August 26, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — Seventy-two percent of Americans say they have cut back the time they spend volunteering and performing other civic activities in the past year — largely as the result of the recession, according to the study by the National Conference on Citizenship.
Executive Issues
August 25, 2009, Bloomberg — Swarthmore College, perennially ranked among the top liberal arts colleges, was among a select few to replace loans with grants to 50 percent of its 1,500 students as the endowment peaked at $1.4 billion two years ago.
Washington, August 26, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — Americans reported making donations of $46.8-billion in noncash gifts in 2006, counting only the taxpayers who took total deductions of more than $500 for such gifts during the year, according to a new report from the Internal Revenue Service.
August 23, 2009, Jacksonville.com — As he mowed his lawn on a recent Saturday morning, the head of Jacksonville's public broadcasting station mulled over the plight of local nonprofits.
August 21, 2009, The New York Times — At a social service agency on Staten Island where budget cuts forced the layoff of a driver, the staff scrambles to arrange transportation to Brooklyn for an elderly homeless woman whose family has agreed to take her in.
August 20, 2009, The Seattle Times — Jeff Raikes has kept a pretty low profile in his first year as chief executive of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The man who built Microsoft Office now runs the largest private foundation in the world, which gives out more than $3 billion a year from an endowment of $30 billion.
LOS ANGELES, August 19, 2009 — Financial literacy nonprofit Operation HOPE today announced the release of HOPE Founder John Hope Bryant’s latest book, “Love Leadership: The New Way to Lead in a Fear-Based World,” out this month by Jossey-Bass, which outlines his key to success and offers solutions to empowering communities by “leading with love.” Designated proceeds from book sales will go towards the organization’s “silver rights” mission to empower the underserved.
WASHINGTON, August 16, 2009, Reuters — The popular "cash-for-clunkers" program is boosting U.S. auto sales and manufacturing but is also slashing donations to charities that rely on gifts of cars to fund social programs, charity officials say.
August 10, 2009, Associated Press — Donors who usually give money to Big Brothers Big Sisters and other nonprofit agencies are demanding to see data on the how well the groups perform, a move spurred by the struggling economy.
August 6, 2009, Crain's New York Business — Deutsche Bank is doling out $1.4 million worth of emergency grants to 14 arts organizations in New York City to help them continue their programming during the recession.