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Donor-Advised Funds
8 Proven Ways to Engage Wealth Advisers — and Raise More From DAFs
What works — and what doesn’t — when building ties with financial professionals to attract DAF gifts. -
Gifts Roundup
Scientist Leaves $30 Million to University of Mary Washington to Back Undergraduate Research
Plus, the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Foundation landed $10 million to expand mental-health services for U.S. Olympic team athletes, and the Curtis Institute of Music received $10 million to bring renowned chamber-music groups to the school to teach and coach Curtis students. -
Advice
People Give Less After Daylight Saving Time Switch
After losing an hour of sleep, people are less inclined to help others, research has found. -
Opinion
Volunteers Can Teach the Professionals a Lot About Raising Money — if They Let Them
As donors themselves, volunteer fundraisers understand what makes potential donors tick — and often in ways the professionals don’t. Greater respect for their skills and increased collaboration with development staff are sorely needed. -
Religious Giving
Critics Charge That Conservative Donors Are Pushing the American Catholic Church to the Right
Sean Fieler dismisses the critique, saying: “The implication somehow that I’m giving money and that’s changing the way the church is behaving in the United States writ large is kind of crazy.” -
Gifts Roundup
Roy and Diana Vagelos Give $175 Million for Physician-Scientist Training at Columbia U.
Also, Mary and Richard Templeton donated $20 million to Southern Methodist University for engineering education and scholarships, and California State University at Fullerton has received a pledge of $4 million for desert-science studies. -
Fundraising Events
How to Manage Walk-athons and Similar Fundraising Events and Get Participants to Become Big Donors
Making sure the most valuable events get the attention they need, revitalizing or eliminating those not so successful, and considering ethics in storytelling were a few of the topics discussed at a recent Peer-to-Peer Professional Forum Conference. -
Donor Relations
Tips for Creating a Successful Young Professionals Program
Young professionals may not have a lot of money to donate, but they can offer their time, energy, and ideas. Here’s how several nonprofits in India get young people involved in their work. -
Gifts Roundup
NYU’s Stern School of Business Gets a $53.6 Million Commitment for Global Learning
Also, the Heritage Foundation has received a pledge of $25 million to advance its policy goals, and the University of California at Los Angeles received a joint gift of $20 million to establish the Goodman-Luskin Microbiome Center. -
International Aid
For Donors, Wartime Ukraine Aid Creates Blurry Ethical Line
Companies, individuals, and others have been navigating local and international regulations to provide aid and have grappled with similar moral questions about whether to donate to an allied nation’s defense.