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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: "Really, How Many.

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The data were collected in the summer of 2009 by asking people to reflect on their volunteering during all of 2008. On one of the pages, amid all the charts on who volunteers and what they do, is a big banner depicting the following result: "33 percent of Arizona adults volunteered in 2008." One in three. But is it right? One in four.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Why do people give charity?

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Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman MAR 12, 2008 Why do people give charity?

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Myths about Women as.

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The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University recently distributed the results of a 2010 study, and all of the above were proven false. Additionally, the report cites the participation of 100 women in a specific 2008-09 campaign, which generated $141 million with a minimum gift of $1 million. Lets take a closer look at the findings.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Can You Teach a Watchdog New Tricks?

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Back in the early 1990s, I had a day job studying nonprofit spending and reporting as part of something called the Nonprofit Overhead Cost Study , a joint project between the Urban Institute and Indiana University. Zooop — fast-forward to 2008: Charity Navigator gets new executive leadership in Ken Berger.

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