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.
August 10, 2009, The Plain Dealer — Pressure has never been so great for nonprofits to prove their worth. For groups seeking grants and donations, it's no longer enough to have a charismatic director or a touching story to tell.
CHICAGO, August 8, 2009, The Washington Post — Vehicles already were lined up for one of the weekly auto auctions benefiting Texans Can, a charity that helps at-risk teenagers and their families, when prospective donors started to call, saying they had changed their minds.
INDIANAPOLIS, August 3, 2009 — The fundraising climate for U.S. charities continued to decline in the first half of 2009, according to the latest Philanthropic Giving Index (PGI) released today by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.
The James Irvine Foundation — The current economic downturn has been one of the most severe in U.S. history. It has affected every sector of the economy and has profound implications for nonprofit organizations and those served by them. Many nonprofit organizations, facing declining revenues and increasing need, are considering how best to respond to these unprecedented circumstances and how to most effectively manage through this recession and beyond.
