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The Gorilla Organization sticks to its guns for what's best to achieve its mission. It stays true to its mission, and it's resulted in an annual fundraiser that has brought in more than 1.3 million pounds from more than 2,500 participants over the years. And best of all, the donors and supporters are passionate stewards of the cause. All because Davies and his staff stay true to the Gorilla Organization's mission.

PepsiCo Inc. is revamping a charitable-giving program created to boost its corporate image and sales of its flagship cola but marred by complaints of vote-rigging and other irregularities — with several changes geared toward steering more of the prize money toward community and grass-roots organizations.

With a promise of $20 million in donations for "refreshing ideas that change the world," Pepsi's Refresh Project drew rabid competition for the prize money—perhaps too rabid.

Students and teachers at Gelinas Junior High have raised more than $10,000 for Stony Brook Long Island Children's Hospital – and two anonymous donors have matched that amount, resulting in a donation of about $30,000 to the new hospital.

They met their goal Monday night at a fundraiser they called "A Touch of Class," which featured performances from the school's chamber orchestra and refreshments served by the school's National Junior Honor Society. It represented the school's largest-ever fundraising effort.

The Terry Fox Foundation's Brett Kohli discusses the fundraising initiatives of the cancer research organization.

KaBOOM!, a national non-profit dedicated to saving play for America's children, has proven that money isn’t everything when you have friends.  Over the past two weeks, KaBOOM!’s dedicated supporters voted online once a day to help the nonprofit win the Breakthrough Nonprofit Branding contest’s first place prize.

We would also like to congratulate the other nine nonprofits for advancing to the final round of the contest.  Each will receive a second or third place prize to help them continue their brand development journey.

Lawmakers moved Tuesday to ensure that S.C. churches, schools and nonprofits do not unknowingly break the law when they hold charitable raffles.

Legislation, approved by a Senate committee Tuesday, would change the state Constitution to allow the groups to hold a limited number of raffles and casino nights annually — as long as 90 percent of the money raised goes to benefit charitable causes.

The game show "Jeopardy!" may be focused on trivia, but winnings of an upcoming competition will benefit humanitarian work.

"Jeopardy!" champion Ken Jennings will compete against fellow champion Brad Rutter and IBM's Watson computing system next month, with the windfalls going to charity.

The grand prize is $1 million, second place earns $300,000 and third place earns $200,000. Jennings and Rutter will donate half of their winnings to charity, and IBM will donate 100 percent of its winnings to charity.

Sage North America announced the winners of its Connect with Sage grant contest: Jazz Foundation of America, Resource Center Dallas, Campaign for Equal Justice, CAMBA and St. Peter’s Episcopal School.

Community Options, a national nonprofit organization that supports people with disabilities, is working to promote greater health and wellness this Valentines Day. The organization has put together a national 5K Run, Cupids Chase, which will take place in 24 cities across 10 states on February 12, 2011.

Mary Pat Christie, First Lady of New Jersey, is the Honorary National Chairperson of Cupids Chase. Christie is working with Community Options to bring greater awareness to the cause and promote corporate social responsibility and health and wellness.

Nonprofit brand strategy consultant Michele Levy provided 11 marketing communications best practices that fundraisers should utilize in their communications strategies in a recent webinar, Ten Marketing Communications Activities You Must Do.