Recently added articles from The Non-profit Times:
Raising money outside the U.S.: some countries are fertile ground that's never been plowed.(FERTILE GROUND)
Jun 15, 2009; ... St. Joseph's Indian School provides education and residential care to approximately 200 Lakota Native American children in Chamberlain, S.D., America's heartland.When the organization completed a long-term planning session to brainstorm new fundraising strategies, the decision was made to ...
Hello? Arkansas? Yeah, it's facebook.(FACEBOOK)
Jun 15, 2009; ... Michelle Miles isn't all that much different than most teenagers. The 19-year-old from Little Rock, Ark., attends Pulaski Technical College, plans to pursue a nursing degree, and works at PetSmart. She also can email 5.3 million people--nearly twice the 2.8-million population ...
Retailer 'targets' giving on causes.(FACEBOOK)
Jun 15, 2009 ... Nonprofits that haven't raised much money on Facebook got a serious boost by way of Target. The Minneapolis-based retailer let its more than a quarter-million Facebook friends vote on how to split $3 million in charitable giving. Bullseye Gives, a two-week giving campaign in ...
Nonprofit Web sites a hit at the Webbys.(FACEBOOK)
Jun 15, 2009 ... Some 17.0RG Web sites were recognized in almost two dozen categories in this year's Webby Awards. Established in 1996, the Webbys are presented by The International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences, a 650-member body of Web experts, business figures, luminaries, visionaries ...
From causes to cause.(FACEBOOK)
Jun 15, 2009; ... What once was the largest Cause on Facebook has morphed into its own 501(c)(3) nonprofit, recognized by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The Campaign for Cancer Research became Support the 0 Campaign for Cancer Prevention this past February. "There was such ...
One charity, the potential for thousands of 'causes'.(FACEBOOK)
Jun 15, 2009; ... With 50 million users, approximately one-quarter of the 200 million Facebook users, Causes has proven that it can virally grow very quickly. "It's easy to start taking that for granted," said Joe Green, founder and president of Causes. "We tried to make it very easy to get ...
You are what you are or are you?(NAME GAME)
Jun 15, 2009; ... While some nonprofits go for a complete overhaul of name and brand, others realize they only need a few nips and tucks. One of the first things Sharon Saxelby did when she became president and CEO at Friends of the Orphans was start updating the logo and brand. The Arlington ...
Special events: 5 ways to create donor involvement.(FAITH-BASED FUNDRAISING)
Jun 15, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] An old saying in the fundraising world is that "an involved donor is a giving donor." But no matter how old the saying, it has never been more true than today. Donors, especially your biggest donors, or donors who are considering "stepping up" their gifts ...
It has a beat: music to quell the savage fundraiser.
Jun 15, 2009; ... "I'm willing to be the Match.com for musicians and nonprofits," said John Schneider, who launched MusiciansForCharity.org in this past March. But instead of awkward dinner conversation and personality tests, the site will try to connect nonprofits to musicians willing to ...
Resource directory.(Directory)
Jun 15, 2009 ... AUCTION SERVICES AUCTION SERVICES--COMPUTERIZED FUNDRAISING SYSTEMS cMARKET online auctions help organizations Get More Bids, Get More Items, and Raise More Money www.cmarket.com/npt CHARITABLE STATE REGISTRATION COPILEVITZ & CANTER 816-472-9000 ...
I'd like to thank the academy ... charities riding on awareness after Slumdog, smile Pinki.
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Academy Award-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire tells the story of how a poor, 18-year-old orphan named Jamal takes by storm India's version of the television game show Who Wants to be a Millionaire?. The film, which won eight Academy Awards ...
Youth movement critical for boards: the sheer number needed pushed charities to go young.
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The number of nonprofit board members needed each year exceeds the 24 million population of Texas. "We discovered in surveying our marketplace, in any given year from one to the next, there's a call or a need for 26 million board members," said Linda ...
Paying online becoming basic e-communication.
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] International Rescue Committee (IRC) in New York City launched an online pilot program this past October that connected donation dollar amounts to specific actions the organization takes to help refugees. The "gift basket" program, launched in time for the ...
It's your money: how not to get burned by the next Madoff.(OPINION)
Jun 01, 2009; ... "Trust, but verify," one of President Ronald Reagan's favorite maxims, has new meaning for America's not-for-profit community, which manages billions of dollars of contributions, endowments and grants. In this era of global financial crisis, philanthropic investors are suffering the same ...
4 Ways to cut costs: it can be done without crippling your organization.(FUNDRAISING)
Jun 01, 2009; ... If you're working for a nonprofit that hasn't recently undertaken an agency-wide cost-cutting program, you're clearly in a minority. Periodic cost-cutting is simply good management practice. Cost-cutting when money is tight is absolutely essential. And, in the midst of an economic ...
What every nonprofit must do to protect against misuse of grant funds.(NPT SPECIAL REPORT)
Jun 01, 2009; ... Most nonprofits depend heavily on federal, state and private grant funding. A vast majority of these funds are properly used to promote and operate important programs and to help many facets of society. However, the potential that grant funds can be misused is very real. If ...
Grant writers and corporate sponsors: you're pitching a product, too: your organization.(NPT SPECIAL REPORT)
Jun 01, 2009; ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] You've spent years perfecting your grant writing skills: shaping a logical argument for why your project needs funding; creating detailed budgets to reinforce your narrative; and, gathering a variety of attachments to support your case. Now you've been ...
Click & pledge launches open API payment platform.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
Jun 01, 2009 ... Click & Pledge has released PAI, an open application programming interface so software developers can create applications for the TRIO suite of payment system products. PAI, the Payment Application Interface (pronounced "pay"), is a free developers platform that allows users to ...
cMarket posted record quarter.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)(cMarket Network )(Financial report)(Brief article)
Jun 01, 2009 ... cMarket Network in Cambridge, Mass., a provider of online auction fundraising, announced a record quarter for online auction sales resulting in an additional $6.3 million raised, bringing the total raised since the firm's inception to more than $60 million. In addition, the ...
ABA honors top nonprofit lawyers.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
Jun 01, 2009 ... The Nonprofit Organizations Committee of the American Bar Association Section of Business Law unveiled the recipients of its annual Outstanding Nonprofit Lawyer Awards for 2009. The 2009 recipients are: Vanguard/Lifetime Achievement Award for distinguished lifetime ...