About Fundraising
-
Donations Rose Only Slightly Last Year
At current giving levels, it will take organizations at least six more years to raise as much as they did before the recession started in 2007, researchers predict.
-
Radio Appeals Bring New Donors to Relief Charity
The group raised $2.3-million after spending $1.2-million on appeals that asked for monthly donations.
-
United Ways Bump Up Donations and Lower a Minimum Requirement
A "Give 110 Percent" campaign brought a 12-percent spike in gifts, and a "club" for people who could afford to give $500 attracted 30 donors.
-
Trustees at Local Offices Help Unicef Boost Giving
Board members' connections to business leaders and groups like Kiwanis helped the organization raise 10 percent more last year than in 2011.
-
Social Connections Attract Well-Heeled Potential Donors
A Catholic Charities affiliate has attracted 150,000 alumni of 200 Catholic colleges to social events where it plugs its work and asks for gifts and volunteers.
-
The Stubborn 2% Giving Rate
Philanthropy experts ponder what it would take to get most Americans to squeeze a few more charity dollars from their wallets.
-
What It Would Take to Increase Giving
See ideas to boost donations as well as estimates of how much extra they could provide to charities.
-
How Private Giving Is Recovering
See how much money is coming from individuals, bequests, corporations, and foundations and the progress each has made in returning to pre-recession levels.
-
How Charitable Causes Weathered the Recession
See how giving to different causes has changed since before the recession began in 2007.
-
Warren and Doris Buffett Offer Giving Advice Online
Doris Buffett, the sister of the financier, is offering grants to people who take a course designed to teach people to make donations wisely.
About Managing
-
Fixing the IRS: Avoiding Political Bias Is Paramount
Over four days this week, experts have been weighing in on how the agency can remedy its system for granting nonprofit status. Today: ideas for ensuring objectivity and a...
-
Fixing the IRS: Provide More Money for Enforcement
Over four days this week, experts are weighing in on how the agency can remedy its system for granting nonprofit status. Today: ideas for better resources.
-
Fixing the IRS: Improve the Application Process
Over four days this week, experts are weighing in on how the agency can remedy its system for granting nonprofit status. Today: ideas to make applying easier.
-
Fixing the IRS: Clarify the Rules on Political Involvement
Over the next few days, experts will weigh in on how the agency can remedy its system for granting nonprofit status. Today: ideas for simple, well-defined rules.
-
Boy Scouts Brace for Backlash
After the national organization voted to admit gay boys but not adults, it faced angry donors on both the left and the right.
-
New Google Giving App Promotes Small Gifts
The technology giant highlights one charity a day and encourages people to give it $1.
-
Creative Wireless Projects Honored
Taking first place and receiving $300,000 in the Wireless Innovation Project contest was the Wireless Bug Sensor, designed to reduce the amount of money farmers spend on...
About Giving
-
As Hemlsley Trust Grows Bigger, It Seeks New Causes to Aid
The $4-billion philanthropy is pouring most of its money into research on diseases, but it's looking to diversify its spending as it gets ready for its assets to double.
-
Helmsley Trust Places Bets on Cutting-Edge Research
A $42-million grant to the Salk Institute for Biological Studies shows that the foundation is willing to support scientists who don't know what they might yet discover.
-
How the Hemsley Trust Is Hiring in a Hurry
The staff has nearly tripled to 59 employees since 2009. Among the new employees is its chief executive, John Ettinger, a lawyer with no previous background in running a...
-
Grant Makers Open Up About Failures
Under pressure from charities, a growing number of efforts are under way to help foundations learn from the mistakes of others.
-
An Arts Groups Shares Its Struggle and Gets a Second Chance
Streb, a nonprofit dance company, made a string of mistakes in trying to attract teenagers to a new program, but it got a second grant from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation...
-
Why $1-Billion to Aid the Chronically Ill Did Little Good
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation says it overreached by trying to pursue too many goals.
-
Dallas Busineswoman Pledges $50-Million to Fight Cancer
Lyda Hill, the granddaughter of the late oilman E.L. Hunt, supports a collaborative scientific approach at the University of Texas's M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
-
Financier Gives $30-Million to Expand Science Prizes
Supporting young talent, says the National Academy of Sciences donor, is an investment in "developing the future."
Opinion
-
Open Debate, Not Politeness, Is What Drives Nonprofit Innovation
Because nobody speaks out, money keeps going to nonprofits and ideas that don't solve society's problems.
-
'Strategy’ Is Essential to Grass-Roots Movements
Achieving social change involves taking a long view while acting with a sense of urgency.
-
Grant Makers Need to Work on Resliency to Climate Change
Disasters like Hurricane Sandy underscore the need for more philanthropic support to make communities better prepared.
-
Too Many Nonprofit Government Contractors Fail to Produce Results
How can social-service programs continue to win public support if they can't show clearly that they make a real difference?
-
IRS Rules Chill Nonprofit Participation in Democracy
After the IRS scandal, charities should seize the opportunity to fix problems that have prevented nonprofits from pursuing strong advocacy in the public interest.
-
Foundations Shouldn’t Fear Immigration Measure
Philanthropists are sorely overlooking the needs of the country's vibrant and fast-growing Hispanic community.
Other Features
-
Aid Charity Helps Workers Practice Disaster Response
Samaritan's Purse recruited 500 volunteers to simulate what would happen if an earthquake struck.
-
A Crusade for Children’s Health Takes a New Role in Preventing Obesity
Howell Wechsler is the head of the Alliance for a Healthier Generation.
-
Case Foundation Executive Named to Direct Social Innovation Fund
Michael Smith would become the third leader since the organization was created by President Obama in 2009.
-
How Robin Hood Fund Uses Data in Grant Making
Two economists who have led the foundation's efforts have written a book to help other donors use tougher standards of cost-effectiveness to judge the value of charity...
