Blogs in May, 2010
Following the money trail – wealth and philanthropy in Asia
May 27, 2010Are you sitting down? I’m sorry to be the one to break it to you but Wealth and Philanthropy are not mutually inclusive. Wealth doesn’t always precede large donations and philanthropy doesn’t always indicate wealth.
I say this because I think we often over-emphasise the role wealth plays in our fundraising research and programmes. Whether you call it major donor, [...]
Digital US Foundation Guides
May 21, 2010The Foundation Center in America has produced a series of individual Grant Guides covering a wide range of grants awarded in 25 subject areas. The new 2010 Guides provide descriptions of thousands of recent foundation grants of $10,000 or more, with links to essential funder information to help you identify prospects. Along with detailed content, this [...]
2008-09 Citizenship Survey: Volunteering and Charitable Giving
May 13, 2010The new Citizenship Survey for 2008-09 has just been published and shows the continuing strength of volunteering and charitable giving in the UK. Although figures don’t vary drastically from the last report, this does show firm committment to volunteering and charitable giving in difficult times.
The report is the fifth in a series of surveys carried out by [...]
Charity Trends Resources, Individual Giving Resources, Volunteering Resources
A website is not a digital fundraising strategy
May 11, 2010I’ve been reminded lately of how much we digital marketers focus on websites. If you’ve ever been involved in a website design or development project, you’ll know that they are fraught with complexity and frustration. You see with websites your internal department structures can’t hide and so, for example, when you design your homepage there [...]
Grants for Foreign & International Programs
May 5, 2010This directory published in December 2009 by the Foundation Center reveals the scope of current US foundation giving in the field. You’ll find descriptions of over 14,800 grants worth in excess of $6 billion from more than 800 foundations. Each new digital-edition (pdf) Grant Guide includes a keyword search tool, helpful indexes, links to Foundation Finder, [...]
Grants for Disaster Relief & Recovery: U.S. & International
Published in January 2010 by the Foundation Center, this directory lists over 480 US foundations that awarded more than 1,400 grants worth over $357 million. This guide reveals the scope of current foundation giving in the fields of services to Disaster Relief & Recovery and Foreign & International Programs.
With thousands of grants, each Guide includes helpful indexes, key statistics, [...]
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