Recently added articles from The Non-profit Times:
Real estate gift acceptance has its swamps: non-cash gifts are hot again.
Dec 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The Nature Conservancy (TNC) takes two types of real estate gifts: land that donors give to be permanently protected or gifts called "trade lands," which are real estate gifts that the donor permits the organization to sell to support the mission. The ...
Regulation or revenue? Fundraisers getting heat from government at every level.(NPT EXECUTIVE SESSION)
Dec 01, 2009 ... Just about every state has a budget deficit and now seeks new revenue streams. Charities are in the revenue crosshairs. Fundraisers are looking over their shoulders at regulators who are often little more than tax collectors. In Washington, D.C., legislators are looking to plug ...
FTC founder files wrongful termination suit.
Dec 01, 2009; ... The attorney for fired Feed The Children (FTC) Founder Larry Jones filed a wrongful termination lawsuit in Oklahoma County District Court, and is seeking a restraining order preventing FTC from using his image and likeness in fundraising activities. Jones has been the face of ...
Social networking: engaging the top 1% of your community.(ONLINE)
Dec 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] During Shelby Tarutis's time as a Peace Corps volunteer, she worked as a nutritional health educator focused on women and children in Gambia, a West African nation surrounded by Senegal. More than 27 years after her first experience in Gambia, ...
To conserve and protect: cautious investment approaches guard endowments and capital projects.(FINANCE)
Dec 01, 2009; ... The fourth quarter of 2008 was a well-worn tale of financial woe. In short, the stock market began its nosedive and both personal and institutional investments shriveled faster than you could say "401(k)" Many nonprofits reported decimated investment income figures for Fiscal ...