Online Fund Raising
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Online Giving Continues to Grow but at a Slower Pace, Chronicle Survey Finds

Although giving to nonprofit groups declined last year, online donations grew by 5 percent, a new Chroniclestudy has found.
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How Three Groups Are Raising Money Online

Charities are using pop-up pages, personal fund-raising badges, and behavioral research to increase online donations.
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Online Fund Raising Is Becoming an Important Source of Small Gifts for Charities

The percentage of money charities make from online fund raising is still small, but it's an increasingly important source of income.
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Ambitious Online Campaign Teaches Medical Charity the Value of Simplicity

Re-enacting an emergency scenario helped Doctors Without Borders appeal to donors in a compelling way.
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How the Chronicle’s Survey of Online Fund Raising Was Compiled

How The Chronicle's survey of online fund raising was compiled.
About Managing
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Start-Ups of New Charities See No Slowdown in Bad Economy

The recession has seen a boom in the creation of new nonprofit groups. Now all those organizations need to find a way to support themselves.
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A Veteran Antipoverty Activist Finds a Cheaper Way to Achieve Results

A new effort to fight poverty shifts responsibility from caseworkers to poor families themselves.
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Management Expert Will Lead Social Innovation Fund

The new director of the Social Innovation Fund brings a breadth of experience in philanthropy, business, government, and academe.
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New Leader of Social Innovation Fund Answers Questions About Upcoming Federal Grants

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Alzheimer’s Group Seeks to Break Down Racial and Ethnic Barriers

The Alzheimer's Association, New York City Chapter, tells how it furthered its mission by reaching into some of the Big Apple's most insular ethnic neighborhoods.
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Software Giant Releases Nonprofit Option

Microsoft ventures into the world of nonprofit software, a new guide helps charities understand software choices, using an iPhone to find a volunteer job, and the DoGooder...
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'Real-Time’ Grant Updates Offered

A new online service captures and publishes information about grants.
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Software Advice for Charities
A new guide helps charities understand software choices.
About Giving
Immigration Advocates Turn to More Sophisticated Strategies in Effort to Win Support for New Legislation

Advocacy charities, with help from foundations, are changing their tactics to learn from mistakes they made in failed efforts to persuade Congress to change immigration...
Foundations Step In to Fill a Reporting Gap Created by Shrinking Newsrooms

As newsrooms lose staff members and other resources, foundations are stepping in to fill the gaps in health-care reporting.
How a Delaware Fund Helped the State’s Schools Win $100-Million

A little-known Delaware foundation has helped the state's schools win a prestigious $100-million federal award to improve education.
University of California Receives $75-Million Pledge for New Medical Center

The University of California's San Diego campus has received a $75-million commitment from a technology entrepreneur.
Opinion and Letters
It’s Time to Involve Volunteers in Solving Big Problems

Governments, charities, and foundations need to do more to help volunteers tackle the nation's biggest problems, writes Shirley Sagawa, author of a new book on volunteerism.
Philanthropy Must Focus on the Needs of Immigrants

Foundations and charities need to improve education, health care, and other services to help the hundreds of millions of people who no longer live in their native lands.
Should Grant Makers Take Experts’ Advice?

Grant makers must avoid relying on anecdotes and fad-following management experts, and instead seek out rigorous research if they hope to grow more effective, say two...
'Soft Power’ Could Be More Important Than a Foundation’s Cash
"Soft power" uses attraction rather than coercion, and foundations can use it to wield more influence than through grant making.
Celebrities Don’t Always Bring Charities Much More Than Glitter

Celebrities have become more prominent in the world of philanthropy, but their involvement is not always helpful to good causes.
True Empathy Holds Key to More Effective Philanthropy

Nonprofit groups find greater success when they embrace empathy -- not the secondhand, vicarious kind but empathy that comes naturally when the organization looks more like...
More Features
An Animal Hospital Benefits From a Survival Instinct

An animal center near Boston has carved out a niche providing emergency care to wild animals and teaching local children how to explore nature.
Fund-Raising Notebook: A Focus on the Economy and Fighting Turnover

Fund raisers at the annual meeting of the Association of Fundraising Professionals discussed how to deal with the long-term problems caused by the economy and how to improve...
Animal Welfare Group Hires New Vice President of Philanthropy

The new top fund raiser at the Humane Society of the United States has not worked for animal groups during most of her career, but her experience in ambitious campaigns and...
Farming Charity Among Skoll Prize Winners

The Skoll Foundation has announced five winners of its awards for social entrepreneurship.







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