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Pete Brent has been with Trinity Information Systems, a division of Trinity Direct, since its founding.

American charities say they haven’t raised nearly what they need to help Pakistan’s flood victims.

Aid workers report that they are being forced to decide which assistance programs are most urgent, scale back plans to serve more people, and close clinics ahead of schedule because they lack sufficient cash.

FundRaising Success: How would you define where the fundraising sector in the United States is in regard to mobile giving?

Jim Killion: Mobile giving is in its infancy, but with the dramatic results achieved by the Red Cross with text-to-give to Haiti relief, it is now on most people's radar. In many ways, mobile giving is where what is now often referred to as "traditional Internet giving" was six or eight years ago. And just as Internet giving has taken off in the last decade, so will mobile giving. But the move to mobile will be much faster than the move to Internet giving.

March 31, 2010, Philanthropy Journal — U.S. donors made record-high donations million in 2009 to the annual Red Kettle Campaign of The Salvation Army, up 7 percent from 2008, the organization says.

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March 17, 2010, Philanthropy News Digest — The Salvation Army has announced that donations to its iconic Red Kettle campaign reached a record $139 million in 2009, topping the $130 million the campaign generated in 2008.

Feb. 19, 2010, The New York Times — To settle a longstanding suit alleging that the Salvation Army preached Christianity in the course of its government-financed social services work, an agreement has been reached to ensure that it does not do so, the New York Civil Liberties Union announced Wednesday.

Nonprofit organizations around the world are raising millions of dollars via mobile fundraising for disaster relief in Haiti. And their experiences might well turn out to be both proving and testing grounds for this still-new medium.

In the session “Mobile, Online, Offline” at the DMA Nonprofit Federation 2010 Washington Nonprofit Conference last week, the “mobile” part of the presentation — moderated by Mark Smith, fundraising director, Greenpeace — took center stage as attendees engaged with speakers in a lively Q&A portion.

Louisville, Ky., November 23, 2009 — Louisville's Salvation Army kettle ringers will now accept credit cards as a way to help increase donations. The organization decided to make the change after hearing from shoppers who wanted to give, but didn't carry cash. Organizers said the holiday donations are important because they account for nearly one third of the overall contributions for the year.

AUSTIN, TEXAS, November 16, 2009 — Charity Dynamics, a provider of comprehensive online solutions for nonprofits, today announced that the company’s innovative social networking application,  Boundless Fundraising, is performing better than expected and delivering exceptional results for nonprofit organizations that conduct special event fundraising.

November 12, 2009, Philadelphia Inquirer — Seven of the region's most venerable nonprofit groups have formed an unusual fund-raising consortium in response to the loss last year of United Way support.