Wednesday, February 15, 2012

Komen Lessons

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The Susan G. Komen Foundation’s recent public relations disaster should sound a cautionary note for anyone in the fundraising and donor rel...
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Monday, January 2, 2012

Rise in Donor Advised Funds: What Does it Mean?

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The National Philanthropic Trust study released just before the holidays (and dovetailing with a recent report issued by the U.S. Treasury ...
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Thursday, November 10, 2011

Transparency In Japanese Corporate Leadership Spill Over?

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There are many NGOs in Japan.  Are they operating under the same type of limited governance oversight that many Japanese corporations have e...
Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Recognition versus Gratitude

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It's sometimes easy for fundraisers to focus on recognition of donors -- which can be described on paper and be part of "stewardshi...
Monday, October 3, 2011

Accounting Board of Standards -- New Demands on Non-Profits

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Today the Accounting Board of Standards' Non-Profit Advisory Committee released its finding that non-profits should improve their finan...
Thursday, August 25, 2011

Donors Are Getting Smarter....Are We?

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A recent article in Businessweek featured the students of Nancy Lahmers’s undergraduate honors seminar at Ohio State University's Fish...
Monday, July 25, 2011

Are You Ready for Scrutiny?

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Several recent articles in the Chronicle of Philanthropy describe potential new regulations to direct what charities must disclose -- from ...