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January 24, 2012 From Blackbaud
Blackbaud announced that the United States office of World Vision, the Christian humanitarian organization, recently selected Blackbaud CRM to equip World Vision fundraising teams with technology to enhance relationships with donors and increase the number of major donors, churches and corporate partners supporting its
...January 12, 2012 From Today in Fundraising
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January 6, 2012 From Today in Fundraising
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January 4, 2012 From Today in Fundraising
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December 8, 2011 From The Jerusalem Post
American casino and hotel magnate Sheldon Adelson has been dishing out generous donations to Jewish causes over the past week.
On Tuesday, he doubled his overall contribution to Yad Vashem in the past decade by announcing a $25 million gift to
December 1, 2011 From Forbes
Take a look at Forbes' 13th annual list of the 200 Largest U.S. Charities. They aren’t even 2/100th of 1 precent of the country’s 1.2 million tax-exempt organizations. Yet in their most recent fiscal year the Forbes Charity 200 collectively received
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October 28, 2011 From TIME
With its economy on the rise, India is now, more than ever, a country with money to spend, and give. As shoppers flood markets looking for gifts, it's clear that many Indians are indeed spending big on friends and family. But research suggests that charitable
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August 18, 2011 From Reuters
At an age when most guys still hone their skateboard moves, Jason Franklin got a call from his grandfather’s secretary, asking him if he’d like to get involved in the family foundation.
Just 22, Franklin began a life-changing journey into philanthropy. Today he gives away one-fourth of...
August 5, 2011 From The Economic Times
Billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala, often referred to as India's Warren Buffet for his investment strategy, has decided to pledge one-fourth of his wealth for charity — marking yet another common-ground with the legendary American investment guru.
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July 26, 2011 From Seattle Times
In a country that spent the last three decades getting rich, Yang Lan wants to show that giving back is glorious.
Yang, a television host and one of China's wealthiest women, is leading a movement to encourage the growth of philanthropy.
She aims to gather some of the best resources...
June 30, 2011 From Indian Express
Donations by wealthy individuals has significantly increased private giving by at least 50 percent since 2006 as a percentage of GDP to approximately $5 billion to $6 billion in India in 2010, says a study.
"The future of giving is poised to rise further, as the...
May 20, 2011 From Forbes
Based on recent analysis, Forbes has identified what looks like a pretty elite club: 19 people who have already donated at least $1 billion each to charities or foundations. That is five more than Forbes found two years ago. More than two-thirds of these
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April 15, 2011 From Forbes
Someone has hijacked the tax identity of more than 2,300 tiny or defunct nonprofits, apparently taking advantage of a hole in a new electronic Internal Revenue Service filing system to list the same person as a charitable official at the same mail box drop in...
March 25, 2011 From Star-Telegram
Bill Gates, the college dropout who started the world's richest charitable fund, said needy people depend on self-made millionaires and billionaires to donate money before passing their wealth on to less-generous heirs.
"Our experience worldwide is that first-generation wealth is actually more generous than dynastic...
March 7, 2011 From New York Times
Billionaire David H. Koch opened the new David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at the Massachusetts Institute of...
