The Philanthropy 50
America’s Wealthy Made More Big Gifts but Still Lag Behind Pre-Recession Pace
The 50 biggest donors contributed $10.4-billion last year, up from $3.3-billion in 2010.
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Recovering From a Public-Relations Scandal: Tips for Komen
A marketing expert offers advice on what the breast-cancer charity, and other nonprofits, can learn from the Planned Parenthood controversy.
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Update: Komen Plans to Maintain Support of Planned Parenthood
Breast-cancer charity backs down after it was engulfed in controversy.
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Highlights From Our Current Issue
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Collaborative Approach Gaining Favor as Strategy for Deep-Seated Problems
Community groups find coalition approach can be more successful than single program in tackling social problems such as low reading scores to teenage pregnancy that have...
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Moblie Philanthropy Goes Big
Nonprofits are asking people to text pledges at galas and other events, and finding ways to get large donations, rather than the typical $10 or $25 gifts of the past.
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Community Fund Uses Western Flair to Land Big Gift
The South Dakota Community Foundation uses its knowledge of what two donors cared most about to seek a big estate gift.
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Careful Listening Helps a Philanthropy Adviser
Sunny Fischer, who leads the philanthropy of the Chicago investment adviser Richard Driehaus, says her role is to be a researcher and analyst, and observer.
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Buffett, Gates, and Turner Continue to Pay Off Mega Pledges
The Philanthropy 50 list doesn't include some of the best-known names in giving because those donors didn't make any new commitments in the past year.
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