September 3, 2010


Older donors most generous

Lisa McIntyre Baby Boomers and older donors are the most valuable givers and give mainly through the mail to nonprofits, which should focus their fundraising spending on the donors and giving channels that generate the biggest return now and perform the best, a new study says.

Giving News: In Brief

  • Sept. 1: Crohn's and Colitis Foundation gets $10M; DonorsChoose gets $1.3M; New York Life Foundation gives $2.5M; and more
  • Aug. 30: KFC gives $4.2M; Boys & Girls Clubs gets $3M; Open Society offers match; and more
  • Aug. 25: Knight gives $2.23M; Prudential gives $3.575; GE gives $2M; and more
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Nonprofit News: In Brief

  • Sept. 1: Van Cliburn Foundation gets new CEO; Foundation Source taps 2 for leadership team; Associated Grant Makers gets member-services director; and more
  • Sept. 1: Ganzert to head American Humane Association; Aetna Foundation names staff; Dave Thomas Foundation names staff; and more
  • Aug. 30: World Alliance of YMCAs elects president; Rockefeller Foundation names VP; Common Knowledge taps online fundraising director; and more
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Opinion

Funding networks needed for Gulf progress

To make the Gulf whole again, we need a different vision, and a different visioning process, to take us to a future that’s both more practical and more sustainable.


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