Archive for March, 2010
Loading ...Charity reputations are always on the line..
March 23, 2010Way back in 2003, the Scottish voluntary sector struggled with six months of negative media reports about ‘fundraising scandals’ and, as a result, public confidence in charities plummeted. In November, according to a poll in the Herald, one of Scotland’s two national newspapers, 51% of Scots were ‘less likely to give to charity’. The reputation [...]
Donation ethics..
March 18, 2010Why do we spend so much time worrying about the ethics of accepting funds and so little time worrying about the ethics of refusing funds? When a company offers funding to a charity, too often the charity is thrown into a tailspin of agony while it decides whether or not it should accept the donation. [...]
Corporate Fundraising, General Fundraising, Individual Giving, Strategy
SOFII: Fundraising case studies from around the world
March 9, 2010SOFII provides charitable fundraisers with a comprehensive, easily accessible archive of some of the best fundraising creativity from around the world. The website provides:
Illustrated case histories of the world’s best fundraising campaigns and promotions.
Seven reading rooms packed with opinions, tips, articles, reviews, interviews.
How to be the best read and best informed fundraiser of your generation.
Visit [...]
THINK helps British Waterways debate its future
March 8, 2010THINK Consulting Solutions has been working with British Waterways (BW) to launch a debate about whether a more socially, environmentally and economically sustainable future for the waterways could be achieved by moving the organisation from the public sector to the third sector.
Setting a new course, prepared by Think Consulting, Bates Wells and Braithwaite and Compass Partnership was [...]
The Celebrity Foundation Directory
March 1, 2010The Foundation Center in America recently published a celebrity foundation directory detailing more than 1,600 foundations started by “VIPs in the fields of business, entertainment, politics, and sports”. Through their private foundations, many notable individuals have made significant contributions to charities and it’s a trend that will only increase in years to come as it’s a [...]
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