Nonprofit founder urges charities to pool resources - The Washington Post

Nonprofit founder urges charities to pool resources - The Washington Post: Now 25 years later, Egger is stepping down as head of D.C. Central Kitchen to start a similar charity in Los Angeles. Capital Business caught up for a chat.

Chris Brown to announce new children’s charity called ‘Symphonic Love’ - National Celebrity Headlines | Examiner.com

Chris Brown to announce new children’s charity called ‘Symphonic Love’ - National Celebrity Headlines | Examiner.com:

Chris Brown is hoping to help others by starting a children’s charity. Looking to revamp his image and maybe even soften up the idea that he was convicted of assaulting woman, the artist will announce a new children’s charity called Symphonic Love to the public on Monday.

Washington area charities take action to prepare for ‘fiscal cliff’ - The Washington Post

Washington area charities take action to prepare for ‘fiscal cliff’ - The Washington Post: At the nonprofit United Communities Against Poverty, Nina Lewis has a goal for this holiday season: Don’t let one volunteer slip away.

Her position as volunteer coordinator was created in October as part of the charity’s strategy to gird itself against the looming federal budget cuts, which threaten to hack $178,595 from its government funding.

Program gives farmers chance to support their favorite non-profit | Alexandria Echo Press | Alexandria, Minnesota

Program gives farmers chance to support their favorite non-profit | Alexandria Echo Press | Alexandria, Minnesota: For the third consecutive year, America’s Farmers Grow Communities, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, gives eligible farmers the opportunity to win a $2,500 donation to direct to their favorite local nonprofit organization. Farmers can enter between now and Nov. 30 for their chance to help a nonprofit in need.

Benefit Telethon Generates Record Volume of Individual Donations For Hurricane Sandy Victims

Benefit Telethon Generates Record Volume of Individual Donations For Hurricane Sandy Victims: he American Red Cross and NBCUniversal announced today that “Hurricane Sandy: Coming Together,” a live, one-hour benefit telethon, generated nearly $23 million in support of victims impacted by Hurricane Sandy.

A record number of individual donations by phone, text and online were accepted by the American Red Cross during the 8:00 p.m. - 12:00 a.m. time period beginning on Friday, November 2, 2012. The volume of website and phone traffic exceeded previous benefit telethons in support of the American Red Cross over the last five years.

Philanthropy Turned to Short-Term, Project Funding During Recession

Philanthropy Turned to Short-Term, Project Funding During Recession: We examined new data from 2004-2010 for the newly released (and revised) “The Philanthropic Landscape: The State of Multi-Year Funding” and found that reported multi-year grantmaking in 2009 fell 21 percent to $5.5 billion during a time when total grantmaking declined only by 13 percent. If we excluded the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the nation’s largest grantmaker, from the analysis, the drop becomes pronounced at more than 33 percent.

Lyric Hammersmith

Lyric Hammersmith: Follow these simple steps to make a donation towards the Capital Development:

Step 1: Click on Floor 1 or Floor 2
Step 2: Click on a room to see what items are

Yahoo’s Homepage Isn’t Raising Enough Money For Hurricane Sandy Relief, Let’s All Step Up | TechCrunch

Yahoo’s Homepage Isn’t Raising Enough Money For Hurricane Sandy Relief, Let’s All Step Up | TechCrunch: Silicon Valley is slowly getting into gear, with Yahoo! doing its normal fundraising on its homepage. There’s only one problem, though: It doesn’t seem like the site is raising that much money. Now mind you, any money during this time is fantastic, but if you look back to 2005 during Hurricane Katrina, Yahoo! performed quite well for fundraising during that period.

Let’s look at Yahoo’s homepage today, which features the donation page and tracks how much money has been raised. I believe this is fantastic and it’s something every major site should add, maybe including ours:

Wells Fargo 'Days of Giving' Donates to 8 Roswell Non-Profits - Roswell, GA Patch

Wells Fargo 'Days of Giving' Donates to 8 Roswell Non-Profits - Roswell, GA Patch: Eight Roswell non-profits were honored with $1,000 Days of Giving donations Tuesday as the Wells Fargo program exceeds $1 million in grants to groups across Georgia this fall, since its beginning four years ago

In all, 62 groups received $1,000 checks at a community breakfast at Founders Hall in Roswell. Three additional breakfasts are occurring across Atlanta this fall and 251 groups in all will receive the same gift.

SBA Loans For Nonprofit Operations - TheNonProfitTimes

SBA Loans For Nonprofit Operations - TheNonProfitTimes: If your nonprofit operates in any county that has been declared a major disaster area by President Barack Obama due to Hurricane Sandy, it might be eligible for low-interest loan from the Small Business Administration (SBA).

Some Staten Island nonprofit groups postpone fundraisers | SILive.com

Some Staten Island nonprofit groups postpone fundraisers | SILive.com: STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- In consideration of the continuing effort in families and communities to recover from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy, some nonprofits have postponed their fundraisers scheduled for next week.

Message to Schools of Public Affairs: Innovate or Die - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active and engaged democracy.

Message to Schools of Public Affairs: Innovate or Die - NPQ – Nonprofit Quarterly - Promoting an active and engaged democracy.: NASPAA also serves as the accrediting body for these master’s degree programs, the majority of which offer a nonprofit concentration. Nearly 500 people—largely deans, directors and faculty members—attended the conference.

The buzzwords I heard throughout the conference sessions were innovation, adaptation, collaboration and teaching across sectors.

Top 5 #Philanthropy Reads - October 2012 (Philanthropy Front and Center-Cleveland )

Top 5 #Philanthropy Reads - October 2012 (Philanthropy Front and Center-Cleveland ): Top 5 #Philanthropy Reads - October 2012

At the beginning of every month, we review the top five posts driving traffic to Philanthropy Front and Center Cleveland from the previous month. If you didn't catch them the first time, we hope you enjoy reading them now. And, we are always interested in your thoughts, so weigh in by leaving comments.

Philanthropy Day Awards Luncheon set for Nov. 15

Philanthropy Day Awards Luncheon set for Nov. 15: CHESTERTON | The Association of Fund Raising Professionals Indiana Northwest Chapter will host its fourth annual National Philanthropy Day awards luncheon and program from 11:15 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 15 at Sand Creek Country Club, 1001 S. Clubhouse Drive

The public is welcome to attend. Special guest Andrew Watt, president and CEO of AFP, is the featured speaker.

NBC adds Hurricane Sandy fundraising special Friday, moves 'Revolution' to 9 p.m. | Tulsa World

NBC adds Hurricane Sandy fundraising special Friday, moves 'Revolution' to 9 p.m. | Tulsa World: NBC shuffling its programming for Friday again to add fundraising special featuring performances by Bruce Springsteen and Christina Aguilera.


The special, which will benefit the American Red Cross' Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, will also air on the NBCUniversal channels Bravo, USA, E!, CNBC, MSNBC, Style, Syfy and G4. It will be broadcast live from NBC's 30 Rock studios in New York and live-streamed on NBC.com. There is a possibility other channels may carry the event, according to hollywoodreporter.com.

Palm Springs Charities - The deaths of longtime desert philanthropists in the past few years highlight the need for the next generation to carry the selfless torch into the future.

Palm Springs Charities - The deaths of longtime desert philanthropists in the past few years highlight the need for the next generation to carry the selfless torch into the future.: Finding and developing a new generation of philanthripists can be challenging for nonprofit organizations.

“Cultivating the next generation of givers — millennials/Gen Yers, Gen Xers, or even baby boomers — generally requires an understanding of social dynamics and contemporary communication preferences,” says Greg Murphy, fund development director for Gilda’s Club Desert Cities. “Although one doesn’t necessarily need an app to reach them, you do need a point of engagement that conveys your mission in an appealing and direct way, whether virtually through a website or through actual interaction. Once engaged, the easier it will be for a prospective donor to act on a charitable impulse.”

Hurricane Hits, Apocalypse Looms. Get a Go Bag! | Inspiring Generosity

Hurricane Hits, Apocalypse Looms. Get a Go Bag! | Inspiring Generosity: To punctuate the point the Eastern Massachusetts chapter of the Red Cross launched a new site last week, SavingZombies.com. The site plays on people’s fears of a full blown apocalypse on December 21 as predicted by the Mayan Calendar. No one knows what will happen on that day, but the Red Cross has a good guess: zombie apocalypse.

A Recovery Plan for Fundraisers Facing Burnout - Fundraising Wisdom - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

A Recovery Plan for Fundraisers Facing Burnout - Fundraising Wisdom - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: A Recovery Plan for Fundraisers Facing Burnout

October 31, 2012, 2:40 pm

By Carol Weisman

Do any of these describe you?

You spend more the 50 percent of your therapy session talking about fundraising.

Your efforts to get board members to help raise money are so unpleasant, you find yourself daydreaming of the good old days when you were on the front lines in the Vietnam War.

You have gained more than 30 pounds, tripled your alcohol consumption, or taken up smoking over the age of 40.

You and a co-worker are thinking of leaving together. The only thing you haven’t decided is who will be Thelma and who will be Louise.

If any of these sound familiar, you may be suffering from burnout.

Cause Philanthropub Plans to Give All its Profits to Charity - Young & Hungry

Cause Philanthropub Plans to Give All its Profits to Charity - Young & Hungry: Cause will operate like any other bar: You come in, buy drinks, eat food. The restaurant pays its staff and its bills. And then it does something completely unheard of in the restaurant industry: It gives 100 percent of the profits to charity.

At the opening, Ratwani quickly acknowledged to the crowd of nonprofit reps, friends, and media that he and Vilelle have no restaurant experience. “Two psychologists trying to start a restaurant? I’m sure everybody knows the statistics about the failure rate of restaurants.”

Birdies for Charity breaks record

Birdies for Charity breaks record: The 2011 John Deere Classic broke a record for money raised by almost $1 million.

The 2012 campaign crushed that record — raising $1.5 million more than the previous year.

And it all goes to local charities and community organizations.

During a news conference Wednesday at the John Deere Pavilion in Moline, tournament staff and volunteers shared their excitement with representatives of the 493 funded programs that stopped by to pick up their checks.

Social Life Comes to Halt as Library, WNYC Cancel Galas - Businessweek

Social Life Comes to Halt as Library, WNYC Cancel Galas - Businessweek: Arriving in one of the busiest weeks of New York’s social season, Hurricane Sandy forced dozens of nonprofits to cancel their fundraisers. Vendors and nonprofits will have to work out the financials of the situation and determine their next steps.

Rosenblum: Why do I feel bad saying no to giving a buck here and there? | StarTribune.com

Rosenblum: Why do I feel bad saying no to giving a buck here and there? | StarTribune.com: So we want to explain that our giving tends to be, well, more strategic. We support organizations that we feel passionate about, after we've vetted them. We join friends at galas that are important to them. We support our professional organizations. And periodically, we reassess and shift our donor dollars.

But there are 12 people now behind us in the coffee line.

"You are not alone," assured Michael Nilsen, spokesman for the Virginia-based Association of Fundraising Professionals. This type of at-the-counter pitch has "exploded" over the past five or 10 years, he said, for a compelling reason. It raises lots of money for nonprofits trying to break out of the pack.

Politics of generosity show up in national rankings | StarTribune.com

Politics of generosity show up in national rankings | StarTribune.com: What is generosity?

Philanthropy experts such as Schervish shake their heads at state "generosity indexes."

"Generosity is a function of people's care for each other," Schervish said. "Charitable giving is charitable giving [reported on a tax return]."

His center has studied state charity differences and did not find significant differences between Bible Belt and Northern states.

"Do you take care of a sick mother? Do you save for your children's education?" he asked. "Do you send money [to family] in anot

Why Long Fundraising Letters Outpull Shorter Ones

Why Long Fundraising Letters Outpull Shorter Ones: Excerpted from The Fundraiser's Guide to Irresistible Communications: Real-World, Field-Tested Strategies to Raise More Money

Aunt Ruth was smiling. Aglow with happiness. I couldn't figure it out.

My 79-year-old aunt had just brought in the day's mail. There was a lot of it, including several fundraising appeals. She threw one away unopened. The others she set on the small table next to her comfy chair. Smiling. The whole time.

Jamie Oliver Gets Hairy Upper Lip for Movember Charity - Businessweek

Jamie Oliver Gets Hairy Upper Lip for Movember Charity - Businessweek: Movember, a global cancer campaign that encourages men to grow moustaches in November, has a record number of registrations this year driven by the growth in users of Facebook (FB) Inc. and Twitter Inc.

Komen Foundation Still Struggles to Regain Momentum - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Komen Foundation Still Struggles to Regain Momentum - Philanthropy Today - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Komen Foundation Still Struggles to Regain Momentum

October 30, 2012, 12:13 pm

Months after it courted controversy by withdrawing its support for Planned Parenthood and then restoring it, the Susan G. Komen Foundation is struggling to regain its traditional level of fundraising and attendance at its Race for the Cure e

Charities Scramble to Raise Money After Sandy Hits - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Charities Scramble to Raise Money After Sandy Hits - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Nonprofit organizations are starting to mobilize donations to help victims of Hurricane Sandy, but so far the sums appear to be small.

That’s in part because the two big groups involved in disaster fundraising, the American Red Cross and the Salvation Army, declined to release a tally of how much they have collected so far.

Charitable Deduction Isn’t ‘Loophole To Close’ - TheNonProfitTimes

Charitable Deduction Isn’t ‘Loophole To Close’ - TheNonProfitTimes: In the middle of an acrimonious election season, policymakers in Washington, D.C., are faced with a looming “fiscal cliff” and the very real possibility that their delay in dealing with a number of fiscal policies is finally catching up with the country.

The facts are stark and can be universally agreed upon: With the growth in entitlement spending and a tax code that grows more complex every year, this country faces a major need to look at all fiscal policy to determine what is the best path forward for long-term, sustained economic growth. Regardless of what mix of “revenue enhancements” and spending cuts are used, a healthy nonprofit sector will be a critical component to these changes.

Want Young Volunteers? Think Short, Sociable, and Fun

Want Young Volunteers? Think Short, Sociable, and Fun: DoSomething.org, the classy nonprofit that entices young people to volunteer and take social actions, released results last week of its survey of how young people volunteer. The conclusions should be taken seriously by nonprofits, if they want to really involve more young people.

The survey covered more than 4,000 young people ages 13 to 22 and asked about their motivations and preferences. Here are some of the findings:

New CEO aims to diversify Komen fundraising � Philanthropy North Carolina

New CEO aims to diversify Komen fundraising � Philanthropy North Carolina: On the heels of that drop, Komen’s Raleigh-based North Carolina Triangle to the Coast affiliate has a new executive director and big plans to diversify its fundraising to support its recent expansion in southeastern North Carolina.

“We’ve been extremely successful with our events,” says Pam Kohl, a nonprofit veteran who joined Komen in August after serving for nine years as district director for U.S. Rep. Brad Miller. “Just like any nonprofit, we know we can never depend on any particular revenue stream.”