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(Press release, April 15, 2015) — Abila, provider of software and services to nonprofits and associations, announced findings from its Donor Engagement Study - Aligning Nonprofit Strategy With Donor Preferences that explores donor engagement and where alignment and disconnect exist between donors and nonprofit organizations. The study also includes engagement preferences across four generations of donors: Matures (70 or older), Boomers (51-69), Generation Xers (35-50), and Millennials (18-34).

Eli Manning has already accomplished everything he possibly could dream of on the football field—two Super Bowl championships, a few trips to the Pro Bowl and a spot forever etched in New York sports history. Now, he is being recognized for his pursuits off the field as well.

Forget about being named a top 10 quarterback—Manning was recognized as one of the New York Observer's Top 20 Philanthropists Under 40, honoring the people who leverage their fame and fortune to benefit society.

A recent analysis of IRS data from 2006 to 2012 by the Chronicle of Philanthropy found that...

Giving for causes benefiting black males more than doubled from 2010 to 2012, according to a new report.

"Quantifying Hope: Philanthropic Support for Black Men and Boys," released today by the Foundation Center and the Campaign for Black Male Achievement, explores grant-making trends for major foundations from 2003 to 2012. In 2012, the latest year for which the data were available, 98 foundations made grants totaling $64.6 million specifically designed to benefit black men and boys, up from $40.4 million in 2011 and $28.6 million in 2010.

Grants to charities that help ethnic minority males and economically disadvantaged males also...

The Association of Nonprofit Executives (ANPE) announced Marcee Metzger, executive director of Voices of Hope, has won the 2014 ANPE Nonprofit Executive of the Year Award. The award, sponsored by U.S. Bank, was presented at the annual ANPE awards luncheon at the Cornhusker Marriott. The annual award recognizes leaders who have demonstrated exceptional leadership, direction and vision. Both the award winner and the nonprofit organization each receive $500.

NonProfit PRO is pleased to welcome the American Cancer Society's Tarsha Calloway, director of executive engagement and integration, to the NonProfit PRO Leadership Conference. Calloway will join Larry C Johnson, philanthropy coach, speaker, author and founder of The Eight Principles; Richard Rumsey, vice president of development and communications at Project HOPE; Tracy-Elizabeth Clay, senior vice president, legal affairs, general counsel and board secretary of Teach for America; and Paul Bellantone, president and CEO of Promotional Products Association International as a presenter at the conference.

Hillary Clinton on Sunday resigned from the board of the Clinton Foundation to focus on her just-launched presidential campaign, POLITICO has learned.

Clinton announced her resignation in an email to the foundation's employees Sunday afternoon, not long after launching her presidential campaign with a digital media blitz.

"While I have cherished my time serving on the board and engaging in the day-to-day work of the Foundation, in order to devote myself to this new, all-encompassing endeavor, I have resigned from the Board of Directors effective today," she wrote in an email obtained by POLITICO.

Recent tweets on nonprofit technology (#nptech).

In what should be a ringing alarm for nonprofit boards across the country long accustomed to minimal scrutiny or accountability, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman of New York has signaled that the laissez-faire approach to nonprofit governance is over.

Mr. Schneiderman's office has sent letters to the board members of Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art, the prestigious college founded in Manhattan in 1859 by the philanthropist Peter Cooper on the premise that it be "open and free to all." Last year, after the school said it faced financial ruin otherwise, it began charging tuition.

I haven't donated in a while to this charity but after doing the online survey, it made me want to go and donate. Did they do that on purpose?

Charities are often open to all sorts of donations, whether in money or in kind. Now they're turning to a new source: donations of bitcoin.

Among the charities soliciting donations from bitcoin users are Save the Children, an aid agency that receives hundreds of millions of dollars in donations every year, American Red Cross and Greenpeace.

"There is a sense that this is growing in acceptance in the nonprofit sector," says Ettore Rossetti, director, social media and digital marketing at Save the Children.

Bitcoin is a six-year-old virtual currency that can be traded on numerous exchanges or used in...