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December 22, 2011 From Today in Fundraising
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December 15, 2011 From Today in Fundraising
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December 13, 2011 From Philanthropy News Digest
Over the past decade, U.S. foundation support for programs benefiting Hispanics and Latinos has held steady at approximately 1 percent of overall foundation funding, even as the Hispanic population in the country has grown significantly, a new report from the ...
December 6, 2011 From Reuters
Several recent surveys indicate that charities and nonprofits can expect giving to be more bountiful at the end of 2011, particularly compared to the last two years. Moreover, donors seem to be taking into account current economic challenges and government cutbacks when deciding where to...
November 28, 2011 From New York Times
Earlier this year, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation invested $10 million to acquire a stake in Liquidia Technologies, a biotechnology company working on new ways to deliver vaccines.
A growing number of foundations are using such investments, known as P.R.I.’s, to connect with profit-making ventures...
November 28, 2011 From Philanthropy Journal
The nonprofit sector is big, getting bigger, and dominated by big organizations and the health and education fields, and it has been whipsawed by big swings in charitable giving over the past decade, a new report says.
The U.S. was home to more than 1.4...
October 13, 2011 From Today in Fundraising
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September 29, 2011 From GuideStar
As the fourth quarter of 2011 begins, fewer than half of surveyed nonprofits reported fundraising increases during the first half of 2011 compared with the same period in 2010.
According to a report released by the Nonprofit
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September 27, 2011 From Today in Fundraising
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September 20, 2011 From Greater New Orleans Foundation
Foundation Directory Online, a highly sought-after development tool, is made available to all nonprofit organizations for free thanks to a collaborative effort among the Louisiana Association for Nonprofit Organizations, the Organizational Effectiveness initiative at the Greater New Orleans Foundation, and the Arts
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September 15, 2011 From Foundation Center
Nearly 90 percent of America's largest foundations report that at least some of the nonprofit organizations they support have been severely affected by state budget cuts. One-quarter report having grantees that have been forced to suspend operations. According to the Foundation Center's new report,...
September 2, 2011 From Today in Fundraising
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August 9, 2011 From Today in Fundraising
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July 14, 2011 From Today in Fundraising
Four fundraising experts discussed donor giving trends and what they mean for fundraisers at the Association of Fundraising Professionals Greater New York Chapter's Fund Raising Day in New York. Consultant Kathryn Slocum discussed institutional giving.
May 5, 2011 From Foundation Center
Over the past decade, U.S. foundation support explicitly benefiting Native Americans declined from 0.5 percent to 0.3 percent of total foundation giving. According to Foundation Funding for Native American Issues and Peoples, released by Native Americans in Philanthropy (NAP) and the
