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'Embedding’ Fund Raisers Helps National Charity Win Big Gifts 

Habitat for Humanity has overhauled its approach to seeking big gifts, "embedding" fund raisers at local affiliates to seek donations for both local and international...

Fund Raising for Chile Earthquake Lags Far Behind Haiti-Relief Totals 

Donations to relief groups helping victims of Chile's earthquake have flowed more slowly than gifts to help Haiti's victims.

Charities Urged to Heed New Mass. Law to Prevent Identify Theft 

Massachusetts has enacted one of the nation's strictest privacy laws, a move that will affect how nonprofit groups handle financial information from their donors and from the...

Pay Stays Flat for College Fund Raisers, Survey Finds 

Salaries for college fund raisers were flat last year, a new study finds.

About Managing

Most N.Y., Washington Charities Plan to Hire in 2010, New Surveys Find

Nonprofit groups in New York, New Jersey, and Washington report that salary ranges held steady in 2009, according to a trio of new surveys.

Tips for Building a Better Chief Financial Officer 

Chief financial officers will need to take a more aggressive role in shaping their organizations in the future, writes John Gillespie, a recruiter of finance talent for...

Nonprofit Boards Turn Focus to Evaluating Performance 

Nonprofit boards are increasingly scrutinizing their own performance and the work of their charities' top leaders, a new study finds.

Savvy Business and Fund-Raising Techniques Help a Charity Thrive 

A nonprofit group in Washington has saved big money by buying real estate in the down market.

Relief Charity Adds Songs to Its Medical Bag to Fight Diseases 

Charities are creating songs with public-health messages to reach victims of Haiti's earthquake.

Humane Society Faces Attack on Its Spending 

The Humane Society of the United States is the latest charity to come under a high-profile attack from a nonprofit group critical of the animal charity's spending.

IRS Adds Workers to Oversee Charities 

The Internal Revenue Servies has hired 155 new employees to improve its oversight of the nonprofit world.

• Groups Risk Loss of Charity Status

• Charities Avoid Business-Income Tax

• Charitable Deductions Declined in 2008

  About Giving

  Cleveland Fund Leader Sets Bold Course 

  The new leader of the Cleveland Foundation is turning the grant maker into a venture-capital fund that seeks out new ideas to kick-start the city's stalled economy.

   

  Betting on a New Way to Fight Poverty 

  Three wealthy philanthropists -- Warren E. Buffett, Thomas G. Cousins, and Julian H. Robertson Jr. -- hope to turn a poor New Orleans neighborhood demolished by Hurricane...

   

  Couple Gives $10-Million to Foster Religious Tolerance 

  Gift seeks to help religious leaders learn to work together to solve disease, hunger, and poverty.

   

  New on the Job: Patrick T. McCarthy, President, Annie E. Casey Foundation

  Patrick T. McCarthy, a veteran Casey Foundation employee, has been named to lead the big Baltimore fund.

   

  Special Report

  California’s Precarious Budget Propels Charities Into Action 

  Nonprofit groups and foundations are seeking to change how California's budget system works, an effort that could help other states dealing with fiscal crises.

   

  California Nonprofit Advocates Band Together to Fight Budget Cuts 

  Charity leaders in California, the state facing the most serious financial crisis, are trying to help lawmakers make hard choices while keeping their own operations afloat.

   

  A State’s Budget Woes Cause Trouble for Domestic-Abuse Shelter 

  A domestic-abuse charity in Sacramento struggles to keep up with a rise in demand and California's budget crisis.

   

  Opinion and Letters

  • Increasing IRS Enforcement Remains a 'Slippery Slope' 

    IRS resources for oversight of nonprofit groups has lagged behind the growth of the sector, but the tax agency has not been neglecting charities by any means, says the former...

     

    As Charities Grow in China, They Challenge Government’s Dominance 

    As philanthropy grows in China, the government views it with ambivalence.

     

    Rounding Up the Experts to Aid Donors

    A new group seeks to make the expertise of foundations, charities, and universities available to donors who want to find the most-effective organizations.

     

    • Experimental Design Can Be Rooted in Reality

    • Donors Whipsawed with Changing Rules