Accountability
February 19, 2016 at 9:55 am
Personal information for millions of California public students, including social security numbers, will soon be turned over to a nonprofit organization representing special needs children. The Concerned Parents Association was granted access to the information through a lawsuit it filed against the state Department of Education to see if schools are violating federal laws on…
February 19, 2016 at 9:40 am
When anti-gay group STOP SAFE Schools Coalition caught wind that youth organization Minus18 was selling tickets to a dance for LGBT teenagers, the group directed its Facebook followers to buy up all the tickets so no one could attend. But there was a catch. Minus18 wasn't selling tickets to the event. It was crowdfunding it. Oops!...
February 17, 2016 at 10:52 am
Goodwill Industries of Toronto, Eastern, Central and Northern Ontario (TECNO) has had a tough 2016 so far. The nonprofit abruptly closed all of its locations Jan. 17, lost its affiliation with Goodwill Industries International (GII) Feb. 5 and filed for bankruptcy Feb. 8....
February 17, 2016 at 10:10 am
Cancer Fund of America, one of four cancer charities the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) named in a civil complaint last May, has agreed to shut down. The Tennessee-based charity allegedly was part of a scam that bilked donors out of more than $187 million. Named the second-worst charity in America by The Tampa Bay Times, it is the last of the four charities named in the FTC complaint to cease operations...
February 16, 2016 at 10:41 am
I used to think Mop & Glo was the greatest product known to man. Once a week, I’d mindlessly squirt Mop & Glo on my tile flooring, run a damp mop over my tile and step back to admire the shine. Until the day came when there was no shine left to admire. So, are you using what I call "Mop & Glo fundraising"?...
February 16, 2016 at 10:25 am
Just hours ahead of attending Saturday's GOP primary debate in Greenville, S.C., Donald Trump blasted the Republican National Committee (RNC) for a fundraising email he claimed was "illegally" sent using his name. The billionaire went on a Twitter spree against the RNC early Saturday. Trump's recent comments are a response to fundraising messages the committee…
February 16, 2016 at 10:20 am
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia was found dead on Saturday morning, apparently of a heart attack sustained while visiting a hunting ranch in Texas. He was 79. Scalia, the longest-serving Supreme Court justice in history, was nominated by Ronald Reagan and confirmed by the Senate in 1986. He earned a reputation as the intellectual…
February 12, 2016 at 9:26 am
While Valentine's Day is very symbolic for us, I will never forget what I was told decades ago: to show affection every day of the year and not just one special, designated day. I always have carried that premise over to donors in my career. We need to love them all of the time. Unfortunately, many professionals have not developed a proper method or process to do this over time...
February 12, 2016 at 9:03 am
There is nothing more dangerous than a boring story. Don’t believe me? Think about a time when you watched a bad movie or tried to read a slow book. Maybe you fell asleep in the theater. Perhaps that book sat and gathered dust on your bedside table, but try…
February 9, 2016 at 10:48 am
Donald Trump wanted a small veterans charity to be his political prop. It said "no." Liberty House—one of the 22 organizations chosen to benefit from Trump’s multimillion-dollar fundraiser for veterans—is a scrappy veterans group in New Hampshire, with a small, $300,000 annual budget. On Friday, Liberty House Executive Director Keith Howard received a call from…
