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Great reads from around the web on October 25th

Amy Sample Ward

Women Give 2010 is the first report to compare philanthropic giving between men and women across all income levels based on a nationally representative sample. It uses data from the Center on Philanthropy Panel Study (COPPS), the nation’s largest study that tracks giving patterns among the same households over time."

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Great reads from around the web on January 24th

Amy Sample Ward

" New Research Proves the Business Case for Product Giving : PitchEngine : Get the Word Out™ – "New research from Indiana University concludes that businesses can do well by doing good through product philanthropy. Besides average gift amount, what might we expect?" " Is email going out with 2011?

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Meet with your finance committee now: Lessons from the Great Recession’s impact on charitable giving amidst current market shocks

ASU Lodestar Center

Remember the global financial crisis (GFC), aka the Great Recession, of 2007-2010? According to a study by The Russell Sage Foundation and The Stanford Center on Poverty and Inequality, the GFC reduced total giving by 7 percent in 2008 and by another 6.2 from University of Chicago in Anthropology & Latin American Studies and a B.A.

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The 990: From Compliance to Communication 

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Universal Participation : Everyone must be able to use and re-use the data without restrictions against any persons or groups. Below is an example that is representative of many of the grants lists we receive from the IRS: A Case Study: Helping Your 990 Match Your Story. In 2017, Martha S. Richards, Executive Director of the James F.

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Research Friday: Generosity Expanded: The Impact!

ASU Lodestar Center

highlight current research reports or studies and discuss how they can. In 2010, we gave nearly $300 billion in support of a wide variety of charitable causes—3.8 Data such as that presented in this annual study is important to track as we learn of the impact of investments such as these. Universities & Colleges (5%).

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What Best Practices Exist in the Nonprofit Sector to Improve Operational Effectiveness and Achieve Greater Impact?

ASU Lodestar Center

Nonprofit organizations are increasingly under pressure from funders, clients, and others to “prove” that they are achieving their mission effectively and efficiently (Renz and Murray, 2010). This means an increased demand for more and better evaluation (Renz and Murray, 2010) is needed.

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How can nonprofit organizations measure community engagement?

ASU Lodestar Center

posted by Shayla Hubbard Project Coordinator, University of Arizona College of Medicine. Social capital is defined as the “shared values, ideas, norms, and culture [that] shape the kind of political and administrative efficacy that enhances collective action, democracy, and effectiveness in public service delivery” (Kalu, 2010).

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