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“Elite” nonprofits like arts institutions and colleges tend to benefit more from corporate giving than do social-welfare charities, according to a study published in the journalOrganization Science. The higher the concentration of corporate headquarters in a city, the faster the growth of local nonprofits, the study found. But the impact was greater on nonprofits that [...]
The Regents of the University of Colorado are pleased to announce that the University of Colorado have been awarded a grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The grant,in the amount of more than $11 million, is to support research to normalize early growth of offspring of mothers in poor communities with high rates [...]
Job Description Full-Time Project Associate Description Bentz Whaley Flessner, a leading fundraising consulting firm for nearly 30 years, provides quality advice for every step of the development process to educational institutions, academic medical centers, healthcare systems, and arts and cultural organizations—nationwide—with specialty counsel on advancement services, annual giving, prospect research, and analytics. Responsibilities This position [...]
Well that is a (admittedly bad) paraphrase of the .38 Special song Hold on Loosely and it is an important issue as many people are working hard to find creative gift solutions. I have heard discussions suggesting that the 90s were the golden era of planned giving, whether that’s true or not I don’t know. [...]
Years ago, I created this image and phrase “integrated advancement ecosystem.” It guides my thinking, and I’ll be building on and detailing the concepts in this framework in the months to come. Some of the components are called different things by different (types of) organizations. For example, “constituent programs” for a university are generally “alumni [...]
As 2012 draws to a close, the debate continues over the impending expiration of tax cuts and across-the-board government spending reductions scheduled to take effect December 31. One approach to addressing this “fiscal cliff” is to limit all deductions, including the charitable tax deduction. Various versions of this approach are being floated on both sides [...]
Holiday greeting videos are a great tool for bringing alumni, donors, and friends back to campus virtually, but the holidays aren’t the only time for video greetings. Think about other times during the academic year to engage your constituents through an up-beat, celebratory message, like the beginning of the school year, homecoming, the announcement of a [...]
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg is donating nearly $500 million in stock to a Silicon Valley charitable foundation. The 28-year-old Zuckerberg said he and his wife, Priscilla, earmarked the gift of 18 million Facebook shares for health and education issues. “Mark’s generous gift will change lives and inspire others in Silicon Valley and around the globe to [...]
Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger announced Dec. 17 that Mortimer B. Zuckerman has pledged $200 million to endow a Mind Brain Behavior Institute to support interdisciplinary neuroscience research and discovery by scholars across the University. Later that morning, Zuckerman and Bollinger attended a university forum featuring the Institute’s founding co-directors,Thomas Jessell and Nobel laureates Richard Axel and Eric Kandel, to [...]
In a first-of-its-kind public/private partnership, the William & Nancy Thompson Family Foundation (Thompson Family Foundation) and the Children and Families Commission of Orange County have provided $14.8 million to create The Center for Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disorders of Southern California (The Center for Autism), which will bring a unique multidisciplinary focus on clinical care, education, [...]
