Personal Giving Drives Growth In College and University Fundraising
| Posted in Fundraising on Feb 19, 2012 |
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Charitable contributions to colleges and universities in the United States increased 8.2 percent in 2011, reaching $30.30 billion, according to results of the annual Voluntary Support of Education (VSE) survey. As it has historically, giving to colleges started to recover when the economy began to expand. Some recovery in the price of stocks also boosted giving, especially giving for capital purposes, such as endowments.
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Non-profit Founders Create For-Profit Business To Increase Ways To Give During Tough Economic Times
| Posted in Fundraising on Nov 26, 2011 |
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With the economy down, most families are struggling to provide Christmas for their families, let alone give to Charities. Christmas is the largest benevolent giving time of the year and charities count on the Holiday Season to provide their annual budgets for the following year. TheBenevolentShopper.com provides a way for shoppers to purchase gifts AND be benevolent with no extra cash out of pocket.
The owners of TheBenevolentShopper.com are ...
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iDonate Launches New Website With Focus On Creative Giving Made Easy
| Posted in Fundraising on May 13, 2011 |
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iDonate, the country's leading provider of noncash donation and liquidation services, has launched a new Website making it easier than ever for nonprofit organizations to execute noncash donation campaigns.
iDonate provides market focus, resources, and economies of scale to the process of receiving and liquidating noncash donations – activities that traditionally fall outside the core competency of charitable corporations. Through the ...
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Creating Donor Value
| Posted in Management on Feb 2, 2011 by |
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It is easy to find a large number of people who agree that donors are valuable. It is hard for them to agree on how to create value for the donors or what value might look like from the donor’s perspective.
Let us define value from the donor’s perspective, donor value, as “the things the organization does or produces that the donor would say are valuable”. How do you create donor value?
First, we should acknowledge that donor value varies ...
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Recent American Red Cross Survey Finds Three Of Five Families Planning Charitable Gifts This Holiday Season
| Posted in Philanthropy on Nov 29, 2010 |
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Donating to charity is an important holiday tradition with many families planning to give at least $50 to charitable groups during this holiday season, according to a national survey by the American Red Cross. Nearly six in 10 of those surveyed planned to donate to charities between Thanksgiving and the end of the year. Of that group, 57 percent said they would give $50 or more, including 31 percent who said they plan to donate more than ...
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John F. McDonnell Donates $60 million to Washington U in St. Louis
| Posted in Philanthropy on Jun 10, 2010 |
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Thanks to one of the most generous pledges in its history, Washington University in St. Louis has 60 million reasons to celebrate.
The university recently announced that John F. McDonnell and the JSM Charitable Trust have donated $60 million to the school. The vast majority of the gift – $48 million – will establish the McDonnell Academic Excellence Fund. With the endowment, the university will be able to respond to new academic opportunities ...
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Giving Circle Opens The Potential Pool Of Philanthropy
| Posted in Philanthropy on Jun 10, 2010 |
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The start of the new decade offers hope for economic recovery for countless Americans, still many might not be able to make sizeable donations to national nonprofits that will be working hard to serve those in need. One way concerned community members can make a difference is through participating in giving circles – groups that combine their efforts to make a united contribution.
In her study entitled The Impact of Giving Together, ...
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