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BusinessWeek
September 19, 2005
William C. Symonds |
Sweating For Dollars Bikeathons and other athletic events are a runaway success for fund-raisers and today, corporate teams play a central role in most such events.   |
AFP eWire
March 3, 2008 |
Fundraising From Athletic Charity Events Grew Strongly in 2007 Funds raised through athletic charitable events such as walkathons and bikeathons grew by more than 10 percent in 2007. |
AFP eWire
March 9, 2010 |
Thon Fundraising Tops $1.6 billion in 2009 Getting people to take part in fundraising runs, walks and rides was not a major problem in 2009, but many participants found it more difficult to raise as much as they had in the past |
AFP eWire
October 8, 2014 |
Growth in Charitable Giving Slowing So Far in 2014 But Majority of Charities Still Raising More Halfway Through the Year Fifty-two percent of charities raised more funds as of mid-2014 than they did as of mid-2013, according to the Nonprofit Research Collaborative's mid-year fundraising survey. |
AFP eWire
December 4, 2012 |
Fundraising Results Overall Stall Mid-Year In its semi-annual survey, the Nonprofit Research Collaborative finds that funds raised at organizations studied were largely unchanged from a year ago. |
AFP eWire
December 5, 2012 |
Hundreds of Charitable Leaders Descend on Capitol Hill to Make Case for Charitable Tax Deduction "The message was clear. The crucial work of the charitable sector in our communities is at risk when any proposals to limit or cap the charitable tax deduction are considered," said Rhett Butler from the American Association of Gospel Rescue Missions. |
| AFP eWire |
54 Percent of Canadian Charitable Organizations Surveyed Say Contributions Rose in 2011 More than half of surveyed Canadian charitable organizations saw growth in charitable giving lase year. |
AFP eWire
April 1, 2015 |
Nearly 75% of Charities Met Fundraising Goals in 2014 The Nonprofit Research Collaborative finds that 73 percent of charities met their fundraising goals in 2014, the best result since the group began asking the question in 2010. |
AFP eWire
March 25, 2014 |
Six In 10 Charities Raise More Funds in 2013 Than in 2012; Rising Giving Seen Across Many Different Sources The finding is part of a larger trend of increasing giving, as a year ago, just 58 percent raised more funds. This year's result of 62 percent is the highest since 2007, before the global recession. |
Wall Street & Technology
January 9, 2006
Cory Levine |
Murtaugh Founds Charitable Business Bank of New York's Jeanne Murtaugh has founded Charitable Charms, a business that creates and sells charms for selected charities, and donates profits to those organizations. |
AFP eWire
December 5, 2011 |
Many U.S. Charities Facing Increased Demand, Signs of Fiscal Stress Smaller charities saw disproportionate declines in funds raised and were more likely to report they are planning budget and services cuts in 2012. |
AFP eWire
June 11, 2009 |
U.S. Giving Declines in 2008 Reflecting Economic Woes Charitable giving in the United States declined for the first time since 1987, reports the Giving USA Foundation, though total giving again broke the $300 billion mark. |
| AFP eWire |
Funds Raised Increased at 58 Percent of US and Canadian Charities in 2012 Nearly six in 10 charities surveyed (58 percent) raised more in 2012 than they did in 2011 from contributions, marking the first time since 2006 that significantly more than half showed such positive results. Last year at this time, 53 percent had raised more. |
| AFP eWire |
53 Percent of U.S. Charitable Organizations Surveyed Say Contributions Rose in 2011 A new report shows first signs of increase in contributions in four years. |
AFP eWire
March 15, 2004 |
AFP Fundraising Survey Shows Giving Rebounded in 2003 Nearly 73 percent of respondents to AFP's third annual State of Fundraising Survey indicated that their organizations raised the same amount of money or more in 2003 than they did in 2002. |
AFP eWire
August 28, 2012 |
Good News, Bad News on Donor Perceptions of Fundraising Costs The average American believes that it's reasonable for charities to spend 23 cents out of every dollar raised on fundraising and administrative costs. Unfortunately, the average American also believes that charities actually spend 37 cents out of every dollar raised on such costs. |
AFP eWire
November 29, 2010 |
Charities Seeing Slight Recovery in Giving, But Not Enough to Keep Up With Demand or Budget Cuts The small rebound hasn't been enough to help many nonprofits that are grappling with staff and service cuts even as demand for their services has increased. |
AFP eWire
October 17, 2005 |
Public Confidence in Charities Remains Low, Study Says A new survey reveals that nearly one-third of Americans have little or no confidence in charities, while two-thirds believe that charities waste a great deal or fair amount of money. |
AFP eWire
January 28, 2008 |
Canadian Giving Strong as Charity Growth Slows While Canadian giving has experienced strong growth over the first five years of the decade, the number of new charities being formed has slowed considerably and the majority of gifts are given to the largest organizations. |
BusinessWeek
October 17, 2005
Catherine Arnst |
Nancy G. Brinker: Promise Keeper Nancy G. Brinker's Race for the Cure has been key to funding advances in breast cancer research. |
AFP eWire
September 25, 2012 |
Nonprofit Organizations with Active Fundraising Boards More Likely to Meet Goal In a research first, the Nonprofit Research Collaborative finds a direct association between active fundraising by nonprofit board members and the organization meeting its fundraising goals. |
AFP eWire
August 1, 2013 |
AFP President Andrew Watt Named to NonProfit Times' Most Influential List The NonProfit Times has named Andrew Watt, FInstF, president and CEO of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, one of the 50 most influential people in the charitable sector. |
AFP eWire
September 27, 2011 |
Action Alert: Charitable Deduction Will the deficit reduction super committee, composed of six House members and six Senators, consider the cap on itemized deductions? |
AFP eWire
May 20, 2015
Andrew Watt |
Comments of the Association of Fundraising Professionals on Cancer Charities Charged With Fraud by FTC AFP responded to the recent action by the Federal Trade Commission against three national charities, Cancer Fund of America, Children's Cancer Fund of America, and Breast Cancer Society. |
AFP eWire
July 19, 2011 |
Good Signs in Overall Giving There's some good news about giving, as a new report shows nonprofit revenue has grown for ten consecutive months from August 2010 to May 2011. |
AFP eWire
February 19, 2013
J. Kevin Wolfe |
Lessons From 2012 That Will Make 2013 A Great Year DonorDrive tracked the successes of several organizations, interviewed key staff and figured out what they were doing right to help them excel in these tough fundraising times. |
AskMen.com
November 3, 2013
Lief Nielsen |
Can You Outrun Your Demons By Signing Up For A Marathon? In a sport where security all of a sudden is a major concern, racers and spectators alike are arguably putting themselves in danger by participating. There has to be more on these newly minted runners' minds than an upbeat desire to run for a really long time. |
AFP eWire
October 1, 2015 |
New Report: Less Than Half of Donors Give Again to Organizations That They Supported in the Previous Year Just 43 percent of donors who gave to participating survey organizations in 2013 gave to those same organizations in 2014. |
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. |
AskMen.com
March 24, 2014
James Fell |
What Does It Take To Run The Boston Marathon? I thought I might stand a slim chance of qualifying if I pushed hard enough. My goal had been to attempt to qualify for the 2015 Boston Marathon, but then a terrible thing happened. |
AFP eWire
July 15, 2014 |
Study Links Charity Fundraising Results to Annual Fund Campaigns Charitable organizations in the U.S. and Canada are more likely to raise funds successfully when they have a formal, annual fundraising drive, according to survey results released by the Nonprofit Research Collaborative. |
AFP eWire
June 30, 2009 |
Help AFP Fight Proposals That Would Limit Charitable Deductions The White House continues to press for harmful limits on charitable deductions to fund healthcare reforms. AFP urges you to contact members of Congress immediately to oppose these measures. |
AFP eWire
May 2, 2005 |
New Giving Index Shows U.S. Philanthropy Quite Strong Despite mixed signals on the economy, Americans continue overwhelmingly to donate to a variety of charitable causes, with more than 90% giving at least $100 to more than $10,000 annually. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2005
Tracy Byrnes |
The Hard Conversation Charitable giving can be a great tool for managing a client's taxable income, when used effectively. But before anything good can happen, advisors need to solve the communication problems. |
AFP eWire
September 8, 2014 |
AFP's Response to National Post Article on Policing of Political Activities of Charities The charitable tax designation and the tax credit bind together the interests and concerns of all of us in the betterment of our society. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jul/Aug 2013
Mary Stark Hood |
Real Estate Gifting Realized: Charitable Remainder Trusts Commercial real estate professionals and their clients should consider all options when discussing the charitable donation of real property. |
AFP eWire
June 9, 2010 |
Total U.S. Giving Decreased in 2009 The amount of money donated to charity by individuals, foundation and corporations decreased again in 2009, dropping 3.2 percent |
AFP eWire
June 21, 2004 |
U.S. Charitable Giving Surpassed $240 Billion in 2003 American individuals, estates, foundations and corporations gave an estimated $240.72 billion to charitable causes in 2003, according to a study. |
AFP eWire
November 30, 2010 |
Proposed Deficit Reduction Measures Could Curb Charitable Giving Two organizations tasked with confronting the U.S. federal deficit have issued draft proposals to reduce the deficit. |
AFP eWire
January 8, 2014 |
Top Ten: Philanthropy Grew in 2013, But So Did Need Fundraising Research: Philanthropy grew in 2013, but so did need... Major Gifts: 2013's Biggest Gifts Signal Rebound... Fundraising Strategy/Approach: The Surprising Power of Promotional Products... |
AFP eWire
June 25, 2007 |
U.S. Charitable Giving Surges Near $300 Billion in 2006 This recent data reveals several interesting trends about giving. For example, while mega-gifts made the news, they still are a small piece of overall giving pie. |
AFP eWire
December 17, 2014 |
Charitable Giving, Donor Retention Levels Increasing, Reaching Near Pre-Recession Levels For the fourth consecutive year, charitable organizations across the U.S. saw growth in both the level of funds they raised, as well as how well they retained donors from year to year. |
Financial Advisor
November 2011
Eric Rasmussen |
One From The Heart As the economy sputters, charities try to keep their footing. Advisors who understand the world of philanthropy will find themselves better positioned with high-net-worth clientele. |
AFP eWire
January 10, 2005 |
New California Regulatory Act Now in Effect -- Fact Sheet Available A comprehensive regulatory bill affecting charities, fundraisers and fundraising counsel who work in California (including organizations and individuals based outside of the state) came into effect at the beginning of 2005. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
May/Jun 2013
Mary Stark Hood |
Real Estate Gifting Realized: Charitable Gift Annuities Commercial real estate professionals and their clients should consider all options when discussing the charitable donation of real property. |
AFP eWire
February 4, 2015 |
Charitable Giving Coalition Letter to the President The Charitable Giving Coalition, a diverse group representing private and community foundations, supports the language included in the Buffett rule proposal in the Administration's FY 2016 Budget that specifically protects the full value of charitable deduction. |
The Motley Fool
December 4, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Hurting for Your Money Times are tough for all of us. But those charitable organizations that are trying to better the lives of those less fortunate than us are especially feeling the pinch. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Nov/Dec 2013
Mary Stark Hood |
Real Estate Gifting Realized: Business Opportunities for Real Estate Professionals Commercial real estate professionals and their clients should consider all options when discussing the charitable donation of real property. |
AFP eWire
September 18, 2006 |
Public Confidence in Charities Rebounds Slightly A new survey found that 69% of Americans expressed a great deal or a fair amount of confidence in charities. That figure represents a 5% increase from the July 2005 survey and a 9% increase from the September 2002 survey. |
Commercial Investment Real Estate
Jan/Feb 2014
Mary Stark Hood |
Real Estate Gifting Realized: Donors, Charitable Organizations, Education, and Chapter Involvement Commercial real estate professionals and their clients should consider all options when discussing the charitable donation of real property. |
