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Non Profit News
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Sometimes we get a question about which we haven't a clue. This one seemed a good opportunity to ask our readers to share their expertise.
Michael Hobson of SundayFriends.org asks:
"Thanks so...
I have to admit that I have been concerned about the environment since Silent Spring, and you know how far back that goes.
But I think I had lost my...
MarketingSherpa, an online marketing information source, recently ran an article about how UNICEF has used social networking and video-sharing sites to gain supporters and inform people about its mission (article...
It must be the years of graduate school that have resulted in my current love for small, easy-to-read, even "sassy" books.
I just found another one, Ask Without Fear: A Simple...
Peter Drucker will be one of the most enduring business minds of the 20th Century. But Drucker was also in love with nonprofit organizations, seeing in them the best of...
Philanthropy Info
from Business Week
As baby boomers celebrate their 60th birthday and prepare for retirement, a growing number of them are choosing to leave wealth to their children in the form of a family foundation. Philanthropy offers an important and meaningful legacy to generations that follow, and it's critical that younger folks find their own footing in the world of giving. BusinessWeek staff editor Jessi Hempel talks with Sharna Goldseker -- a vice-president at the Andrea and Charles Bronfman Philanthropies -- about next-generation givers. Goldseker works with Grand Street, a group for Jewish people ages 18 to 28 who are inheriting a family giving legacy. She herself also came into a role in her family's foundation
The spirit of giving back is upon us: Young people are replacing summer camp with service trips, and baby boomers approaching retirement age are searching for ways to give back to their communities. With the number of new groups in the nonprofit sector growing by 70,000 a year, it will need more support than ever. BusinessWeek's Jessi Hempel talks with Dr. Tim Seiler, director of public service and the Fund Raising School at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, about how to attract volunteers and why they are so crucial to keeping the sector vibrant
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Charitable Org News
From NY Times
 Four African football players made a charity mission to Nigeria in March, and now there is talk of recruiting more professional athletes with money and connections to the continent.
 Mr. Rosenberg developed a model that estimated that if people gave what they could afford, we would increase charitable giving in the U.S. by $100 billion a year.
Benefits with a dining component in New York.
A Long Island philanthropist is at the center of a growing scandal around Israel?s prime minister, Ehud Olmert.
Ryan Kavanaugh, the film financier whose film credits include ?Catch and Release,? has been trying to get law enforcement officials to emulate the title.
The record is attributed to strong returns on foundation assets and to the fact that donations to foundations also reached all-time-high levels.
Food-related benefits around the New York area.
Charities are hoping to capitalize on the rebates that are starting to land in taxpayers? mailboxes this week.
 Mayor Cory A. Booker has gone beyond traditional philanthropic parameters to fulfill his city?s budgetary needs, and he?s found a lot of support and deep pockets.
David M. Rockefeller?s gift, the largest by an alumnus in university history, will support international study and arts education.
 Banning smoking at charity bingo games may have health benefits, but it is proving harmful to earnings.
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