Daily Deals for Green Products Benefit Nonprofit
Green America, a nonprofit that promotes environmentally friendly business, has started a site that works like Groupon to advance its mission and raise some money.
By Raymund Flandez
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Charity Sites More Popular Than Portals for Donations
A new study analyzing seven years of giving patterns shows that charities attract more donations from their own sites than through giving portals.
By Raymund Flandez
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Two new analyses of giving figures show the states whose residents give the most to charitable causes.
By Raymund Flandez
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15 Fund-Raising Videos for the Last 15 Days of 2010
A social-services charity uses videos to take donors behind the scenes in a low-cost, easy-to-do appeal.
By Raymund Flandez
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Nearly Half of Americans Say They Are Giving Less in 2010
Only 8 percent of donors said they would increase their giving in 2010, a new poll finds, and many donors say that the bad economy will continue to cause them to hold back on contributions in 2011.
By Raymund Flandez
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Half of Charities See Healthy Increases in Holiday Giving, Chronicle Poll Finds
Fifty-three percent of charities chalked up gains in the crucial year-end giving season, a Chronicle poll finds.
By Raymund Flandez
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Small Charities Reap Donations at Alternative Gift Fairs
In communities across the country, events promoting gifts to charities sprout around the holiday season.
By Raymund Flandez
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More Proof That December Is Critical to Charities’ Annual Giving
One in five online donors makes a gift in the last two days of the year—and first-time donors who give in December contribute more over time than people who make first donations at other times of the year.
By Raymund Flandez
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Donors Give More to a Charity’s Own Web Site Than Via Big Giving Portals
A seven-year study of giving patterns finds that charities fare far better when they seek money on their own sites—or those that prominently bear their name—rather than those that collect gifts for lots of causes.
By Raymund Flandez
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Women Give to Same Causes as Men, Study Finds
A new study rebuts the idea that men and women give to widely different causes, but it does show that women are more inclined than men to give to overseas causes, community groups, health organizations, and religious institutions.
By Raymund Flandez
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