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Wednesday, May 14, 2008

Updates

Wealthy people stepping up their online gifts, study finds

Cellphone campaigns get increased attention from charities

Elsewhere Online

Young black activists go online

Public radio seeks to broaden reach

Technology News

Aid in Grant Seeking
Bank of America unveils a site with details on 70 foundations it manages.

Charity Auctions
EBay has started a campaign to raise money for good causes.

E-Mail Clutter
The percentage of people who opened or responded to e-mail messages sent by charities dropped in 2007.

Finding Their Voice
Foundations are experimenting with new technology to get their message across.

Charity Blogs
Only a small share of charity supporters use blogs and other social-networking tools to keep up with groups they're interested in.

What Wealthy Donors Want
Affluent people increasingly plan to make big gifts online, but many of the tactics charities use turn them off, a new study finds.

Leaders of the New School, a project to help young people in Chicago's South Side use the arts to promote social change, was a top winner of the Case Foundation contest. (Photograph courtesy of Leaders of the New School)

'Make It Your Own' Winners Announced
More than 15,000 people voted in the final round of the Make It Your Own awards, a competition sponsored by the Case Foundation to get Americans involved in civic causes. Winners received $35,000.

Give and Take

Is venture philanthropy sometimes just a high-end shell game?

Charities courting trouble with credit-card donations

From the Archives

Editors' Picks

Keeping Connected
How nonprofit groups should restructure their work in the "connected era."

Technology at Your Service
A New York organization trains low-income people and minorities to offer low-cost technology services to charities.

Casting Call
Unicef gets the word out about issues that affect children around the world by producing "podcasts."

Volunteering Goes Virtual
Organizations that deal with unpopular or sensitive causes are attracting a growing number of volunteers by using the Internet.

Online Discussions

Read the transcript of our recent discussion on women and fund raising, and join us Tuesday, May 20, at noon Eastern time for a live discussion with marketing expert Seth Godin.

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Online Giving
Read about Internet donations at 167 big nonprofit organizations surveyed by The Chronicle.

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Events

Conferences, workshops, and other meetings about nonprofit organizations and donors.

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More than 520 positions available with 158 just added.

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