MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL, November 12, 2009 — More than 83,000 donors to the University of Minnesota gave $267 million in gifts and pledges in fiscal year 2009, which ended June 30, 2009. This follows the best year of giving to the university. The total given in FY 2008 was a historic $289 million.
October 30, 2009 — At a news conference today, Clarke College announced the largest donation in the school’s history with a $10 million gift from the estate of Marie Moles Miske, a 1942 graduate of the college.
VALPARAISO, Ind., November 6, 2009 — With the nation’s unemployment hovering at nearly 10 percent, communities are struggling and more people are turning to non-profit agencies for help making ends meet. As the United States climbs back from one of the worst recessions in its history, Valparaiso University students will learn first-hand how they can make a difference in people’s lives through a course that turns them into philanthropists.
November 6, 2009, The Cornell Daily Sun — It seems logical for people to donate less when their wallets are tight. Phillip Lyons, a high school economics teacher in Palo Alto, Calif., has been donating $100 to his alma master, UCLA, every year since graduation. However, things became different after the recession hit.
November 4, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — The Ford Foundation has pledged $100-million over seven years to support efforts to improve American public education.
November 4, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — Two anonymous donors have pledged large gifts to Amherst College, in Massachusetts. One of the anonymous donors pledged $100-million and the other pledged $25-million, the college announced this morning. Both donors are graduates of the college, but neither wanted the college to disclose their names.
October 30, 2009, The Harvard Crimson — Harvard may reorient its long-term fundraising strategy to focus more attention on unrestricted funds rather than earmarked gifts, University President Drew G. Faust said in an interview last week, giving voice to a policy that has become increasingly important in the midst of the recent economic downturn.
Charleston, S.C., October 28, 2009 — Blackbaud, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLKB), the leading global provider of software and related services designed specifically for nonprofit organizations, today announced that The Ohio State University has selected Blackbaud Enterprise CRM™ as its new fundraising system.
October 8, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — Colleges that win the most contributions — in terms of dollars raised per student — have done so in part by spending more money than other institutions to hire full-time staff members to conduct research on alumni and other potential donors, according to a new survey.
October 22, 2009, Bloomberg — The David and Lucile Packard Foundation, a private philanthropy started by Hewlett-Packard Co.’s late co-founder David Packard and his wife, will donate up to $100 million to Stanford University to help expand the children’s hospital that bears Lucile Packard’s name.
