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With the market swinging at dizzying rates and an array of alarming headlines in the news, it's important, now more than ever, to stay calm and keep our focus on our annual and major gift fundraising work during these last months of the year."
While we keeping hearing about a credit freeze, it's important for nonprofit executives considering a capital project to understand that banks are still making loans . . . to the right borrowers. According to some lenders we contacted, here are a few things you should know and expect."
In the world of recognition there are many different possibilities, choices and opportunities to help you maximize your communication, donor acknowledgement and fundraising efforts. The problem is that there is no way that one person can think of them all."
As I see it, giving appropriate major donor recognition is one of the most important things development officers can do for their institutions well-being. We as school, college, and university fund raisers should practice better recognition for several good reasons..."
The Pension Protection Act of 2006 enacted on August 17, 2006 includes a limited-time provision that permits federal tax-neutral contributions from Individual Retirement Accounts to qualified charities, sometimes referred to as "Charitable IRA Rollovers."
Americans are the most generous people in the world! According to the annual report, Giving USA, published by the Giving USA Foundation, American's made charitable contributions of more than $260 BILLION in 2005."
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