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YEAR-END FUND RAISING: A CHRONICLE WEBINAR

Join us on September 30 for a new Webinar produced by the editors of The Chronicle of Philanthropy to help you strengthen your year-end fund raising. Experts warn that in this difficult economy, the same old appeals and timeworn approaches may not work. So how should you reach donors, what should…

Get Ahead: Deadlines for Grants and Awards

The Chronicle has posted online new deadlines for grants and awards that nonprofit groups can compete for. The list will appear in our September 17 issue, which will be online in its entirety on Monday.

Online Discussion Next Week: Employee Benefits

Join us Tuesday, September 8, at noon U.S. Eastern time for a live online discussion on how charity leaders are offering noncash incentives to employees. How have they revamped benefit plans? What might nonprofit organizations do to continue to provide decent benefits for their employees? The…

Holiday Notice

Because of the Labor Day holiday, we will not be sending you Philanthropy Today on Monday. We will be back in your mailbox on Tuesday.

Online Discussion Next Week: Building a Better Board

Join us Tuesday, September 1, at noon U.S. Eastern time for a live online discussion on how charity leaders can recruit trustees whose outlook and agenda will aid their organization in reaching its goals. The guests will be: Hildy Gottlieb, president of the Community-Driven Institute and Help 4…

Legacies: Sen. Kennedy and Public Service

Sen. Edward M. Kennedy’s role in promoting volunteerism and public service could be one of his most enduring legacies, writes Shirley Sagawa, in an opinion article for The Chronicle of Philanthropy. She worked as an aide to the senator and is now a visiting fellow at the Center for American…

In the Arts: Big Technology Company Pledges to Maintain Giving, New York City Opera Signs Staff Deal

In the arts: Siemens maintains giving, New York City Opera signs staff deal

Prospecting: A Fund-Raising Challenge’s Success — and Snafus

An online matching-grant challenge brought in $3.75-million for Detroit-area cultural groups — but not without technical difficulties and some angry donors, notes Prospecting, the Chronicle’s fund-raising blog.

Online Discussion Next Week: Changing Careers to Change the World

Join us Tuesday, August 25, at noon U.S. Eastern time for a live online discussion on how people who work outside of the nonprofit world can pursue long-held dreams of starting a charity to attempt to solve many of the world’s most intractable problems. The Chronicle’s online discussions are free…

Online Discussion Next Week: Changing Careers to Change the World

Join us Tuesday, August 25, at noon U.S. Eastern time for a live online discussion on how people who work outside of the nonprofit world can pursue long-held dreams of starting a charity to attempt to solve many of the world’s most intractable problems. How do you set up a charity? What are the…