July 28, 2009
July 28, 2009, BBC News — On a cold December day, volunteers were sent out into the streets of Bury St Edmunds with their collection tins and encouraged to do their best.
Executive Issues
July 28, 2009
July 27, 2009, The Wall Street Journal — While planned giving programs steadily gain popularity with charities and their donors, they’re becoming less popular with the banks that service them.
July 24, 2009
July 23, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — Just over half of charities saw a drop in donations between March and May of this year, the same portion as reported a decline between October and February, according to a survey by the nonprofit watchdog group Guidestar.
July 20, 2009
July 17, 2009, Seattle Post-Intelligencer — It was a rough year, but they're still on top.
July 20, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 16, 2009 — Fundraisers for schools, colleges and universities will likely see an average decline in giving to education of 3.9 percent when they close their books for the 2008-09 academic year, according to the Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s fundraising index.
July 20, 2009
July 20, 2009, The Baltimore Sun — David Sears had high hopes for his first year leading the fundraising office at Loyola College.
July 17, 2009
July 16, 2009, Forbes.com — By now all of us have heard the ominous warnings about the "unraveling of the social safety net." But what does this really mean? And what can we as private citizens who have also been--both personally and professionally--deeply affected by the financial crisis do to repair it?
July 16, 2009
July 15, 2009, The Examiner — This year’s recession has hurt many volunteer-based organizations both in terms of human resources and donations, leaving the 290 attendees at Wednesday’s opening session of the American Marketing Association Nonprofit Marketing Conference primed for good online fund-raising ideas.
July 15, 2009
San Francisco, July 13, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — The golden age for philanthropy—and the United States—may be over.
July 14, 2009
July 14, 2009, Third Sector — But overseas development, blindness and Christian charities' donors stay loyal, according to research.
