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Financial paradox: here's a cheat sheet for a down economy.(STREETSMART NONPROFIT MANAGER)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Stop worrying about the economic mess and start doing something concrete about it. If you're a CEO or member of a board committee, call in your top financial person and ask . . .

Thrift shops exempted from lead rules.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nonprofit thrift stores dodged a bullet as a change to new consumer testing requirements clarified a law that threatened to paralyze children's clothing sales by February an . . .

Hospital cutbacks foreseen in capital, equipment.(BUSINESS BRIEFS)
Only 8 percent of hospital fundraising executives who expect to raise less money this year than in 2008 said their institutions would have to reduce community services, according to a survey by the . . .

Info on AARP Foundation Litigation was incorrect.(Letter to the editor)
Congratulations to the American Cancer Society (ACS) on establishing a legal advocacy arm (The NonProfit Times, February 1). We have worked with ACS in its new legal advocacy effort and agree that i . . .

Consultants page: resource directory.(Directory)
ACCOUNTING SERVICES--STRATEGIC PLANNING COMPUTER SERVICES JACOBSON CONSULTING APPLICATIONS, INC www.jcainc.com Problems With Your Fundraising System? We specialize in Business Pr . . .

Resource directory.(Directory)
AUCTION SERVICES--COMPUTERIZED FUNDRAISING SERVICES AUCTION SERVICES cMARKET online auctions help organizations Get More Bids, Get More Items, and Raise More Money www.cmarke . . .

Attorneys general focusing on fiduciary responsibilities.
While long-established charities are seeing donations drop and more are shuttering their doors because of a tough U.S. economy, according to Terry Knowles, assistant director of the New Hampshire De . . .

The urge to merge: in tight times, combining forces can be a winner.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Merrill Ringold went through a period thinking he might be sitting on the floor of his nonprofit with no chairs or desk as the end came from a merger around the day before C . . .

Taking cancer to court: ACS plans to file briefs in federal cases that impact cancer patients.
Opening a wider front in its battle on cancer, the American Cancer Society (ACS) and its Cancer Action Network have launched the Judicial Advocacy Initiative (JAI), a move to affect public policy th . . .

Indefensible: foundations and endowments closing because of Madoff deserve it.(GENERAL RAMBLINGS)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Lena Foster: What did you finally invest in, Mr. Mille, do you remember? Daniel Miller: [under his breath] Um, uh ... cattle. Lena Foster: And what happened to the cattl . . .

Calendar.(Conference news)(Calendar)
FEBRUARY 1-3 The 2009 Family Philanthropy Conference, sponsored by the Council on Foundations, will be held in Indianapolis. Info: www.cof.org 7-10 NRB (formerly the National Religious Broadcast . . .

2009 salary & benefits survey.(The NonProfit Times Special report)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Amid the stock market meltdown, credit crunch and rising unemployment, 2009 looks like it will be a better year to be an employee rather than a boss, at least according to t . . .

Health premiums cut into pay hikes.(The NonProfit Times: 2009 SALARY & BENEFITS SURVEY)
The way Brian McConnell sees it, rising healthcare costs at some point will exceed his nonprofit's ability to provide wage increases. "I just don't see how we can keep up with the ongoing increases, . . .

The holidays are over: it's time to start on your year-end appeals.(DONOR MANAGEMENT SOFTWARE)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The right donor management software can make a big difference in your ability to raise funds. The holidays are over but soon you'll need to prepare another end-of-the-year a . . .

Resource directory.(CONSULTANTS PAGE)(Directory)
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Subjects matter: email kickers that will sing to a broader audience.
A free Rolex. Bulk orders of male enhancement pills. A ridiculously low mortgage downpayment. You know what subject lines can end up in a spam filter, but what kinds of subject lines can actually ge . . .

Lists: the holidays are over: isn't it time you checked your lists twice?
The month of January is often a time of reflection and assessment. "Who am I? Where am I going?" For fundraisers, it's a time to assess their holiday fundraising efforts. If they don't, the questi . . .

Cyberfaith: ministries ditching radio to go global on the Internet.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Desiring God, the ministry of John Piper based in Minneapolis, decided to pull the plug on its radio broadcast to more than 160 radio outlets across the country in September . . .

Littlefield new president of triplex.
Gretchen Littlefield was promoted to president of the Triplex division of infoGROUP (formerly infoUSA), a data service company that works with nonprofit organizations. Littlefield will oversee the . . .

New CMO for Convio.
Sara Spivey joined Convio as chief marketing officer, filling the position vacated with the appointment of Fred Waugh to head the Austin, Texas firm's alliance programs. Waugh, previously vice pre . . .

Blackbaud picked by Salvation Army division.
The Salvation Army Southern Territory (TSAS) selected Blackbaud Enterprise CRM[TM] as its centralized database to support the sharing of cross-division information, facilitate improved reporting and . . .

Magazines that speak to donors: web-only doesn't do it for many subscribers.
The nonprofit B-Word Worldwide needed to raise $40,000 in a month to publish its next issue of Bitch: Feminist Response to Pop Culture, a magazine affectionately known just as Bitch. Debbie Rasmusse . . .

Amergent acquires npadvisors.com.
Direct response firm Amergent gave itself an early Christmas present when it acquired npadvisors.com right before the holiday. The Peabody, Mass., full service agency acquired the Warren, Va., onl . . .

Influential & effective: these fundraisers know how to bring in the cash and further the profession.
With a nearly worldwide recession, unless you live in North Dakota where there is nearly full employment and a state budget surplus, fundraising would not be high on most lists of preferred occupati . . .

Hispanic donors: playing up family ties can help with appeals.(ETHNIC MARKETING)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Teleton, a Mexico-based charity that helps disabled children, puts on a radio and television telethon to raise money each year. But last year, Teleton wanted to expand to Hi . . .

Who are you? No, the question really isn't a rock anthem.(BRANDING)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] SO you're the CEO of DoGood Charity (DGC), and you feel good. Why? Well, you are right where you want to be, where everybody knows your name. Yup, yours is a nationally-kn . . .

What's after madoff? Charities still picking up the pieces of scam.(LAW & ORDER)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] AS the initial shock and awe subsides, the huge dollar figures swirling around Bernard Madoff's alleged Ponzi scheme have become clearer, and while they might be a bit small . . .

Consultants page resource directory.(Directory)
COMPUTER SERVICES JACOBSON CONSULTING APPLICATIONS, INC ... www.jcainc.com Problems With Your Fundraising System? We specialize in Business Process Improvement, System Selection, Tic . . .

Resource directory.(Directory)
AUCTION SERVICES cMARKET online auctions help organizations Get More Bids, Get More Items, and Raise More Money www.cmarket.com/npt CHARITABLE STATE REGISTRATION COPILEVITZ . . .

Office web use tough to control: some groups have given up.(Children's Square USA )
Is that employee really working on a spreadsheet, or is it just a cover for an NCAA college basketball brackets pool? It's estimated that thousands of hours of productivity are lost to "March Madnes . . .

Fundraisers are going after states: registration rules are the target.
Armed with precedents from court victories against fundraising registration rules in Pinellas County, Fla., American Charities for Reasonable Fundraising Regulation (ACFRFR) is starting to take on m . . .

Clothes sense: revenue generated even if clothing can't be worn.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Clothing donations help the American Red Cross (ARC) St. Louis Area chapter. But, donors might find their old jeans and worn sweaters in thrift shops instead of on people AR . . .

YouTube 'Symphoney' gets Carnegie gig.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Where would you turn to find riveting, classical musicians to join a symphony? YouTube, of course. Let's see how many use kazoos to play sheet music. The video streaming W . . .

Charity launches new app for iPhone.
Move over Tap Tap Revenge and Beer Hero--Songs of Love Foundation has just launched the first nonprofit iPhone application. The Songs of Love application, better know as apps, was created to incre . . .

'Idol Gives' the donations--finally.(American Idol)(Brief article)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Forget about the fat lady--it's the fat paycheck that's singing for Idol Gives Back recipients. Idol Gives Back, a fundraising event hosted by American Idol, finally announc . . .

Foodbank turns to The Boss for held.(Brief article)
With food donations down significantly and food prices and demand both skyrocketing, the Community Food Bank of New Jersey turned to The Boss to turn some heads. An ad featuring New Jersey's nativ . . .

Diversity in occupations drives successful boards.
If the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker were to be appointed to a nonprofit board, it'd be a good start, but they likely still would lack the occupational diversity that brings balance t . . .

Princeton, foundation settle donor intent case.(Robertson Foundation)
The Robertson Foundation, with assets of more than $900 million as of this past June, will be dissolved as part of a settlement with Princeton University that ends a six-year landmark donor intent c . . .

Pulling out a rabbit: there's no wand that magically fixes a broken economy.(GENERAL RAMBLING)
The chatter about the possibilities for the nonprofit sector and the new federal administration in Washington, D.C., has escalated into a near frenzy, it's almost as if the sector's collective hair . . .

Igniting a service nation: powering a nation's economic recovery through service.(OPINION)
With crashing stock markets and soaring unemployment, President Franklin Roosevelt called the Congress into emergency session in March of 1933 to adopt his Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) to put j . . .

Evaluating the evaluator: 25 key questions for assessing your board's performance.(BOARDS)
One of the more overlooked responsibilities of a nonprofit board is the requirement to assess its own performance. Nonprofit boards are familiar with their other main responsibilities, such as selec . . .

What to expect: the sector is recession resistant, not recession proof.(STREETSMART NONPROFIT MANAGER)
The 'R' word has now been confirmed and it's officially time to consider the implications. Start with this truism: The nonprofit sector is recession resistant, not recession proof. To understand w . . .

Accounting alphabet soup: can software keep up in moving from FASB and GAAP to IASB and IFRS?(SPECIAL REPORT)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Nonprofits in the United States are required to manage and report financial activity according Generally Accepted Accounting Principals (GAAP). That they are not called Carv . . .

Resource directory.(Table)
ACCOUNTING SERVICES--STRATEGIC PLANNING COMPUTER SERVICES JACOBSON CONSULTING APPLICATIONS, INC www.jcainc.com Problems With Your Fundraising System? We specialize in Business Pr . . .

A nation of volunteers: NPT executives of the year shine spotlight on national service.
[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] The ServiceNation Summit had all the trapping of a VIP experience. There were the Hollywood stars, the top-tier politicians at a New York City venue that was covered by the . . .

Nonprofits start franchising.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] It's not unusual for a nonprofit to do a lot of mailings. It is uncommon when the charity is mailing for someone else, such as what Woburn, Mass.-based nonprofit CMARC is do . . .

Stressing out and puffing away.(Survey)(Brief article)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A lot of folks must have the old folk song Puff The Magic Dragon running through their heads. Why? Because the plummeting economy has left people running out into the cold-- . . .

Meters don't let time run out.(Brief article)
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] So you're walking down the street in a major metropolitan city when you come upon a panhandler asking for change. You, a) avoid eye contact and keep moving, or b) hand over . . .

Family, charity benefit from house sale.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] George Tran doesn't want to be bothered with selling a house in a lousy real estate market--so he's decided to give it away. And he's turning to the Internet to find the mos . . .

A letter about nothing.(Blah)(Brief article)
Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah--that might be what you think when reading some fundraising letters. But actually having that written to you is a different story. Framingham State College sent out a . . .