Top Wounded Warrior donor calls for CEO's resignation - CBS News

Top Wounded Warrior donor calls for CEO's resignation - CBS News: "CBS News has learned Fred Kane is one of several major donors who are ending their support, and he wants answers from the group's board of directors.

Sources with direct knowledge of the charity's operations said the board signs off on all of the charity's major spending, including expensive staff retreats."



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Donor centricity is easy, but it’s not | 101fundraising

Donor centricity is easy, but it’s not | 101fundraising: "It’s really unfair. Like any fundraiser, you’ll eventually discover the concept of donor centricity, just like any marketeer discovers customer experience optimisation. You’ll love the concept, because your gut tells you it’s the Truth. You’ll read all available material to find out how to do it. And then, as soon as you get started, you’ll start facing problems, resistance and obstruction every single step of your donor centricity project. While you’re trying to make things better for everyone. Really, really unfair."



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The industry that adds jobs throughout a recession, but makes no profits - The Washington Post

The industry that adds jobs throughout a recession, but makes no profits - The Washington Post: "The great recession of 2008 hit most business sectors hard, leading to layoffs and downsizing. But according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, at least one type of enterprise kept adding jobs all the way through, poor economy notwithstanding: Non-profits.

Here's what employment in the non-profit and private sector looked like from 2007 through 2012:"



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Can Nonprofits Pay Board Members or Appoint Paid Staff?

Can Nonprofits Pay Board Members or Appoint Paid Staff?:



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Wounded Warrior charity downgraded | SanDiegoUnionTribune.com

Wounded Warrior charity downgraded | SanDiegoUnionTribune.com: "A San Diego nonprofit that evaluates military charities and recommends them for support is criticizing spending practices at the Wounded Warrior Project.

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The Patriots Initiative, which relies on both qualitative and quantitative research to judge the effectiveness of charities that serve veterans and members of the armed forces, said there is no excuse for certain spending by Wounded Warrior officials, recently reported in the media."



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Toward Transfeminism: Moving Beyond Inclusion | Nonprofit Quarterly

Ongoing series from NPQ Toward Transfeminism: Moving Beyond Inclusion | Nonprofit Quarterly: "This piece is part of our ongoing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Project created to spotlight millennials’ voices and thoughts on diversity and justice. We urge you to read how this project came together in collaboration between NPQ and the Young Nonprofit Professionals Network and about the ideology behind this series. We intend to publish another 22 pieces in the upcoming months. Readers will be able to subscribe to an RSS feed to follow articles as they are published, approximately every two weeks. NPQ and YNPN will be using the hashtag #EDISeries, so post about the series along with us."



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Alaska zoo's challenge: keep patrons coming in winter

Alaska zoo's challenge: keep patrons coming in winter: "Ever wanted to feed a snow leopard? What about a moose, or a pack of wolves? This year you can, for a tidy sum.

It's part of a package deal at the Alaska Zoo, just one piece in a strategy particular to non-profits in the high north: Finding ways to bring in a little extra cash during the long, lean winter months ahead of tourist season."



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The Blackbaud Index: Nonprofits Experience a Lift in Charitable Giving

Press Releases | BlackbaudNews.com: "The Blackbaud Index: Nonprofits Experience a Lift in Charitable Giving

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Nicole McGougan
The Blackbaud Index reported that overall charitable giving to nonprofits increased 0.4% while online giving increased 10.8% for the three months ending January 2016 as compared to the same period in 2015.
As reported in the recently released Charitable Giving Report, overall giving in the United States increased 1.6% while online giving grew 9.2% for the full year 2015 as compared to the full year 2014. To learn more about how nonprofit fundraising performed in 2015, download the full report at www.blackbaud.com/charitablegiving."



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Cutting Fundraisers Doesn’t Result In Greater Efficiency - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times

Cutting Fundraisers Doesn’t Result In Greater Efficiency - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times: "Management experts have been harping for decades that nonprofits should operate more like for-profit corporations. Well, now they are emulating many for-profit firms. They just aren’t selecting the correct organizations to replicate. Successful for-profits “sell” their way out of a recession. That means adding staff to move product and find new leads. Charities have tended to go in the opposite direction, laying-off the revenue drivers when budgets get tight instead of doubling down on those hired to generate the income.

The U.S. economy goes into recession roughly every nine years with varying lengths and depths. It’s not as if charity executives can’t see one coming and plan for it. When the higher-ups screw up, the fundraisers are the ones who either get chopped or pushed to do even more with a donor base that shrinks every day."



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Record Fundraising Haul and Cookie Action after St. Louis Archbishop Calls for Rejection of Girl Scouts | Nonprofit Quarterly

Record Fundraising Haul and Cookie Action after St. Louis Archbishop Calls for Rejection of Girl Scouts | Nonprofit Quarterly: "There is nothing like an unwarranted attack on a women’s group to cause the wagons to be circled and get cash thrown into the kitty. After Archbishop Robert Carlson of St. Louis, Missouri, called on Catholic parishes to cut their century-long ties with the Girl Scouts because their program “conflicts with Roman Catholic teachings,” the local group, Girl Scouts of Eastern Missouri, broke all of its records at its annual fundraiser last Thursday.

“Dessert First” celebrates the beginning of Girl Scout cookie season, and this year, it attracted 500 guests and raised $350,000."



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Bingo Becomes Increasingly Tough Gamble For Texas Charities « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth

Bingo Becomes Increasingly Tough Gamble For Texas Charities « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth: "More than 600 organizations sponsored bingo games in 2015, but the move by the lottery commission appears to be the first time the state has stripped the licenses of underperforming bingo operators.

Charity bingo was first created in 1980 by a statewide vote, but it has faced declining popularity amid the rise of other gambling options. The number of licensed operators fell from 937 in 2010 to 623 last year."



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How a New Generation of Business Leaders Views Philanthropy

How a New Generation of Business Leaders Views Philanthropy: "Today, business leaders are not only trying to address community and global problems earlier in their lives; they are also questioning the traditional divide between commerce and philanthropy. As prominent hedge fund manager Bill Ackman told me, “When I graduated from business school I thought business was about making money and philanthropy was about doing good. Now I think both can be used as methods for changing the world.” Sir Ronald Cohen, the father of British venture capital, agrees. “We are on the verge of a revolution,” he explains. “Just as technology and entrepreneurship have transformed the way we live, applying investment and business tools to social problems is disrupting everything from philanthropy to governments to investing.”"



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Counting on Charity: Wounded Warrior Project Roundup

Counting on Charity: Wounded Warrior Project Roundup: "Wounded Warrior Project Roundup
Starting with the one-two punch of critiques by CBS and The New York Times, the once pristine Wounded Warrior Project (WWP) has faced substantial scrutiny over the past month.  Now that the dust has somewhat settled on the accusations, I want to provide a brief summary of where things stand from my viewpoint."



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Frates Family Launches ‘Band Together to Strike Out ALS’ | College Baseball Insider

Frates Family Launches ‘Band Together to Strike Out ALS’ | College Baseball Insider: "Baseball programs in the Atlantic Coast Conference have committed to wearing the wristbands that read “Strike Out ALS” and feature Frates’ initials and number (PF3) during the final weekend of the ACC season (May 19-21). In addition, the Boston Red Sox will join Boston College in wearing the wristbands when the teams play an exhibition on Feb. 29, and Major League Baseball also is supporting the cause.

“While we’ve been overwhelmed and humbled by the tremendous support through the Ice Bucket Challenge, Pete was a college baseball player first and foremost,” said John Frates, Pete’s father. “Our hope is that college baseball teams around the country will join one of their own in striking out this dreadful disease."



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Firefighters hope to be top of the poles in world-record attempt (From )

Firefighters hope to be top of the poles in world-record attempt (From ): "HOVE firefighters hope to get back to pole position and reclaim their world record in a blaze of glory.

Green watch firefighters at Hove Community Fire Station are gearing up for a world record pole drop in a bid to reclaim their title of best in the world.

The firefighters are aiming to climb up and slide down nearly 7,000 metres of pole in an hour at a fundraising event on Saturday March 19 at Churchill Square in Brighton."



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Dunham+Company Survey Indicates Charitable Giving Won’t Be Affected By Presidential Election Year | Dunham+Company | fundraising research

Dunham+Company Survey Indicates Charitable Giving Won’t Be Affected By Presidential Election Year | Dunham+Company | fundraising research:



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OPINION: The ideological attack on fundraising, Part 2 – are you a Voluntarist or a Professionalist? | Critical Fundraising

OPINION: The ideological attack on fundraising, Part 2 – are you a Voluntarist or a Professionalist? | Critical Fundraising: "In Part 1 of this blog, I made the case that the repeated recent attacks on charities by the state and media – particularly attacks on fundraising – were ideological in nature and outlined some concepts of what an ideology is and does to see if these claims would stack up.

In this second part, I’m going to outline what I think are two competing ideologies that compete for organising public attitudes, not only about what charities ought to do, but how they ought to go about doing it: the Voluntarist Charity Ideology (or ‘Voluntarism’) and the Professionalist Charity Ideology (or ‘Professionalism’)."



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Silicon Valley nonprofit leaders wary of possible United Way merger - San Jose Mercury News

Silicon Valley nonprofit leaders wary of possible United Way merger - San Jose Mercury News: "The news of a potential merger between struggling United Way of Silicon Valley and the much larger, multicounty United Way of the Bay Area in San Francisco has nonprofit leaders worried that local grant dollars could be lost to other counties."



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Why alumni donations to Yale and other US colleges are hitting a new low - Quartz

Why alumni donations to Yale and other US colleges are hitting a new low - Quartz: "Some two decades years ago, when asked to give to their alma mater, an enthusiastic 50% of Yale graduates opened their wallets. Last year, roughly 33% did, despite steady increases in university solicitation.
Alumni donations are now at their lowest levels in two decades, according to Yale’s Office of Institutional Research. Why? Administrators aren’t sure, but Yale’s president Peter Salovey blames “trends in society today that probably work against participation,” according to the Yale Daily News this week."



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The Y Nominates ‘Zoe’ for President to Cut Through Campaign Noise - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

The Y Nominates ‘Zoe’ for President to Cut Through Campaign Noise - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "he Y announced Thursday its support for a presidential hopeful.

But it’s not backing anyone running in 2016: It’s putting its weight behind Zoe, a one-year-old girl who might run for president when she grows up.

In its "Zoe for President" campaign, the Y, formerly known as the YMCA, will run television and digital ads touting the mock candidate throughout this year’s presidential race."



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Humane Society boss resigns after petition demands her removal | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Humane Society boss resigns after petition demands her removal | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: "The head of the Western PA Humane Society has resigned, days after she was put on administrative leave.

Joy Braunstein had been under pressure after an online petition demanded her removal was circulated.

Statement from Joy Braunstein:

In a statement this afternoon, Ms. Braunstein said: “Given the present circumstances, I have made a personal choice to step away from The Western Pennsylvania Humane Society and resign my position effective immediately out of respect for my family and out of respect for the organization. I wish the Western Pennsylvania Humane Society well and will continue to be a supporter of the organization. "



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Donor's Demands Spark Controversy at U. of California Campus - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Donor's Demands Spark Controversy at U. of California Campus - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "The University of California, Irvine, is weighing turning down $3 million from a Hindu foundation amid faculty and student protests over the level of control the donor seeks over professorships it is funding, writes the Orange County Register."



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Former New York Giants Coach Tom Coughlin Focuses on Charity as he Eyes Return to the NFL - Good Deeds, National Football League : People.com

Former New York Giants Coach Tom Coughlin Focuses on Charity as he Eyes Return to the NFL - Good Deeds, National Football League : People.com: "ill he return to football? "I'm sure that after a certain amount of time, the competitive instincts are going to kick in and I'll want to entertain those type of thoughts," he says. "If that's what is to be, then so be it. Right now, I'm not exactly sure where I will invest my time and energies for a professional level."

While he figures out his next step, Coughlin is pouring his time into his charity, the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation. The organization supports families who are dealing with pediatric cancer. "



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2 Foundations Choose Higher Payouts & Invite Philanthropy to Rethink | Nonprofit Quarterly

2 Foundations Choose Higher Payouts & Invite Philanthropy to Rethink | Nonprofit Quarterly: "NPQ has often advocated for foundations to consider higher payout rates, taking up the issue in some detail in Buzz Schmidt’s classic, “‘Deliberate Deployment’ or Perpetuity: Questions to Inform Timing Strategies for Philanthropy.” Since then, we have seen a number of foundations moving to deploy more of their assets in the here and now—if not by “spending down” more quickly, then by investing more of their full assets in mission-related activity. But Schmidt also suggests that foundations consider a set of questions in a more “deliberate deployment” strategy, and that is what we see in this story."



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8 checkpoints for ministry gift acceptance - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times

8 checkpoints for ministry gift acceptance - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times: "The 2016 presidential election has drawn attention to religion as part of the fabric of American life, and ministries face scrutiny about fundraising and operations as much as secular organizations in the philanthropic sector.

As with any nonprofit, religious institutions rely on outside support, and they must also be scrupulous about the kind of help they accept and how they account for it. Allegations of shady dealing can be harmful for any nonprofit, but when religion is involved whispers of wrongdoing can be particularly ugly. One area in which that it true is the accepting of gifts."



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Coming soon to association learning: gamified learning and microcredentials | Event Garde Blog with Aaron Wolowiec

Coming soon to association learning: gamified learning and microcredentials | Event Garde Blog with Aaron Wolowiec: "Tagoras recently released its much-anticipated 2016 Association Learning + Technology Report, which contains a wealth of information about associations’ efforts to incorporate technology into their educational programs and platforms.

We know the educational landscape is changing as associations adapt to their members’ learning needs and habits. In fact, almost 90 percent of the nearly 200 associations that responded to Tagoras’ survey reported offering technology-enabled or technology-enhanced education for their members."



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Make Your Fundraising Efforts Easier: Stay Compliant! - NonProfit PRO

Make Your Fundraising Efforts Easier: Stay Compliant! - NonProfit PRO: "Many fundraisers and nonprofit executives believe that being 501(c)(3) tax exempt is enough, but often it is not. Forty-one states require charities to register before they solicit donations from their citizens. Think of it as a license to fundraise. The purpose is to protect donors from unregulated and illegitimate organizations that may or may not be using contributions for a charitable cause.
By registering, your nonprofit discloses to the state and the public information about your mission, programs, leadership and finances. In return, your donors can search for your organization in public records, see who you are and where their funds really are going. This is a good thing!"



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The Salvation Army's 125th Red Kettle Campaign Sets New Fundraising Record with Nearly $150 Million Raised - CBS News 8 - San Diego, CA News Station - KFMB Channel 8

The Salvation Army's 125th Red Kettle Campaign Sets New Fundraising Record with Nearly $150 Million Raised - CBS News 8 - San Diego, CA News Station - KFMB Channel 8: "onors and Partners Help Campaign Reach New Heights

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 22, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2015 Red Kettle Campaign collected $149.6 million, setting a new national fundraising record for the campaign. Thanks to the support of donors and corporate partners, the money raised will help The Salvation Army provide food, shelter and social services to nearly 30 million Americans in need this year."



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Crowdfunding in Emerging Markets: Lessons from East African Startups | infoDev

Crowdfunding in Emerging Markets: Lessons from East African Startups | infoDev: "A new report, Crowdfunding in Emerging Markets: Lessons from East African Startups, captures lessons learned from East African entrepreneurs who were among the earliest adopters of crowdfunding in the developing world."



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University of Missouri fundraising takes $6 million hit in December as donors hold back funds - Columbia Daily Tribune | Columbia Missouri: Turmoil At University Of Missouri

University of Missouri fundraising takes $6 million hit in December as donors hold back funds - Columbia Daily Tribune | Columbia Missouri: Turmoil At University Of Missouri: "New pledges and donations to the University of Missouri fell $6 million in December as the campus weathered the fallout of public discontent that also threatens to erode the school’s finances via state support and tuition revenue.

December combines Christmas generosity and the promise of tax deductions on returns due April 15, making it a prime time for fundraisers at major institutions."



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