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October 2007
Oct 17
"I put those people in place. I trusted them. I had no idea they would do anything like this." Sometimes trusting your fellow man is a mistake. ...
September 2007
Sep 24
For some schools, fundraisers pay for activities and such things as uniforms, instruments and playground equipment. But in some schools, fundraising is so fraught with pitfalls that principals have done away with traditional sales and events.
Sep 7
Fishers, IN - In 2001, the Hamilton Southeastern Schools Foundation was formed to benefit all schools in the district by providing student scholarships and teacher grants ...
Sep 7
Give2schools is an online payment processing system that allows foundations to receive electronic payments by e-check or credit card right on their Web site.
August 2007
Aug 23
"Giving while living" is becoming popular as more Americans decide to spread their money around while they're still here to see its impact. ...
Aug 20
Teachers nationally spend an average of $475 of their own money on classroom supplies and materials each year, according to a study ...
Aug 8
For years the IRS has mulled over requests for a kinder and gentler Form 990. The redesign efforts focused on ...
Aug 3
Car washes, bake sales and chili tickets remain effective ways for school groups to raise a little money, but schools looking to create more significant and consistent funding streams might want to cultivate a spirit of philanthropy in their alumni and current students.
Aug 2
Avoid these eight "worst practices," and your audiences will thank you.
July 2007
Jul 13
Google has announced that it is making the educational version of its Google Apps product available free to nonprofit organizations in the United States.
Jul 12
As more colleges have completed or are trying to complete billion-dollar fund-raising campaigns, leaders in the arena of big-gift fund raising shared their tips and encouragement at the annual meeting of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education...
Jul 11
Charities say direct mail and other mass appeals are bringing in more dollars than they did in the past, according to a new survey ...
June 2007
Jun 20
The next time you have a used item you want to sell, skip eBay and head to www.classroomclassifieds.com.
Jun 7
An anonymous donor has given Washington and Lee University, in Virginia, $100-million, the fourth gift of at least that amount that has gone to higher education in eight days, reports The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Jun 4
Parents willing to install air conditioning, greenhouses, and other amenities at their children’s schools can be a blessing, but the uneven distribution of those gifts has forced many school districts to implement policies on private contributions...
May 2007
May 14
As higher postage rates take effect, many nonprofit groups are figuring out how to cope with increases that more than doubles the cost of sending some direct-mail pieces.
May 11
If more people volunteer for charities after they reach traditional retirement age, the nation’s gross domestic product could increase by 5 percent by 2050, predicts an economist cited in a Time magazine article about the changing nature of retirement.
May 11
The largest donor-advised funds boasted assets of $19.2-billion last year, an increase of more than 21 percent, according to a survey by The Chronicle of Philanthropy.
May 10
The group's annual survey of 958 schools said boards are looking to corporate sponsors, school vending machines and external fundraising to make up for the lack of provincial funding for arts, music, breakfast programs and the assessment of special education students.
March 2007
Mar 21
Created to rebuild public trust in the corporate community in the wake of corporate and accounting scandals, the American Competitiveness and Corporate Accountability Act, or Sarbanes-Oxley Act, requires that publicly traded companies conform to new standards in financial transactions and audit procedures.
Mar 15
You didn't get the gift. Don't give up quite yet-ask four fundamental questions first.
Mar 15
Recently the NSFA surveyed close to 31,000 public school districts from across the nation...
February 2007
Feb 27
Features editor Holly Hall hosted a live chat with Adrian Sargeant, who holds the Robert F. Hartsook Chair in Fund Raising at the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy. Here are some of the questions that were asked
Feb 27
Should nonprofit groups pay cities for services they receive like water and fire protection — or do such payments call into question the very reason charities are exempt from property taxes or other levies?
Feb 13
The Internal Revenue Service has published guidelines for donors who make gifts directly to charity from their individual retirement accounts.
Feb 9
Trustees need to put a brake on the skyrocketing increases in salaries and other perks ...
Feb 7
The Des Moines school district might join the estimated 150 districts across Iowa that have foundations to raise money for classroom projects and programs.
Feb 7
In an elementary school in North Attleboro, Mass., a large painting of an Afghan tribesman has hung for decades in the school's auditorium. It turns out that picture is worth millions of dollars.
Feb 3
Parents whose kids take a day off from school will be asked to open their wallets. That will be $36.13, please. Desperate to hold on to every penny of state funding, Scotts Valley Unified School District leaders are asking parents to make a donation to the district for the amount it loses every time a student is absent for a reason other than illness.
January 2007
Jan 22
The nation’s ninth-largest oil company has pledged to spend $5-million per year for 10 years to send hundreds of high school students in economically depressed El Dorado, Ark., to college, reports the Associated Press.
