Bush Foundation charts new course – again | Star Tribune

Bush Foundation charts new course – again | Star Tribune: The Bush Foundation, one of the state’s largest charitable givers, is once more helping nonprofits, both large and small

With A Boost From Bill Gates, Vietnam's Entrepreneurs Put Profits Into Philanthropy

With A Boost From Bill Gates, Vietnam's Entrepreneurs Put Profits Into Philanthropy: Sharing is not a strange idea for ordinary Vietnamese, but big-scale altruism is rare so far, given that serious wealth accumulation started in Vietnam only in the past two decades. Le–who holds interests in real estate development, golf courses and mining–belongs to the first generation of entrepreneurs who started businesses after the Vietnam War. He survived the 1997-98 Asian financial crisis and began giving money to various charities and causes a decade ago. Now nearing age 70, he’s considering whether to devote most of his time to philanthropy.

For Hong Kong's Nellie Fong, Charity Begins Aboard A Train

For Hong Kong's Nellie Fong, Charity Begins Aboard A Train: Fong’s goal is to reduce blindness among the poorest of the poor in China. In 1997 she started Lifeline Express EXPR 0.85%, eye hospitals on trains that travel to the most far-flung corners of China to provide free cataract operations. Doctors have performed more than 150,000 operations on the trains, while the organization also has opened 36 cataract clinics for walk-in patients, 15 ophthalmology training centers in remote villages and 80 centers for taking the exams to become an ophthalmologist. It’s brought the latest technology to rural villages, disbursed medical scholarships for overseas studies and persuaded hundreds of top doctors from around th

Oliphant elected chair of the board of directors of the Center for Effective Philanthropy - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Oliphant elected chair of the board of directors of the Center for Effective Philanthropy - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Grant Oliphant, president of the Downtown-based Heinz Endowments, has been elected chair of the board of directors of the Center for Effective Philanthropy, effective Jan. 1, 2015.

The center is a nonprofit that provides data, research and programming to philanthropies. It has offices in Cambridge, Mass., and San Francisco.

Philanthropy Watchdog Examines The California Endowment and Daniels Fund on New Crowdsourcing Website -- WASHINGTON, June 25, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --

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Philanthropy Watchdog Examines The California Endowment and Daniels Fund on New Crowdsourcing Website -- WASHINGTON, June 25, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --: Today, the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP) unveiled the latest pair of foundation assessments for Philamplify, a new project aimed at bursting the isolation bubble in philanthropy by delivering honest feedback to grantmakers. The new reports, assessing Los Angeles' The California Endowment and Denver's Daniels Fund, are the second set of Philamplify assessments since the project launched in May.

Is The Donor Pyramid Really Dead? An Open Letter to Claire Axelrad from Andrea Kihlstedt | GuideStar Blog

Is The Donor Pyramid Really Dead? An Open Letter to Claire Axelrad from Andrea Kihlstedt | GuideStar Blog: Is The Donor Pyramid Really Dead? An Open Letter to Claire Axelrad from Andrea Kihlstedt
June 25, 2014 � by Courtney Cherico � in Nonprofit Leadership and Practice. �

Inspired by her recent posts on the death of the Donor Pyramid in Fundraising Success Magazine and Maximize Social Business Blog

The Arts Index from Americans for the Arts | Local Arts Index

The Arts Index from Americans for the Arts | Local Arts Index: he LAI provides a set of measures to understand the breadth, depth and character of the cultural life of a community. It provides a framework for relating arts and culture to community priorities and aspirations. Those community priorities may range from economic development and revitalization through jobs or infrastructure, or to youth, education or health concerns. As we know, most American communities regularly struggle with all of these challenges. The LAI can serve as a tool to frame questions about the roles or arts and culture in pursuing these priorities and aspirations, as well as show where a community may stand in relation to national norms.

The Local Arts Index was developed in partnership with arts leadership organizations in over 100 communities and is comprised of a variety of indicators to understand who we are as a community and how that manifests itself through cultural activities and participation.

Can philanthropy make good television? | Deseret News

Can philanthropy make good television? | Deseret News: How to share that with the 60 percent of Americans who don't have a passport or the means to travel? The natural solution for Sawalich, who has a background in entertainment and his own production company, was to form a crew and bring cameras along. That's the concept behind "Operation Change," a 10-part series created by Sawalich that premiered Monday on OWN, the Oprah Winfrey Network.

Weaving Nonprofit Capacity Building Into Philanthropy: An Interview with Kathy Reich | Social Velocity

Weaving Nonprofit Capacity Building Into Philanthropy: An Interview with Kathy Reich | Social Velocity: In today’s Social Velocity interview, I’m talking with Kathy Reich, Director of Organizational Effectiveness Grantmaking at the David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Kathy leads a cross-cutting program to help grantees around the world improve their strategy, leadership, and impact. Her team makes grants on a broad range of organizational development issues, from business planning to social media st

Aviation Museum Inks Deal to Save ‘Rosie the Riveter’ Plant – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Aviation Museum Inks Deal to Save ‘Rosie the Riveter’ Plant – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: The Yankee Air Museum in Michigan has signed an agreement to purchase a portion of a historic former factory associated with the “Rosie the Riveter” army of women who built bombers during World War II, The Ann Arbor News and the Associated Press report.

Gaming Can Mean Big Revenue, Little Profit for Jewish Groups – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Gaming Can Mean Big Revenue, Little Profit for Jewish Groups – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Several Jewish charities have reported losing money on bingo and poker fundraising in recent years despite taking in millions of dollars in revenue on the games, according to The Jewish Daily Forward.

Volunteerism up at United Way, down in U.S. � Philanthropy North Carolina

Volunteerism up at United Way, down in U.S. � Philanthropy North Carolina: The rate of volunteerism has grown at local United Ways in the U.S. but dropped in the U.S. overall, a new report from United Way Worldwide says.

Most volunteers are not volunteering for work likely to make the most impact in addressing priority community needs, says Volunteering: The Force Multiplier for Community Change.

PTA Thrift Shop grows, plans nonprofit center � Philanthropy North Carolina

PTA Thrift Shop grows, plans nonprofit center � Philanthropy North Carolina: ARRBORO, N.C. — Since it was created in 1952 to help generate funds for arts education in the Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools, the PTA Thrift Shop has raised and donated an estimated $7 million to $8 million to local schools.

In December, it opened a new 14,000-square-foot flagship store in a 22,000-square-foot facility it built at 125 West Main St. in Carrboro to replace a smaller building built in the 1940s as a grocery store.

Is it time for churches to go high-tech with the offering plate?

Is it time for churches to go high-tech with the offering plate?: "One of the phenomena that we've seen is that there's been a shift to people giving online," he reports.

Among charities that work with Dunham and Company, as many as 50 percent of people who receive fundraising mailings still go online to make their contribution.

Pittsburgh Suburb Tries to Restrict Door-to-Door Solicitors - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

Pittsburgh Suburb Tries to Restrict Door-to-Door Solicitors - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly: Don’t knock on doors in Baldwin, Pennsylvania to solicit money for a nonprofit unless you’re carrying your registration. Stephanie Hacke reports for the Tribune-Review that Baldwin has passed an ordinance requiring members of nonprofit, religious, and charitable organizations to register with the Baldwin police before they solicit for anything on a door-to-door basis.

Calif. Budget Reverses Stagnant Spending for the Arts – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Calif. Budget Reverses Stagnant Spending for the Arts – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Reversing more than a decade of stagnant spending on the arts, California legislators have approved a budget that allocates $5-million for the state’s cultural grant-making body, reports the Los Angeles Times.

If signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, the 2014-15 spending plan would bring the first increase in 11 years for the California Arts Council, which has received $1-million in taxpayer funds annually since 2003-2004.

Opinion: Take Care When ‘Philanthro-Shaming’ the Wealthy – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Opinion: Take Care When ‘Philanthro-Shaming’ the Wealthy – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Opinion: Take Care When ‘Philanthro-Shaming’ the Wealthy

A philanthropy expert assesses the growing trend of critiquing the very rich based on the level of their giving relative to their net worth in an online Washington Post column.

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massnonprofit.org ::: June 12, 2014 — Leaders at Massachusetts nonprofits receive an average annual base salary of $119,952 while nearly half of the staff at small to mid-sized organizations earn under $28,000 annually, according to a recently completed, comprehensive salary and benefit survey of the state’s nonprofit sector.

The survey, undertaken for Third Sector New England (TSNE), a Boston-based nonprofit that provides management resources to other nonprofits, examined compensation practices at 250 small to mid-sized nonprofits.

According to the survey, executive directors or chief executive officers at nonprofits with annual budgets up to $250,000 get an average yearly base salary of $52,944. Those with annual budgets of $250,000 to $1 million get an average base salary of $72,916, while those with annual budgets of $1 million to $2.5 million get an average annual base pay of $106,533.

Giving Gets Its Groove Back—But Grooves a Little Differently - Press - AFP

Giving Gets Its Groove Back—But Grooves a Little Differently - Press - AFP: There is SOME not so good news: not all categories of charity have rebounded. But the reality is that giving is up by more than four percent in the US, according to the newly released Giving USA report that looks at giving levels from 2013.

Giving USA: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2013 highlights the estimated giving totals by Americans throughout the year 2013. The “estimation” is due to the slight fluctuation that may happen over the next two years based on additional input from the IRS. But, for the time being, giving in 2013 is reported to have reached $335.17 billion, which is the highest it has been since the Great Recession in 2009.

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Fundraising gets a welcome lift | Crain's New York Business

Fundraising gets a welcome lift | Crain's New York Business: A study of 122 nonprofit executives surveyed by Crain's and the Association of Fundraising Professionals-New York found that 57% of fundraisers believed their employers would bring in more money in 2014, but that only 44% think the overall landscape is improving. A majority seem to believe there is a greater need for the services they provide, with 66% reporting they are expanding programming.

What Questions Do You Include in Donor Surveys? | Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog

What Questions Do You Include in Donor Surveys? | Kivi's Nonprofit Communications Blog: What Questions Do You Include in Donor Surveys?

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Nonprofits' Impact on City Larger Than Expected

Nonprofits' Impact on City Larger Than Expected: Survive might not be the correct verbiage, according to a recent survey conducted by the Long Beach Nonprofit Partnership in accordance with the CSULB Office of Economic Research. A more suitable word choice is thrive, as the nonprofits continue to grow and become a more integral part of the economy according to a recent study.

Toms Shoes, Pioneer in Mixing Philanthropy and Sales, Is on the Block – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Toms Shoes, Pioneer in Mixing Philanthropy and Sales, Is on the Block – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Toms, the for-profit footwear manufacturer noted for integrating philanthropy into its business model by donating a pair of shoes to a needy person for every one it sells, is on the market and could fetch as much as $600-million, according to the Financial Times.

Nonprofits Watch Nervously as Watchdog Groups Multiply and Demand More - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Nonprofits Watch Nervously as Watchdog Groups Multiply and Demand More - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: ust in the last month, two of the latest efforts made their debut:

Philamplify, started by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy, combines a Yelp-like website that seeks feedback on foundations from the public with in-depth research. It has issued three reports so far and hopes to assess 100 big grant makers.
Transparify, a group that rates think tanks based on how well they disclose their sources of financial support and how they spend their money, released its first report on 169 organizations, including 35 in the United States.

How billionaires are fixing philanthropy - The Washington Post

How billionaires are fixing philanthropy - The Washington Post: The past two decades have spawned a new wave of billionaires who’ve have taken up the banner of social justice, sparking a golden age of philanthropy not seen since the days of Rockefeller, Carnegie and Morgan. A study at Boston College found the 0.22 percent of families with incomes of $1 million or more contributed about 13 percent of charitable giving in the United States. Since the early 1980s, the number of grant-giving foundations has spiked from about 22,000 to some 65,000 today.

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Take Our Major Gift Fundraising Aptitude Quiz: Major gift fundraising, in particular, requires “extroverted people lovers.” It requires an outgoing personality, a love of building and nurturing relationships, having personal, one-on-one conversations regularly and no fear of the ask.

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Outdoors | Calm seas lead to long runs, big catches at Fire Charity Fishing Tournament | Outdoors | Bradenton Herald

Outdoors | Calm seas lead to long runs, big catches at Fire Charity Fishing Tournament | Outdoors | Bradenton Herald: A beautiful weekend of weather brought out many of the area's best anglers last weekend for the seventh annual Fire Charity Fishing Tournament. The tournament is not only about fishing, it's about raising funds for charity and has done so since its inception.

"We raised $10,000 for Children's Burn Foundation of Florida," said event host Erik Nicholson, "our biggest yet in seven years!"

Nonprofit Outreach helps homeless teens celebrate graduation

Nonprofit Outreach helps homeless teens celebrate graduation: Jones is one of 25 homeless or formerly homeless seniors who received help from the faith-based organization this past year to enable them to earn their high school diploma or GED. The organization provides necessities and services, such as food, clothing, transportation, tutoring, textbooks — even fancy duds for prom and caps and gowns for graduation — for more than 400 homeless young men and women aged 14-24 each year, according to its website.

The graduating students and Outreach employees gathered at an open house graduation party Saturday at Post Road Christian Church on Indianapolis' Far Eastside. Local companies, organizations and residents donated goods and services for graduation gifts for the youths.

Brockton mayor seeks cash from larger nonprofits - South - The Boston Globe

Brockton mayor seeks cash from larger nonprofits - South - The Boston Globe: Sticking to a campaign promise not to raise taxes, Brockton Mayor Bill Carpenter released a $375 million budget last week that omits a 2.5 percent increase allowed under the tax limits of Proposition 2�.

Instead, the new mayor said he is on a quest for new revenue to fill in gaps, and in addition to selling about $700,000 worth of municipally owned properties in recent weeks, he has asked 21 of the city’s major nonprofit organizations to forge voluntary payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreements with the city.

In negotiating such agreements, Brockton would join a number of other area communities, including Easton and Bridgewater, that receive similar annual payments.