Good software, bad choices: 10 common mistakes in selecting donor
databases.(DATABASE)
Picture two nonprofits. The first has a donor database that is full
of bad information. Donors are getting the wrong receipts or no receipts
at all. The organization cannot use the database to plan . . .
Calendar.(Conference news)(Calendar)
MAY
April 30-May 2 The Global Summit on Social Responsibility:
Leveraging the Power of Associations for a New Magnitude of Leadership
will take place in multiple locations around the world, . . .
Mortgage-Backed Securities brokers have
responsibilities.(LETTER)(Letter to the editor)
Dear Editor:
Tom Pope's April 1 article, Mortgaged-Backed Investments
Threaten Nonprofits, attempts to describe the risks nonprofit managers
face when investing in collateralized mortgage . . .
Donors with access: things shouldn't be quiet at this
library.(GENERAL RAMBLINGS)
There was always one kid in class who ruined things for everyone
else. That was true starting with kindergarten and running through
college. In kindergarten, it was the kid who blew bubbles when . . .
Postal costs top mailers' agenda.(DO NOT MAIL)
With 14 different "Do Not Mail" or "Do Not
Contact" bills introduced last year, there is a recurring theme in
legislation around the country. But only two measures appear likely to
be passed by the . . .
RMI's Laura Smith dies suddenly.
Laura Smith, vice president and director of management at RMI
Direct Marketing in Danbury, Conn., died suddenly while at the movies
with her fiance on April 5. The death was reported as natural . . .
It's moving day: nonprofits are staying in the city this
time.
It was an exodus of nonprofits and associations from New York City
during the 1980s that prompted a program offering substantially
below-market rents at 120 Wall St. Today, another exodus is under . . .
Some groups become landlords.(Independent Sector expanded its
facility)
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Washington, D.C.-based Independent Sector (IS) paid $30.5 million
for a nine-story, 48,000-square-foot building at the end of February
that it hopes will become a center . . .
Detroit wants board members from the city.(Who ... When ... Where
... How ... WHAT?)
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The Detroit City Council wants nonprofits that receive federal
grant funding to have at least half of their board members be residents
of the city. Nonprofits would have . . .
Dirt cookies instead of air sandwiches.(Who ... When ... Where
... How ... WHAT?)
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They're not supposed to taste good. After all, they're
called dirt cookies. Bright Hope International, based outside Chicago in
Hoffman Estates, Ill., is selling "dirt . . .
Dirty, rotten scoundrels.(Who ... When ... Where ... How ...
WHAT?)(HeartShare Human Services of New York )
These crooks will never be angels. They broke into the HeartShare
Human Services of New York's Angels on the Bay Preschool Evaluation
Center in the Queens borough of New York City to rob a . . .
Don't shoot the piano player.(Who ... When ... Where ... How
... WHAT?)(Foreign nationals cannot contribute, donate in connectio
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Foreign nationals cannot contribute to the upcoming presidential
campaign, but what if you are a five-time Grammy award winner?
Sir Elton John, the British singing . . .
Correction.(Correction notice)
"Fuel Costs Eating Up Food Banks" in the March 1 edition
identified Second Harvest Food Bank of Middle Tennessee as one of two
foodbanks in the state. The foodbank serves 46 counties in west . . .
Stock prices of vendors to charities getting battered.
The waves of bad news that have battered Wall Street this year,
stemming mostly from the meltdown of the subprime mortgage market,
rocked the three public companies drawing most or all of their . . .
Next: McGovern becomes 10th Red Cross CEO in 12 years.
Describing it as the job she's been training for the past 30
years, Gail J. McGovern hopes her experience in the business, academic
and nonprofit worlds will help bring some needed stability to . . .
Vanishing tax subsidies scatters NYC charities.
The Guttmacher Institute explored several options when its lease at
120 Wall St. in Manhattan was getting ready to expire, from
consolidating the staff of 65 with 10 others in Washington, D.C., . . .
Calendar.(Calendar)
APRIL
24-26 The International Association for Advisors in Philanthropy
will hold its Conference on Philanthropy 2008 at the Embassy Suites in
Rosemont (Chicago), Ill. Info: . . .
New stuff, free stuff and old stuff in a spiffy new
box.(FUNDRAISING PRODUCTS)
What would a trade show be without product launches and vendors
hawking new flavors of just about every fundraising tool on the face of
the Earth? It was no different in San Diego earlier this . . .
Who's listening? 10 questions leaders ask most about
message.(COMMUNICATIONS)
When you are talking about such important issues, why aren't
more people listening? That lament might reside in the top five
questions most often asked by nonprofit leaders. The pain . . .
Sustaining revenue: upgrading donors who show financial
loyalty.(MONTHLY GIVING)
So your organization has a monthly sustainer program. Now what?
Well, it could be time to upgrade those donors, or expand your pool of
monthly contributors with a little investment.
Sustainer . . .
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