us may never reach the status of Carnegie or Gates, we all have the opportunity to be philanthropists.

The word philanthropy is derived from the Greek word “philos” which means “loving” and “anthropos” meaning “man.” Simply put, to be a philanthropist is to love mankind. Philanthropy manifests in the form of financial giving, voluntary action and associations that are built among individuals. Last year, it is estimated that a half trillion dollars were donated by Americans through financial giving and volunteer support to the over 1.5 million nonprofit organizations that are registered with the Internal Revenue Service.

MAINE COMPASS: Charitable giving is a tradition for state employees | The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME

MAINE COMPASS: Charitable giving is a tradition for state employees | The Kennebec Journal, Augusta, ME: State employees perform remarkable work throughout the year. They connect Maine people with needed services. They provide guidance and resources to entrepreneurs and small business owners.

In countless ways, they help families, strengthen the economy, improve communities and make Maine a more productive and inviting place to live.

Couple delivers hot food, company | The Post and Courier, Charleston SC - News, Sports, Entertainment

Couple delivers hot food, company | The Post and Courier, Charleston SC - News, Sports, Entertainment: Couple delivers hot food, company
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Forum spotlights new thinking for nonprofits - The York Daily Record

Forum spotlights new thinking for nonprofits - The York Daily Record: The aptly named "Ah-Ha Initiative" seeks to reshape the local humanitarian discourse by introducing unconventional, paradigm-altering ideas to local nonprofit and business leaders. Its kickoff featured a presentation by wave-stirring author and social entrepreneur Dan Pallotta, whose book, "Uncharitable," critiques the traditional nonprofit business model as ineffective and unjustly constrained.

Mission Plus Good Logistics Create a Model Cause Marketing Campaign: Developing a great cause-marketing campaign is part art, part business, part negotiation, and a whole lot of heart.

Twitter donors worth the most on social media - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

Twitter donors worth the most on social media - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: People who make donations on JustGiving pages after being prompted on Twitter are nearly twice as generous as those who are inspired to give by a Facebook prompt, according to new figures.

In a study on the average gift value of donors directed to JustGiving pages via social media, Twitter prompts came out on top, with an average gift from someone coming from a Twitter link worth �30.26, compared with just �18.33 on Facebook. Facebook, however, remains the vastly more popular social network for JustGiving donors, accounting for 97 per cent of all visits directed through a social media source - in contrast Twitter facilitates a tiny 1 per cent of all visits from social media sources.

National Philanthropy Day® Official Website - AFP

National Philanthropy Day® Official Website - AFP: - Sent using Google Toolbar

Emmett Carson: Community foundation model 'broken,' at risk - San Francisco Business Times

Emmett Carson: Community foundation model 'broken,' at risk - San Francisco Business Times: “In five or 10 years, I fear that many of the institutions in this room won’t be here,” Emmett told the gathering of some 1,400 community foundation leaders. “Revenues aren’t meeting expenses. Other people offer what we perceive as our core product at a cheaper price — zero. As for raising costs: Talk to Netflix. In this environment, that doesn’t work.”

Staff Retreats on a Shoestring: For the typically cash-strapped nonprofit, a staff retreat can seem like a luxury, reserved for private companies with revenue to spare. But organizing a staff retreat on a budget is not only feasible, some executive directors argue it's a necessary and integral component of long-term strategic planning. Dave Kranenburg, executive director of Toronto-based Meal Exchange and Ben Peterson, co-founder and executive director of Journalists for Human Rights, maintain that nonprofit retreats o

Workplace donations make a difference | Statesman Journal | statesmanjournal.com

Workplace donations make a difference | Statesman Journal | statesmanjournal.com: Nowhere is generosity more prevalent than among corporations and organizations in the tri-county region as they host workplace campaigns and provide an opportunity for their employees to engage with the community through giving, volunteering and advocacy. Workplace campaign contributions comprise nearly 75 percent of the total funds raised by the local United Way each year.

Tribe's giving falls off; rank stays high | StarTribune.com

Tribe's giving falls off; rank stays high | StarTribune.com: After years of extraordinary growth, charitable giving by the Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community has fallen off considerably, according to a new statewide analysis from the Minnesota Council on Foundations.

Rock Your Year-End�Fundraising - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media -

Rock Your Year-End�Fundraising - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media -: Year-end fundraising is here. This is the time of year that your organization should be raising up to 40% of its donations online. Yes, that’s right - up to 40% of donations come in at the end of the year for many nonprofits that have a solid year-end fundraising plan in place and an engaged list of supporters.