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July 12, 2011
Recent tweets from folks you should follow on Twitter.
July 11, 2011
Recent tweets from folks you should follow on Twitter.
June 9, 2011
BBB Wise Giving Alliance, GuideStar USA and Independent Sector developed a new website, Charting Impact, as a common presentation for nonprofits that allows staff, boards, stakeholders, donors, volunteers, and others to work with and learn from each other.
This framework was developed, tested and refined by nearly 200 nonprofit and philanthropic leaders.
At the heart of Charting Impact are five deceptively simple questions that require reflection and promote communication about what really matters — results
May 12, 2011
The Association of Fundraising Professionals has awarded its highest professional certification, the Advanced Certified Fundraising Executive (ACFRE), to Angela Seaworth, director of the Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership at Rice University, which seeks to increase the effectiveness and impact of the nonprofit sector by providing education and nurturing leadership among professionals and those who support nonprofit organizations.
Available only to senior-level fundraisers who've worked in the profession for 10 or more years, the ACFRE is a distinguished achievement earned by only 91 professionals since the inception of the program in 1992.
April 22, 2011
On May 19, FundRaising Success will host its second annual virtual conference and expo: Engaging, Enlightening, Empowering Donors. Did we mention it's FREE? Each week until then, we'll be publishing bios of our featured speakers. Today, Sandy Rees and Pamela Grow.
April 4, 2011
Check out posts from the Agitator and Non-Profit Marketing blogs.
March 31, 2011
I am just back from an intense four days at the 48th annual AFP International Conference on Fundraising. And I listened to some of fundraising’s most brilliant — and provocative — leaders. Here’s what’s on the mind of some of our smartest thinkers.
March 30, 2011
March 30, 2011, the Senate Finance Committee will hold a hearing titled "How Do Complexity, Uncertainty and Other Factors Impact Responses to Tax Incentives" to determine whether tax incentives actually work, or whether they reward behavior that would have occurred anyway. AFP is submitting comments to the committee urging it to support tax incentives that encourage charitable giving, oppose the Administration's proposed cap on itemized deductions (including charitable deductions) and extend the IRA Charitable Rollover provision, which will expire at the end of 2011.
March 29, 2011
The Arts & Science Council knew it wouldn’t be easy to pull off its 25-year cultural master plan to build new museums and a performing arts center. That wasn’t even counting the worst thing that eventually did go wrong: the recession and banking crisis that struck just two years into the council’s $83-million fundraising campaign, imploding its biggest corporate supporter and freezing philanthropists’ checkbooks.
Yet today Charlotte’s business district boasts three new art museums, a performing-arts theater and a remodeled children’s science museum.
March 25, 2011
Safeway Inc. was recognized this week by the Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) with the organization’s 2011 Freeman Philanthropic Services Award for Outstanding Corporation.
The award honors companies that demonstrate outstanding commitment to important causes through financial support and encouragement, as well as the company’s ability to motivate others to take on leadership roles in their communities.
