About Giving
Big Businesses Won’t Increase Giving in 2011
Cash donations rose in 2010, but a Chronicle-USA Today study of 180 companies finds that corporate gifts will remain flat this year because of the bad economy....
A Corporate Grant Maker and a Charity Build a Local Tradition Together
How the Oklahoma City Boathouse Foundation won $1.25-million from Chesapeake Energy Corporation.
A Nonprofit Seeks Common Ground With a Grant Maker to Maintain a Long Partnership
Boys & Girls Clubs of America persuaded The Gap to finance a career program for young people and expanded the relationship to include the salary of a coordinator of...
Cultivating Old Connections Helps an Arkansas Charity
The Jones Center for Families, in Springdale, Ark., says bringing donors on tours is a key way it has attracted support, including big grants from Tyson Food and Wal-Mart.
How The Chronicle’s Annual Survey of Giving by America’s Largest Corporations Was Compiled
Chart: Companies That Gave More Than $10-million in 2010 to Charities Outside the United States
Chart: Companies That in 2010 Gave Charities More Than 5% of Their 2009 Profits
Chart: Companies That Made 50% or More of Their Gifts in Products in 2010
Chart: Companies That Declined To Say How Much They Will Give in 2011
In Farm Country, a Charity Envisions Bright Horizons—and Faces Growing Pains 
Farm Rescue steers volunteers to families that can't take care of planting or other key tasks, but it cannot keep up with demand for its services.
About Fund Raising
A University Doubles Donations in a Year
Charles W. Holland taught his alma mater, Lincoln Memorial University, how to figure out the smartest ways to increase giving—all without spending any new money.
Testing Lots of Ideas at Once to Improve Results
A sampling of the 30 ideas Lincoln Memorial University tried to improve results.
Charities Use Amazon's Wish List for Needed Goods
Donors say they appreciate the ease of using the service. What’s more, they know exactly what their money paid for.
Breaking the Rules: Fund Raising in Hard Times
Georgia Tech’s top fund raiser decided at the lowest point in the recession that it was better for his staff members to stay in touch with big donors than to push them to...
A Washington Clinic Allows Patients to Say 'Thank You'
As patients at a free clinic in Vancouver, Wash., wait for medical and dental appointments, they have the opportunity to thank the donors who helped provide those services.
N.J. Regulators Propose New Requirements for Telephone and Written Solicitations
Charities are against a New Jersey plan that would require them to tell donors that contributions may be restricted to certain programs.
About Managing
Majority of 50 Wealthiest Foundations Pay Their Trustees
Paul Steiger, one of 14 trustees at the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, was compensated $28,800. See
Charities and Foundations Differ on Board Pay, Studies Find
Very few charities or community funds pay their trustees.
Research, Numbers, and Smooth Words Can Help Grant Proposals Succeed
Foundation officials say nonprofits too often fail to understand a grant maker's priorities and sometimes ask for too little to carry out a project effectively.
A Boston Nonprofit Sells Foreclosed Homes Back to Their Owners
Nonprofits across the country hope to copy a lending approach that has helped poor people get affordable mortgages.
Foundation Group Seeks New Leader
As Steve Gunderson steps down, the Council on Foundations faces a challenge in finding a chief executive who can serve a diverse range of grant makers.
Bill to Crack Down on Charity Overhead Withers in Oregon
A measure that would have denied donors deductions for gifts to groups that spend a lot on overhead will not be considered again until at least 2013.
IRS Drops Investigations of Big Donors to Advocacy Groups
The tax agency reverses course on audits to determine whether donors should pay gift taxes.
Kiva Program Highlights Detroit Small Businesses
The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is providing $250,000 to match the money that Kiva donors lend to small businesses in the Motor City.
Blending Old and New Tech to Make History Come to Life
A nonprofit is using Google technology to help museums, historical societies, and others share their photo collections.
Charities Explore Potential of Google+ Social Network
Google’s new social-networking site could offer some benefits to people in the nonprofit world.
Opinion
Why Are Nonprofits AWOL in Budget Fight?
Nonprofits have the skills and community ties needed to push lawmakers to forge a broad budget deal, but instead they are myopically worried about direct threats to their own...
Charities Can’t Afford to Sit Out Tax and Budget Debates
A tsunami is rolling in and about to hit the nonprofit world. Few people at charities and foundations recognize its source; even fewer see the danger.
A Solution to the Sabbatical Challenge
Retired executives might be willing to work at half pay to make it possible for nonprofit leaders to take a break.
Why Grant Makers Must Lead With Their Hearts and Heads
Neither technocratic or humanistic approaches have cornered the market on effectiveness, so it's time to blend them more effectively.
Philanthropy Needs a Leader Who Takes Risks
The Council on Foundations should pick a leader who can provide vision and values for America's grant makers.
Letter: Did a New Survey Offer Misleading Data on the CEO Turnover 'Wave’?
Letter: Charities Can Benefit From Diverse Boards
Letter: A 'Lead Director' May Destabilize Boards
Other Features
A National Charity Seeks to Give Kids a Smarter Summer
Affiliates of Horizons National help kids from low-income families build robots, make movies, learn to swim, and undertake other efforts to prevent learning losses.
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