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International Human Rights Day 2011

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

2011 has been an amazing year for human rights defenders. I invite you to read Daniel’s first-person account of his expert testimony as published in the statistical magazine Chance. In my Fall 2011 President’s Update , I mentioned PBS NewsHour’s two stories, and complete press coverage of our work is listed on our website.

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Seth Godin on Innovation, Failure and Why Non-profits Should Stop Operating like Businesses

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More recently Godin spoke with the Chronicle of Philanthropy about Innovation, Failure and Why Non-profits should stop operating like businesses. Here’s a quick peek into some key statistics. I though you’d enjoy the interview. Troublesome] Fundraising Stats. First Year Donor Retention is 29.3%. My Question to You.

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5 Interesting Facts from the Giving USA 2011 Report

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The Giving USA 2011 report is out and the team at The Giving USA Foundation and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University have given plenty of data and statistics to sift through. Get a copy of Giving USA 2011: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the year 2010 online. seen in 2000 and 2005.

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Key facts, figures, and trends among U.S. labor unions

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This is not surprising given that these states also have some of the largest workforces and highest labor union densities, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Trends in unions’ engagement with philanthropy. 4 (2011): 699-711. Financial data. 3] Zullo, Roland. Labor Unions and Charity." Accessed July 19, 2021.

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Data Digest: Moneyball Giving, Data and Philanthropy, Data for Africa

Tech Soup

This week the revolutionary data driven philanthropy of the Laura and John Arnold Foundation is featured and a call for beneficiary inclusion in Markets for Good goes out. Data philanthropy efforts are reviewed and advice for writing about data is offered. Data and Philanthropy. Data Philanthropy: Where are we now.

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Research Friday: So. What About These Numbers?

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While driving to work recently I heard an NPR report about philanthropic giving in the US; but it was not the numbers I had just read in Giving USA 2012 published by the Giving USA Foundation and compiled by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. Giving USA 2011 , revisions, pg. Giving USA 2011 , revision, pg.

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5 Good Nonprofit Infographics

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All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Good Nonprofit Infographics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 12th, 2011 Who doesn’t love a good infographic? Includes data from Blackbaud , American Red Cross , MobileMarketer.com , and the Chronicle of Philanthropy.