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Chevron Houston Marathon sets charity record - Houston Business Journal:
Chevron Houston Marathon sets charity record - Houston Business Journal:: "The largest field in the history of Chevron Houston Marathon weekend in January produced a record-setting total raised for local charities."
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The Battalion - Aggies in Mission volunteer time to help with Haiti relief
The Battalion - Aggies in Mission volunteer time to help with Haiti relief: "One group of Aggie students will be taking a break from the usual surf, sand and sun of spring break and replacing it with service in the Houston area through the organization Aggies in Mission.Aggies in Mission is a faith-based student organization focused on mission work in Bryan-College Station and surrounding area.
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Smaller charities sometimes ill-prepared for relief work | The Columbus Dispatch
Smaller charities sometimes ill-prepared for relief work | The Columbus Dispatch: "Humanitarian Defense, based in Chillicothe, officially became a nonprofit group last year, but now it's in need of help after a series of missteps during its inaugural mission - providing security and logistics support in Haiti after the Jan. 12 earthquake.'We did whatever we could to get there on the ground
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Boston singer’s kid goes oil out for charity rally - BostonHerald.com
Boston singer’s kid goes oil out for charity rally - BostonHerald.com: "Three years after the death of Brad Delp, lead singer of the band Boston, his daughter Jenna is racing to Mongolia in his memory.The 29-year-old, with friends Nick Supple and Nick Dale, will drive a car fueled by waste vegetable oil more than 8,000 miles from London to Mongolia in a charity event, the annual Mongol Rally,
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FayObserver.com - Bicycle Man needs a much bigger space; donations put on hold
FayObserver.com - Bicycle Man needs a much bigger space; donations put on hold: "Widely known as the Bicycle Man for his annual giveaways, Mathis is running out of space for his stockpile of bikes that need to be refurbished to give to children."
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Wild Apricot Blog : How to Get Your Nonprofit into Local Newspapers
Wild Apricot Blog : How to Get Your Nonprofit into Local Newspapers: "Offline media attention is good. Getting it can be hard, however, in the digital information age.Challenged by online alternative news sources, print newspapers are slimming down, cutting pages to cut their costs. To save on staff, newspapers increasingly bypass firsthand reportage and go the easy route — wire service stories
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The Nonprofit Quarterly | The Nonprofit Quarterly | Nonprofit Newswire | "Google Philanthropy:" Is There Money There?
The Nonprofit Quarterly | The Nonprofit Quarterly | Nonprofit Newswire | "Google Philanthropy:" Is There Money There?: "March 8, 2010; Google Blog | If you were to google 'Google Philanthropy' to find out what the search engine giant is up to in the philanthropic sphere, you'd find an impressive list of activities. These efforts, which represent the fulfillment of a promise by the company's
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Notre Dame Funding Generosity Studies - Newsroom - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick
Notre Dame Funding Generosity Studies - Newsroom - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick: "Press ReleaseThe University of Notre Dame’s Science of Generosity Initiative has awarded $1.4 million to four research projects that will study the origins, manifestations and consequences of generosity. The winning projects were chosen from among 325 proposals by scholars in 32 countries and numerous
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Christina Wyman: A Sweeter Kind of Philanthropy: Cupcakes for a Cause
Christina Wyman: A Sweeter Kind of Philanthropy: Cupcakes for a Cause: "Cupcakes for a Cause™ is an annual national fundraiser for CancerCare for Kids® built precisely on that notion. It began in 2004 in the birthplace of cupcake mania, New York City, with 12 local bakeries that sold cupcakes adorned with the signature CancerCare for Kids smiley-face and donated a portion of the proceeds to the
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Charities Spend Millions On Census Outreach : NPR
Charities Spend Millions On Census Outreach : NPR: "Charitable foundations and nonprofits are taking an unusually active role this year in trying to get an accurate census count. They say the people they serve have the most to benefit but are also among the least likely to participate."
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Polar Plunge raises record $70,000 - The Daily Journal
Polar Plunge raises record $70,000 - The Daily Journal: "Saturday's Polar Plunge at Lake Manteno raised a record-breaking $70,000 for Special Olympics.'The turnout was just fantastic,' said Kim Riddering, who manages Special Olympics outreach for the South Cook-Will County region."
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Board Members Want to Lead—Then Give - Resource Center - AFP
Board Members Want to Lead—Then Give - Resource Center - AFP: "(March 9, 2010) Board members want to give more than just dollars. They want to give input, guidance and direction. If you don’t let them lead, they won’t want to give.June Bradham, CFRE, author of The Truth About What Nonprofit Boards Want, told AFP eWire this week that board members are looking to have an enjoyable and rewarding
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White House Panel’s Proposal Would Tighten Rules for Religious Groups That Get Federal Money - Government - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas
White House Panel’s Proposal Would Tighten Rules for Religious Groups That Get Federal Money - Government - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "White House Panel's Proposal Would Tighten Rules for Religious Groups That Get Federal MoneyBy Suzanne PerryA White House advisory panel today proposed ways to strengthen rules for to ensure that
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Acronym: New study on exec attitudes about the economy
Acronym: New study on exec attitudes about the economy: "ASAE & The Center just released its latest economic study, this one features results of a survey that generated 960 responses, each from a different association, conducted earlier this year. The survey form duplicated the questions asked in the Spring of 2009, providing a nice comparison and benchmarking tool. A few of the things that
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Nonprofits merge to help schools - NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA
Nonprofits merge to help schools - NewburyportNews.com, Newburyport, MA: "hough federal dollars for that initiative dried up long ago, 20 years after it inception NEBC has continued to thrive past the livelihood of its contemporaries. While it plans to continue its mission for the next 20 years and beyond, the NEBC recently decided its programs would be better served working under the nonprofit
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Memphis Daily News - United Way Sees Unique Fundraising Success
Memphis Daily News - United Way Sees Unique Fundraising Success: "Dave Skorupa, the United Way’s vice president of communications, said the charity’s volunteers widened the pool of givers to offset the loss in contributions from fewer people being the payrolls of companies that already participated in the campaign.“They really went out and knocked on doors that hadn’t been knocked on in a while
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Metro - A lesson learned from women of strength
Metro - A lesson learned from women of strength: "But when she decided to join the women in CARE’s co-operative Savings and Loans Group, Caroline discovered she wasn’t alone; she was part of something bigger.Every two weeks, each woman in the co-op put $1 into a savings pool. Within weeks, there were enough funds to start borrowing money to invest in education, home businesses and their farms.
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Silent Charity Auctions Migrating to the Internet - Online Charity Auctions Result in More and Higher Bids
Silent Charity Auctions Migrating to the Internet - Online Charity Auctions Result in More and Higher Bids: "Computing is going to the cloud, donors are flocking to mobile, and silent auctions are migrating to the web.Silent auctions have been around for, it seems, a jillion years. They have become a staple of fundraising. Throw a party, silently auction off a stack of donated items, and voilà...
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Rapid Response at Critical Times of Need – An Essential Guide with Real World Examples
http://bit.ly/8XXrRE: "Rapid response is a top-of-mind topic for nonprofits of all shapes and sizes right now. Earlier this year Molly posted 7 quick tips to taking action quickly in times of need and numerous other resources and learnings have been put out since with the issue at top of mind for nonprofits and charities around the world (see: 5 Social Media Lessons From the Haiti Earthquake
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Connection Café: Rapid Response at Critical Times of Need – An Essential Guide with Real World Examples
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