July 23, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — Just over half of charities saw a drop in donations between March and May of this year, the same portion as reported a decline between October and February, according to a survey by the nonprofit watchdog group Guidestar.
July 20, 2009, The Baltimore Sun — David Sears had high hopes for his first year leading the fundraising office at Loyola College.
July 17, 2009, Seattle Post-Intelligencer — It was a rough year, but they're still on top.
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 16, 2009 — Fundraisers for schools, colleges and universities will likely see an average decline in giving to education of 3.9 percent when they close their books for the 2008-09 academic year, according to the Council for Advancement and Support of Education’s fundraising index.
July 16, 2009, Forbes.com — By now all of us have heard the ominous warnings about the "unraveling of the social safety net." But what does this really mean? And what can we as private citizens who have also been--both personally and professionally--deeply affected by the financial crisis do to repair it?
July 15, 2009, The Examiner — This year’s recession has hurt many volunteer-based organizations both in terms of human resources and donations, leaving the 290 attendees at Wednesday’s opening session of the American Marketing Association Nonprofit Marketing Conference primed for good online fund-raising ideas.
San Francisco, July 13, 2009, The Chronicle of Philanthropy — The golden age for philanthropy—and the United States—may be over.
July 14, 2009, Third Sector — But overseas development, blindness and Christian charities' donors stay loyal, according to research.
July 13, 2009, The Telegraph — A survey by Barclays Wealth of 500 wealthy individuals in the UK and US revealed that around 75pc had not reduced their contributions to charity, while more than one in four had increased their giving in the last 18 months.
BRUSSELS, July 10, 2009, Associated Press — The European Union said Friday that it was the world's biggest aid donor last year, spending euro12 billion ($16.7 billion) on poorer nations - or about 60 percent of all global aid.
