Charities Are Cautiously Optimistic as Fund-Raising Season Begins

As the crucial end-of-year fund-raising season is about to start, charities hope that signs of the recession ending will help make it easier to bring in donations.

"We anticipate year-end will be better than we've been seeing lately, but are under no illusion it will be where it was two or three years ago," says Jeff Lindauer, associate vice president for development at the Indiana University Foundation, in Bloomington.

To prepare, fund raisers are weighing which tactics are

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