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BusinessWeek
January 21, 2010
Amy Feldman |
Philanthropy: Rethinking How to Give A growing movement to review and rate charities on their real world results may give donors a better idea where they can do the most good   |
BusinessWeek
January 21, 2010 |
Analytical Gifts Seven groups with different approaches to evaluating philanthropies |
AFP eWire
June 29, 2010 |
Wise Giving? Most Donors Spend Little Time Researching Charities Only about one third of donors surveyed recently said that they did any research before donating to a charity, and those that did looked at overhead ratios above all else. |
AFP eWire
July 3, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (July 10, 2013) Creative Ways to Give to Charity... Making Monthly Gifts the Norm... 21 Stupid Things You Can Stop Doing... |
AFP eWire
July 14, 2008 |
AFP Responds to L.A. Times Report on Fundraising Inefficiencies A response to a recent article stating that only a small percentage of money reaches California nonprofits when they use a for-profit fundraising company to raise funds. |
AFP eWire
June 27, 2005 |
Donors Increasingly Going Online Before Giving A vast majority of U.S. donors are going online to study causes they care about before making a giving decision, according to a new study. |
AFP eWire
July 24, 2006 |
New Website to Collect Nonprofit Research A new website allows nonprofit organizations to post their research and other analysis on social issues free of charge. |
BusinessWeek
November 8, 2004 |
For Nonprofits, "It's a How Crisis" Professor and author Paul Light says the biggest problem is underinvestment in infrastructure, which leads to more inefficiency at nonprofits. |
AFP eWire
December 14, 2010 |
Online Fundraising: More Than a Point and Click Looking at the ways people give online, they found that online giving was most successful when people were brought into a genuine relationship to the nonprofit and its mission. |
CRM
August 12, 2015
Gabe Cooper |
Why Nonprofits Deserve CRM Innovation With charitable giving exceeding $298 billion in the U.S. alone, it's time that software companies gave nonprofits the attention they deserve by creating technology that truly serves their needs. |
AFP eWire
April 16, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (April 16, 2013) Fundraisers, not just donors, are sick of endless appeals... Five questions every nonprofit donor should ask... 70% of charities forecast rise in donations in 2013... |
AFP eWire
June 25, 2007 |
Pyrrhic Fundraising While it "takes money to make money," nonprofits actually lose money -- at least in the short term -- when they try to raise funds through direct marketing. |
AFP eWire
May 3, 2004 |
Use the Net to Find Interns, Volunteers A number of websites now offer nonprofits opportunities to find and link with individuals who want to work for nonprofit missions and causes. |
AFP eWire
August 28, 2006 |
New Study Examines How Donors Give Online During Disasters A new study examines how donors give online to help support disaster relief efforts and provides guidance for charities seeking to raise funds online. |
AFP eWire
December 11, 2015 |
Submit Your Comments NOW to the IRS on New Regulations Requiring Disclosure of Social Security Numbers The Internal Revenue Service is proposing regulations that would create a new donor disclosure form for donations over $250 that would require charities to collect their donors' social security numbers. |
AFP eWire
January 26, 2010 |
A Peek at the Philanthropist's Playbook More and more, high net worth donors are not looking for a cause to support (they have that already), they are looking for an organization that does great work. |
AFP eWire
June 16, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of June 16, 2014): How Often Should You Thank Recurring Donors? Marijuana Event Brings Money and Attention to Colo. Symphony ... 4 Ways to Improve Your Fundraising Ask... How Often Should You Thank Recurring Donors?... |
AFP eWire
September 10, 2007 |
Fundraising No Longer Confined to Development Positions More and more nonprofits are asking non-development staffers to get involved in the fundraising process. |
AFP eWire
November 10, 2008 |
Where Do Nonprofits Fit in Obama's Plans? Barack Obama put forth a three-step plan to increase public service. His plans for nonprofits include the creation of an agency within the Corporation for National and Community Service called the Social Entrepreneurship Agency for Nonprofits. |
AFP eWire
January 3, 2012 |
Few Donors Consult Charity Watchdog Organizations Only about one in five donors report using charity watchdog websites to inform their giving decisions, according to a recent study. |
AFP eWire
October 16, 2012 |
Charities' Fundraising Improves Slightly, But Still Not Retaining Donors While fundraising levels are improving slightly, charities continue to lose more donors than they gain and have a long way to go to recover from the impact of the 2007-9 recession. |
AFP eWire
July 13, 2006 |
What's the Strangest Gift You've Ever Received? Well intentioned or not, donors will give nearly anything to charity. |
AFP eWire
August 10, 2010 |
The New Proactive Donor The days when donors would give unconditionally to every charity that knocked on their door are gone for good, says fundraising veteran Penelope Burk. |
AFP eWire
October 29, 2007 |
Older Volunteers Now Looking for Payments Retirees and older volunteers are now looking to be paid, even just a small sum, for their charitable work. |
AFP eWire
August 14, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (August 14, 2013) Is your nonprofit resonating with millennials?... How to get donors to give month after month... Helping the Poor Is No Longer a Priority for Today's Nonprofits... |
AFP eWire
April 16, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of April 16, 2014): 5 Unusual Direct Mail Techniques to Try A Little Networking Can Go a Long Way... If You Can't Support the Cause, Don't Take the Job... Three Ways to Deepen Donor Engagement... |
AFP eWire
August 28, 2013 |
Top Ten Things: September Is Boom Time for Donors, Google Says (August 28, 2013) Year-end Fundraising: Tips to Maximize Your End-of-Year Fundraising... Fundraising Strategy/Approach: Crowdfunding is the New Donation... Donors: How to keep new donors... |
AFP eWire
August 4, 2008 |
Volunteering Up, Dropout Rate Still High Retaining donors is not the only challenge nonprofits face. A recent study shows that retention rates for volunteers are nearly as daunting. |
AFP eWire
June 10, 2015 |
Top Ten (Week of June 10, 2015): Five Questions to Help You Collect Stories from Staff Members Five Questions to Help You Collect Stories From Staff Members... Why I support 12 different charities... Five Tiers of a Corporate Relationship... |
AFP eWire
May 15, 2006 |
Charities Face Major Challenges in Finding Funds for Capital Projects A new survey has found that while numerous charities have significant investment capital needs, including technology, program development and strategic planning, they face substantial challenges in accessing that capital. |
AFP eWire
May 30, 2006 |
New Website Registers Volunteers for Future Disasters The Points of Light Foundation and Volunteer Center National Network have created a new website to help prepare for future disasters by linking charities with volunteers. |
AFP eWire
December 8, 2014
Paul Nazareth |
Three Free Tools to Help You Increase Donations This Holiday Season Here are three simple and free tools from the team at CanadaHelps that will help your charity amplify its voice, attract new donors, and raise more this Holiday season. |
AFP eWire
March 1, 2004 |
Many Nonprofits Using Volunteers Ineffectively A joint study by the UPS Foundation, the Corporation for National and Community Service and the USA Freedom Corps has revealed that 80 percent of nonprofits rely on volunteers for critical activities, but admit they do not have the resources or knowledge to manage them as they might like. |
AFP eWire
August 7, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (August 7, 2013) Philanthropy beat: Young donors want to see results... A Walk Around the Track With an Event Donor... Design Thinking: A Powerful Tool for Your Nonprofit... |
AFP eWire
September 10, 2013 |
Top Ten Things: CNN's Anderson Cooper Pops Off about the Nonprofit Sector: He Has a Point Fundraising Strategies/Approach: Wise Words About Charities And Branding... Technology: Top Nonprofit Software... Younger Donors/Gen Y/Millennials: `Next Gen' Has No Monopoly On Wise, Caring Givers... |
AFP eWire
April 27, 2010 |
Many Nonprofits Using Social Media, Few Measuring Value The poll asked nonprofits to rate their level of involvement with social media (whether they use it or not) and to what degree they measure its value. |
AFP eWire
March 24, 2008 |
Google Offers Charities New Portal for Online Services A new portal, called Google for Nonprofits, is now available that provides charities access and guidance on how to use a variety of tools and resources that Google offers. |
Searcher
February 2007
Cecilia Hogan |
Philanthropy -- Not Just for Rock Stars: "Real People" and Digital Donations A look at trends in online giving, the impact of disasters, being effective in your philanthropy, and resources for researching charities. |
PC World
December 2005
Anne Kandra |
Consumer Watch: Charity Starts at Your Home PC Tips on using online resources to safely and securely make the most of your charitable donations. |
CRM
February 2010
Jessica Tsai |
Helping Hands The nonprofit sector needs CRM more than it knows, but its relationships are with donors, members, or activists - and technology is rarely a cause worth fighting for. Will the low cost of on-demand solutions finally allow nonprofits to embrace CRM? |
AFP eWire
August 30, 2011 |
Nonprofits Retained More Donors in 2010, Report Shows Nonprofit organizations in the U.S. were better at retaining donors and shored up their net losses in donations in 2010, according to the latest report of the Fundraising Effectiveness Project. |
AFP eWire
July 20, 2010 |
Selling Cars and Selling Your Cause Many nonprofits today are still asking for donations as if they were selling a Model T, even as donors have grown far more discerning in the face of a barrage of appeals. |
AFP eWire
January 10, 2012 |
Key Trends for the Nonprofit Sector in 2012 The biggest impact on the nonprofit sector in 2012 will be the maturation of social media and mobile giving, a greater role for peer-to-peer engagement, and a move toward donors dictating the terms of interactions. |
AFP eWire
September 14, 2010 |
Taming the Fear of Fundraising Costs When asked about fundraising costs in terms of impact, donors clearly favor spending more to make more. |
CRM
April 2012
Leonard Klie |
Nonprofits Find Money on the Web Charity no longer beings at home; today, it begins with a homepage. |
AFP eWire
November 27, 2012 |
How to Build the Winning Team (Board) Great donors and staff are important, of course, to the success of any charity. But if you ask Tom Nisbett, president of The Nisbett Group, the truly outstanding nonprofits have exceptional board members leading the way. |
AFP eWire
October 9, 2012 |
How Well Do You Know Your Planned Giving Prospects? One in five planned giving donors had never made any gift at all to the recipient charity before making a planned gift, according to a new study by The Stelter Company. |
AFP eWire
July 9, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of July 9, 2014): Young People Should be at The Forefront of Charity Campaigns Foundations Reveal What They Look for in Grant Proposals... Three Questions to Help You to Engage Donors with Your Stories... What Makes People Generous: Charity, Empathy, And Storytelling... |
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 |
Charities Raising More Money, But Still Losing Donors For the first time in five years, charity respondents to the annual Fundraising Effectiveness Project survey saw positive gains in giving, but still continued to lose donors faster than they gained them. |
