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AFP eWire
July 9, 2007 |
2006 U.S. Corporate Giving Stronger Than Expected While corporate giving fell significantly in 2006 according to the most recent findings, a report shows that not all the news is bad and that many corporations actually increased their giving.   |
AFP eWire
November 19, 2007 |
Corporate Giving Increases, But Some Cut Back A new report shows that while overall corporate philanthropic giving rose in 2006, a significant number of businesses reported decreasing their contributions levels from 2005. |
AFP eWire
January 8, 2006 |
U.S. Giving to Tsunami Relief Exceeded $3 Billion Approximately 25% of American households contributed a total of $2.78 billion to tsunami relief efforts. Corporations gave $340 million, and foundations accounted for $40 million. |
AFP eWire
November 3, 2005 |
Legislation Formally Recognizing National Philanthropy Day Introduced in the Senate of Canada Senator Jerahmiel S. Grafstein, chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce, introduced legislation that would create the first permanent government-recognized National Philanthropy Day (NPD) in the world. |
AFP eWire
March 7, 2005 |
GE, Novartis and Arch Chemicals Win Corporate Philanthropy Day Awards The Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy (CECP), a forum of business CEOs and chairpersons, celebrated its sixth annual Corporate Philanthropy Day by honoring three companies for their charitable efforts. |
AFP eWire
May 19, 2006 |
Companies Aligning Philanthropy With Their Business Objectives A new report has found that companies are increasingly positioning their giving and other philanthropic activities to match their overall business goals and corporate branding needs. |
AFP eWire
February 6, 2006 |
New Report Shows Fundraisers Hopeful About Giving in U.S. In the second half of 2005, fundraisers became slightly more hopeful than they had been six months previously about the climate for philanthropy in the United States, according to a December survey. |
AFP eWire
November 19, 2007 |
New York Times, Globe and Mail Honor Giving, National Philanthropy Day(R) In conjunction with National Philanthropy Day, two key North American media outlets developed special supplements in 2007 devoted to philanthropy and the charitable sector. |
AFP eWire
November 15, 2005 |
Fundraising Down Slightly Because of Hurricanes: Optimism Still Strong That Giving Will Recover by Year's End According to a survey, nearly half of U.S. charities have seen their fundraising decline because of the Gulf Coast Hurricanes and the associated relief efforts |
AFP eWire
April 24, 2006 |
Survey Shows Hurricane Relief Had Little Impact on U.S. Giving Most Americans who gave money to help victims of the Katrina and Rita hurricanes also contributed to all of their normal charities as well, according to a survey. |
AFP eWire
March 5, 2007 |
Corporate Contributions Up 14 Percent in 2005 Increases in giving were driven by strong growth in revenue and pre-tax profits. However, contribution levels did not keep pace with this growth, as giving both as a percentage of revenue and as a pre-tax profit fell in 2005. |
AFP eWire
June 2, 2009 |
Canada's Senate Passes NPD Bill The Senate today approved a bill that would create the first permanent government-recognized National Philanthropy Day in the world. |
Foundation News & Commentary
May/Jun 2006
Maria Schneider |
Leveraging the Gift A well-thought-out approach to corporate matching gift programs is critical to creating value for the companies. |
AFP eWire
June 20, 2005 |
Charitable Giving Rises Five Percent in 2004 Charitable Giving in the U.S. exceeded $248 billion in 2004, according to the new Giving USA report. |
AFP eWire
June 9, 2009 |
Senate-Passed NPD Bill Introduced in Canada's House of Commons Efforts to create an official day for philanthropy in Canada are again gaining traction in Parliament. |
AFP eWire
July 25, 2005 |
Black Philanthropy: A Growing Force, But Often Unrecognized Black philanthropy is strong and prevalent within the African-American community, but more research and recognition are needed, according to the National Center for Black Philanthropy in Washington, D.C. |
AFP eWire
January 30, 2006 |
Corporate Contributions Up in 2004 Corporate giving to non-profits and charities increased by 22% from 2003 to 2004, according to an annual survey. |
AFP eWire
December 13, 2011 |
Canada's Senate Passes NPD Legislation Canada's Senate passed a bill that would permanently recognize National Philanthropy Day every November. |
AFP eWire
May 27, 2010 |
2009 Household Charitable Giving Down Five Percent from 2008 Individual charitable giving in 2009 amounted to $217.3 billion, a decline of $11.2 billion or 4.9 percent from the estimated $228.5 billion total in 2008, according to the latest report by researchers at the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy at Boston College |
AFP eWire
August 1, 2005 |
Find Updated News, Commentary on AFP Blogs! Want to find out what media outlets across North America and the world are saying about fundraising and philanthropy? Try one of these blogs. |
AFP eWire
November 16, 2010 |
National Philanthropy Day(R) More Important Than Ever Officially celebrated on Nov. 15, people around the globe are coming together to recognize the extraordinary accomplishments that philanthropy -- and those involved in the philanthropic process -- have made to the world. |
AFP eWire
June 19, 2006 |
Annual U.S. Charitable Giving Exceeds $260 Billion American donors gave more than $260 billion to charitable causes in 2005, a 6.1% increase from 2004, according to the annual report Giving USA. |
AFP eWire
November 13, 2006 |
Majority of Wealthy Unaffected by Tax Incentives, Not Interested in Leaving a Legacy A new study reveals that a strong majority of wealthy donors in the US would maintain or increase their charitable giving if the estate tax was repealed, and only 25% of those donors are motivated to leave a legacy in their giving. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
These Companies Are Giving Money Away In a survey of 140 corporations, 53% of respondents upped their giving during 2008, even companies with profits down in the same period. |
AFP eWire
February 28, 2014 |
Charities, Fundraisers Call New Tax Plan a "Mixed Bag"--Appreciate Simplification, Concerned About Impact on Giving The Association of Fundraising Professionals today expressed its appreciation to Rep. Dave Camp (R-Minn.) for recognizing the unique value of the charitable deduction in his new plan that seeks to simplify the tax code. |
AFP eWire
February 4, 2015 |
AFP Statement on President Obama's FY 2016 Budget AFP is pleased that the Obama Administration recognizes the importance of charities, and the critical part the charitable deduction plays in our society, in its FY 2016 Budget. |
AFP eWire
November 12, 2007 |
IRA Rollover Extension Approved by the House The House of Representatives has passed legislation, the Temporary Tax Relief Act of 2007 (H.R. 3996), that includes a one-year extension of the Individual Retirement Account rollover provision and several other charitable giving incentives. |
AFP eWire
March 12, 2007 |
"Voluntourism" on the Rise Travel websites are now making it easier for individuals to engage in volunteer work while on vacation. |
AFP eWire
April 28, 2008 |
IRA Rollover Provision Introduced by Key Senators The chair and ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee have introduced comprehensive tax legislation that includes an extension of the IRA Rollover provision until Dec. 31, 2009. |
AFP eWire
October 16, 2004 |
Corporate Giving Still Robust, New Survey Reports Philanthropic giving by U.S. corporations and corporate foundations increased by 24 percent from 2002 to 2003, according to a new survey. |
AFP eWire
September 20, 2010 |
Most Fundraisers Face Few Ethical Situations Four out of five charitable fundraisers encounter ethical challenges, situations or dilemmas once a month or less, according to a website survey by the Association of Fundraising Professionals. |
AFP eWire
November 5, 2007 |
Corporate Giving Increases Financial Value, Strength Companies that are heavily involved in and supportive of philanthropy perform financially as well as or better than other firms that don't, according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal. |
AFP eWire
September 30, 2015 |
Trump Tax Plan Mixed on Charitable Giving Andrew Watt, the president of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, released a statement in response to Donald Trump's tax reform plan. |
AFP eWire
August 11, 2015 |
AFP News Release: Clinton College Plan Damaging to Philanthropy Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton's college tuition plan would limit the value of the charitable deduction for gifts made by certain taxpayers. |
AFP eWire
October 15, 2007 |
Overview of Canadian Philanthropic Achievements Imagine Canada has released a study detailing the specific achievements that Canadian philanthropy and the country's charitable sector has accomplished. |
AFP eWire
September 10, 2015 |
Bush Tax Plan Preserves Charitable Deduction Governor Jeb Bush has proposed a tax reform structure that protects America's long-standing commitment to charitable giving and philanthropy by keeping the value of the charitable deduction intact. |
AFP eWire
March 5, 2014 |
Limiting Charitable Deductions Is Not The Way to Position U.S. for the 21st Century A budget proposal that would cap all itemized deductions -- including the charitable deduction -- at 28 percent for certain taxpayers would hurt charities' ability to help our citizens prepare for the 21 st century. |
AFP eWire
February 20, 2006 |
College Philanthropy Club Wins Outstanding Youth Award The Midland College Students in Philanthropy Club will receive the 2006 William R. Simms Award for Outstanding Youth in Philanthropy, Ages 18-23, at the upcoming International Conference on Fundraising. |
AFP eWire
January 4, 2005 |
Give, But Give Wisely, to Tsunami Relief Efforts The Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) today encouraged the general public to contribute to tsunami relief efforts, but urged donors to use caution when giving to avoid potential scams. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Mar/Apr 2006
Sarita Venkat |
Corporate Givers Revisit Disaster Grants Although corporations and corporate grantmakers have responded again and again to help after disasters -- and they give their support in a number of ways -- many believe it's time to get a clear disaster relief giving policy in place. |
AFP eWire
February 2, 2010 |
Boston College Researchers Design First Model to Produce Quarterly Estimates of Household Giving "The Boston College Center for Wealth and Philanthropy's Individual Giving Model is a quantum step forward in how we can estimate charitable giving," said AFP President and CEO Paulette V. Maehara. |
AFP eWire
June 16, 2008 |
New Site Houses Resources for Youth in Philanthropy The online resource includes links to youth philanthropy programs, youth grant makers, and public policy information. |
AFP eWire
October 23, 2013 |
National Philanthropy Day(R) to Feature Countdown to Impact Challenge AFP is encouraging all members and their donors to demonstrate how they are changing the world and "showing their love" for their neighbors and community by participating in the Countdown to Impact Challenge, leading up to National Philanthropy Day(R) on Nov. 15. |
AFP eWire
May 21, 2004 |
Is Too Much Volunteering Bad for Your Health? Study found that those respondents who volunteered their time to charities and other groups tended to have worse physical health than those who didn't volunteer. |
The Motley Fool
October 24, 2006
Mary Dalrymple |
Generous Fools Charitable giving climbed last year, and the pace keeps going. |
Investment Advisor
October 2009
James J. Green |
Forget Chicken Little What's the current state of philanthropy? |
AFP eWire
March 25, 2015 |
Discover What Company CSR Executives are Thinking So, what are considered best practices in corporate social responsibility? Does a CSR program bolster a company's reputation? |
AFP eWire
December 10, 2007 |
Majority of Households Give, But Still Many are Not Consistent A majority of U.S. households give to charity consistently every year, but almost three in ten shift every year between giving and not giving. |
AFP eWire
October 17, 2005 |
President Signs Katrina Giving Measures The president has signed into law new charitable giving provisions as part of a Hurricane Katrina tax package designed to encourage giving both to relief organizations and charities overall. |
AFP eWire
December 20, 2011 |
Women Drive Philanthropic Decisions in Wealthy Households, but Nonprofits Must Work for Their Trust, Study Finds In nearly 90 percent of high net worth households, women are either the sole decision maker or an equal partner in decisions about charitable giving. |
