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About Gifts and Giving

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About Giving

PRESIDENT OBAMA'S PROPOSAL to limit the tax deductions wealthy Americans can take, including on charitable donations, has alarmed nonprofit leaders but also opened up a broader debate.

CORPORATE GIVING will take a hit this year, but at...

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About Giving

THE MACARTHUR FOUNDATION has chosen for its new president a former U.S. ambassador with broad international experience, Robert L. Gallucci.

A FLORIDA ACTIVIST has joined forces with the Greenlining Institute to press foundations...

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About Fund Raising

Exploring the Science of Donors’ Decision Making Premium Link

Fund raisers often focus on knowing everything they can about a donor's background -- but a new book says that what really matters is understanding how donors make choices....

...]]> A Roundup of Haiti Fund Raising http://philanthropy.com/article/A-Roundup-of-Haiti-Fund/63659/ Donors have contributed more than $528-million to help earthquake relief efforts in Haiti, more than the amount donated in the same period following the 2004 Asian tsunamis.

Aid to Haiti got a big lift on Friday night when donors contributed $58-million to a star-studded telethon that was broadcast on major...

...]]> Donations to Aid Haiti Exceed $438-Million http://philanthropy.com/article/Donations-to-Aid-Haiti-Exceed/63675/ Contributions continue to pour in for relief efforts in Haiti. Twelve days after the massive earthquake struck, donors have contributed more than $438-million to 35 U.S. nonprofit groups, a Chronicle tally finds. (See a list of tallies from the organizations.)

The pace of giving for Haiti is running ahead of the amount donated in the same period after the September 11 attacks in 2001 and...

...]]> Donations to Aid Haiti Exceed $210-Million http://philanthropy.com/article/Donations-to-Aid-Haiti-Exceed/63628/ Contributions continue to pour in for relief efforts in Haiti. Six days after the massive earthquake struck, donors have contributed more than $210-million to major U.S. relief groups, a Chronicle tally finds.

The pace of giving for Haiti is running ahead of the amount donated in the same period after the Asian tsunamis in 2004, but slower than the outpouring of gifts after the flooding caused by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

In the six days after the flooding started in...

...]]> Donations to Aid Haiti Exceed $68-Million http://philanthropy.com/article/Donations-to-Aid-Haiti-Exceed/63565/ The earthquake that hit Haiti on Tuesday has prompted more donations than many aid groups say they have seen since Hurricane Katrina and the Asian tsunamis. So far, donors have contributed more than $68-million to U.S. relief groups.

Many groups are raising big sums online and through text messages. The American Red Cross had received $5.6-million as of 6 p.m. Eastern time Thursday through its campaign to encourage...

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...]]> Aid Organizations Provide Relief as They Try to Locate Their Employees http://philanthropy.com/article/Aid-Organizations-Provide/63770/ Aid organizations working in Haiti are scrambling to provide relief at the same time they are trying to account for their own staff members and assess damage to their facilities.

On Tuesday night, Louise Ivers, clinical director in Haiti for Partners in Health, a nonprofit organization that has provided medical care in Haiti since 1985, sent an urgent appeal for assistance to her colleagues.

"Port-au-Prince is devastated, lot of deaths," she wrote. "SOS. SOS... Temporary field...

...]]> Nonprofit News in 2009: What Attracted the Most Readers http://philanthropy.com/article/Nonprofit-News-in-2009-What/63487/ President Obama’s proposal to limit tax breaks for charitable gifts by wealthy people hasn’t gone anywhere, but an article on the furor over the plan was the most-popular news story on The Chronicle‘s Web site this year.

While the plan, proposed as part of an effort to pay for a health-care overhaul, hasn’t come up too much in the...

...]]> 10 Emerging Forces in 2010 http://philanthropy.com/article/10-Emerging-Forces-in-2010/57633/ 2010: Daunting Challenges Face the Nonprofit World. The nonprofit world is bracing for what is expected to be the toughest year in its history. The Chronicle examines 10 trends the nonprofit world is likely to face in a new year.

10 Trends

1) Governments in Crisis

2) Strains in the Safety Net

3) A...

...]]> December 10, 2009 http://philanthropy.com/article/December-10-2009/64335/ About Fund Raising

YEAR-END FUND RAISING may not be as weak in 2009 as some charity leaders had feared, new surveys suggest, but nonprofit groups are still scrambling for ways to bring in the dollars.

THE ECONOMIC-STIMULUS LAW is not quite the pot of gold that...

...]]> Longtime ACLU Donor Confirms $388-Million in Anonymous Gifts http://philanthropy.com/article/Longtime-ACLU-Donor-Confirms/63205/ David Gelbaum, a former hedge-fund manager who has made large donations anonymously, confirmed that over the past five years he has given a total of nearly $388-million to three organizations.

The disclosure came after Mr. Gelbaum was named in a New York Times story that cited unnamed board members of the American Civil Liberties Union, one of the recipient groups, as its source.

Mr. Gelbaum recently notified...

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How are some companies structuring their corporate giving during the recession? You...

...]]> November 12, 2009 http://philanthropy.com/article/November-12-2009/64337/ About Gifts and Giving

SOMEWHAT LIKE A STOCK MARKET, the Social Impact Exchange, a new online forum, allows grant makers and donors to invest in high-performing charities with plans for major expansion.

LITTLE GIFTS ADD UP, and fund raisers neglect such...

...]]> Charities Urged to Do More to Get Veterans to Volunteer http://philanthropy.com/article/Charities-Urged-to-Do-More-to/63189/ Charities, churches, and other civic organizations are failing to harness a potential army of volunteers — veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan, says a new report.

The almost two million Americans who have served in those wars are interested in volunteering, but few have been asked, says the report, which was released to mark Veteran’s Day. In addition, it says charitable work would help them make the transition from war zones to home.

Based on a survey...

...]]> More Than Half of Charities Made Staff Cutbacks, Survey Finds http://philanthropy.com/article/More-Than-Half-of-Charities/63188/ More than half of nonprofit organizations say they froze workers’ salaries or furloughed employees this year, according to a new survey of nonprofit wages and benefits.

The survey by Opportunity Knocks, in Atlanta, which runs an online database of nonprofit job listings, compared that finding to a happier statistic: Three-quarters of organizations the previous year reported a jump in...

...]]> Foundation Giving Faces Steeper Decline Than Expected http://philanthropy.com/article/Foundation-Giving-Faces/63185/ A new report suggests that grant makers will cut back their giving this year more than previously expected.

In January the Foundation Center estimated that foundations would reduce their grant making 8 to 13 percent, but a new survey from the New York research group indicates that “the decline will be on the steeper end of that range.”

While the stock market has trended upward in recent months, foundation investment gains will not make up for the financial...

...]]> Amherst College Gets $125-Million From Two Donors http://philanthropy.com/article/Amherst-College-Gets/63184/ Two anonymous donors have pledged large gifts to Amherst College, in Massachusetts. One of the anonymous donors pledged $100-million and the other pledged $25-million, the college announced this morning. Both donors are graduates of the college, but neither wanted the college to disclose their names.

Both pledges will go toward endowment and both will be paid out over five years.

The $100-million pledge is especially unusual as the number of gifts had dropped due to the...

...]]> Chronicle Announces Finalists in VolunTV Challenge http://philanthropy.com/article/Chronicle-Announces-Finalists/63183/ After receiving more than 150 entries, The Chronicle of Philanthropy has named its 20 finalists in its VolunTV Challenge.

Inspired by the Entertainment Industry Foundation’s “iParticipate” week of volunteer-focused television programs, the contest offered readers the chance to come up with their own versions for how to portray volunteerism in their favorite TV shows.

The finalists include 15 written...

...]]> October 29, 2009 http://philanthropy.com/article/October-29-2009/64338/ About Philanthropy 400

THE U.S. CHARITIES that raised the most from private sources in 2008 collectively attracted $76-billion in donations last year, an increase of just 1 percent: The Chronicle's annual Philanthropy 400 listing.

EVEN THE BIGGEST GROUPS expect...

...]]> Bill in Congress Seeks to Ease Pension Requirements http://philanthropy.com/article/Bill-in-Congress-Seeks-to-Ease/63180/ Two members of Congress have introduced a bill that would ease rules that govern how charities and other employers make payments to defined-benefit pension plans, which provide specific amounts of money to retired workers.

The stock-market crash has left many nonprofit organizations struggling to set aside money for future payments to retired employees.

“The cornerstone of this bill is...

...]]> Billy Graham Association's Leader Declines Pay http://philanthropy.com/article/Billy-Graham-Associations/63181/ A prominent charity executive who leads two big charities in North Carolina decided this month to stop receiving pay from one of the organizations.

The Rev. Franklin Graham, who serves as chief executive at the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, in Charlotte, as well as at Samaritan’s Purse, in Boone, will no longer receive compensation from the former.

Last year the Billy Graham association paid Mr. Graham $633,722, plus benefits of $36,060. Mr. Graham’s...

...]]> Animal Charities Take N.Y. State Attorney General to Court Over Helmsley Foundation http://philanthropy.com/article/Animal-Charities-Take-NY/63179/ An affidavit was filed today on behalf of three large animal-welfare groups that are challenging the estate of the deceased hotelier, Leona M. Helmsley, who died in 2007. The affidavit claims that the attorney general of New York, Andrew M. Cuomo, failed to “discharge his duties” in the case and failed to uphold donor intent.

The affidavit was filed this morning in the Surrogate’s Court of the State of New York by William Josephson, a retired lawyer who led the New...

...]]> Bill And Melinda Gates Push to Show Successes of Global Health Aid http://philanthropy.com/article/BillMelinda-Gates-Push-to/63178/ Bill and Melinda Gates have started an advocacy campaign to show the success of government foreign-assistance programs, saying that continued support for them could halve the number of child deaths in poor nations by 2025.

While aimed at policymakers, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation said the effort may also influence philanthropists and other grant makers as they make hard choices about what causes to support during the recession.

The campaign, which includes...

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