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Pathfinders for Autism Launches Bus Tour And Major Fundraising Campaign for Statewide Expansion

DipJar

PHOENIX, Md., He and his wife Polly Winde Surhoff are co-founders of Pathfinders for Autism, along with other parents of children with autism. One out of every 52 children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder and 1 out of 6 is diagnosed with some type of intellectual/developmental disability.

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Do You Inform Donors Of These 2 Giving Opportunities?

Bloomerang

Today I want to look at two ways to promote philanthropy that are too-little used by the lion’s share of charities: Current tax incentives. The charitable deduction encourages Americans to give more to charity than they otherwise would. or older could gift no more than $100,000 annually from an IRA to charity, tax-free.

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Research Friday: Why Give to International Charities?

ASU Lodestar Center

Poverty in these countries is defined as falling short of food, not being able to send children to school, having limited or no access to safe drinking water, living in unstable houses and, perhaps worse, feeling powerless as the conflicting or corrupted governments don’t offer any means to get out of poverty 3.

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5 Hybrid Event Ideas for Youth Organizations

Qgiv

And one group of people that inspires others to give is children. Just ask Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bluegrass! Ronald McDonald House Charities of the Bluegrass hosted an incredibly successful event called Givers & Gamers that raised 22% more than their fundraising goal. It just takes getting creative!

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How can leadership development strategies improve retention in nonprofits?

ASU Lodestar Center

Eric has sixteen years of development experience in the Phoenix nonprofit sector. Before joining ASU, Eric was the Director of Development for Ronald McDonald House Charities of Phoenix where families traveling to Phoenix with children needing medical treatment could find a home away from home.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: Really, Your Tax.

ASU Lodestar Center

Arizona doesnt have 15,000 federally-recognized charities — it now has closer to 12,000. Four of these public charities that lost their exemption yesterday were part of the ASU Lodestar Centers Scope of the Sector report and had revenues of over $1 million in 2005 or 2006. Out with the old, in with the new. They reported $1.2

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The Tech That Will Change 2016

Tech Soup

For 2014, our NPTech experts made strong predictions about charities doing more multi-channel marketing or going beyond email and direct mail into social media. According to research by Adobe, only 3 percent of people find charities by following social media links. Forty percent find charities through plain old web searches.

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