Updates
United Way of America outlines 10-year plan
Aid groups pleased with response to Myanmar and China crises
Most grant makers plan to increase giving this year
Foundations pledge to help those harmed by bad economy
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Elsewhere Online
Mayo Clinic campaign raises $1-billion
Utah donor's $3.4-million pledge proved spurious
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Prospecting
New fund-raising product stirs privacy concerns
Tips on recruiting new board members
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Government and Politics Watch
Nonprofit representatives plan to mingle with political activists in Denver
U.S. Senate created philanthropy caucus
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Fund-Raising News
Disaster Fund Raising
More than $110-million has been contributed to nonprofit groups helping China and Myanmar recover from natural disasters.
Corporate Grant Seeking
Experts offer tips on how to approach businesses in tough times.
Monitoring Donors
A new fund-raising product prompts concerns about donors' privacy rights.
Direct Connections
Peer-to-peer giving is flourishing, but will donors keep paying for the services that charities provide to link them with worthy recipients?
Selling Good Causes
Few charities evaluate their promotional efforts, a new survey has found; plus a look at two marketing efforts that made a big difference in fund raising.
Disaster Relief
Charities have raised at least $31-million to help victims of the Midwest floods and California wildfires, but they say they can't meet all the needs.
Distress Signals
Charitable donations in 2007 rose just 1 percent over the previous year, Giving USA reports, and many charity officials believe 2008 will prove even tougher.
Online Giving
Donations raised via the Internet grew by a median of 42 percent last year at the nation's biggest charities, according to a new Chronicle survey.
Campaign Lessons
Candidates for the White House are raising a lot of money online -- and their approaches could help charities.
Charity Bequests
Newly released Internal Revenue Service data can help fund raisers learn more about bequests to nonprofit groups.
Fund-Raising Pay
Salaries of fund raisers grew 5 percent last year, a new study finds.
New Focus at United Way
United Ways are urged to narrow their goals -- in the hope of making more of a difference.
Federal Trade Commission
A bill in Congress would give the agency new power to penalize charities for misleading fund-raising appeals.
Grant Seeker's Forecast
Some grant makers are cutting back giving as their endowments lose value, but others are increasing spending, The Chronicle's annual survey of wealthy foundations finds.
New Rules of Attraction
As traditional fund-raising methods falter, charities look for innovative ways to recruit new donors.
What Wealthy Donors Want
Affluent people increasingly plan to make big gifts online, but many of the tactics charities use turn them off, a new study finds.
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Charity's Cutting Edge
United Way's new approach to grant making has charities around the country scrambling to replace money they no longer receive because their work doesn't fit the organization's aims. Jack Mayer, a fund raiser at the Los Angeles chapter of the Salvation Army, says his group left United Way to join a competing charity drive.
Give and Take
Why Special Olympics movie boycott was a mistake
Giving vs. investing: does it matter what donors call it?
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Opinion
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An Idea Worth Trying
United Way's effort to transform itself for a new era could lead to productive new programs across the country.
Election-Year Fever
Fund raising is getting harder for advocacy groups as the White House campaign heats up — but now is when such organizations need to be beefing up their operations.
Determination Pays Off
A university rises out of financial trouble with a dedicated fund-raising effort, writes the Chronicle columnist Bob Levey.
Naming Rights
The New York Public Library shouldn't have allowed its flagship building to be renamed after a $100-million donor.
'Philanthrocapitalism': Has It Met Its Promise?
Big investments by donors in business-related solutions to social problems have yet to live up to the hype.
Debating Diversity
Views for and against legislative attempts to require foundations to disclose data on the ethnic and racial makeup of their institutions.
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From the Archives
Editors' Picks
Taking It to the Streets
Old-school canvassing brings new donors to charities.
The Vanishing Donor
How charities alienate donors -- and woo them back.
Wanted: a Little Respect
Twentysomething fund raisers find age poses a challenge in dealings with co-workers and donors.
The Basics
Highest Bidder
From glitzy to garage-sale, online auctions net big returns for many charities.
Recovering Together
How museums turned a tragedy into a strong partnership.
Fending for Themselves
A legal-services charity requires its program leaders to raise money.
Guide to Grants
More than $352-million, from the August 7 issue.
Karabots Foundation: $15-million to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Richard & Rhoda Goldman Fund: $318,000 to Friends of the Earth Middle East, in Tel Aviv, to help restore the lower Jordan River
W.K. Kellogg Foundation: $183,000 to Grand Valley State U. to develop a peer-reviewed quarterly journal on foundations
Online Discussions
Read the transcript of our recent discussion about corporate giving in a tight economy.
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America's Top Donors
Use our new database to search for gifts of $1-million or more made this year and find out who is giving the most.
Chronicle Surveys
Philanthropy 50
See the Americans who donated the most to charity in 2007.
Online fund raising
See how organizations are faring in their online appeals.
Corporate giving
Examine giving patterns by the largest companies in the United States.
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Capital Campaigns
Updates on campaigns for endowments, capital improvements, and other needs.
Planned Gifts
Interest rates for planned gifts, issued by the Internal Revenue Service.
New Books
Summaries of publications on fund raising, philanthropy, and managing nonprofit organizations.
Philanthropy Careers
More than 520 positions available with 133 just added.
People
David Rothenberg is the new leader of Sports4Kids, in Oakland, Calif. (Photograph courtesy of SportsKids)
See news about that appointment and other personnel changes in the nonprofit world.
Products & Services
Continuing-Education Guide: Organizations that provide continuing education to nonprofit executives.
Fund-Raising Services Guide:
Information from organizations that provide products and services to nonprofit groups.
Technology Guide: Information from organizations that provide technology products and services to nonprofit organizations.
Guide to Managing Nonprofits: Information from companies that specialize in advising nonprofit groups.
Employer Profiles: In-depth information provided by nonprofit employers.
Awards
New awards to honor achievements by nonprofit leaders and organizations.
Events
Conferences, workshops, and other meetings about nonprofit organizations and donors.
Also of Interest
FROM THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
It'll End in Tears
Conflict between the inventor of a medicine for dry eyes and the university where she worked highlights the pitfalls in commercialization of academic discoveries.
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