December 8, 2005

Few Signs of 'Donor Fatigue' Appear as Year-End Appeals Wrap Up

By Holly Hall and Leah Kerkman

As charities prepare for the busiest fund-raising weeks of the year, most nonprofit officials expect 2005 to end with record-setting donations.

Despite news reports that Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters may have exhausted donors' ability to donate to other causes this year, many charities have recently received donations of at least $10,000, with some in the multimillion-dollar range.

The big donations are prompted in part by a new tax law — passed by

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