Philanthropy

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Foundation News & Commentary Mar/Apr 2005	Celebrating Strategic Communications Here are the winners of the Council on Foundations' Wilmer Shields Rich Awards for Excellence in Communications. The awards recognize and encourage effective communications by foundations and corporate giving programs.
Foundation News & Commentary Mar/Apr 2005	The Envelope Please Through their own productions and those of their grantees, foundations are helping to tell rich, evocative stories that bring critical issues to life. Here are the 2005-2006 Film & Video Festival Winners. Born Into Brothels... Let's Get Real... Reading Your Rights... etc.
AFP eWire March 7, 2005	Report Yields New Insights on Giving Circles A new study about giving circles shows a small but growing phenomenon that poses new opportunities and challenges for fundraisers.
AFP eWire March 7, 2005	GE, Novartis and Arch Chemicals Win Corporate Philanthropy Day Awards The Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy (CECP), a forum of business CEOs and chairpersons, celebrated its sixth annual Corporate Philanthropy Day by honoring three companies for their charitable efforts.
Energize March 2005 Susan J. Ellis	Recruitment Maxims Volunteer recruitment does not mean wheedling, arm twisting, or asking for a favor. The best approach is that you are sharing an opportunity with prospective volunteers that you don't want them to miss!
Real Travel Adventures March 2005 Andreas Kristinus	Travelers Turn On to Offsetting their Climate Change Impacts Promoting `sustainable travel', a nonprofit brought together a service to offset climate impacts from travel and a travel agency that knows how to use it.
BusinessWeek March 7, 2005 Jessi Hempel	When Givers Get Together "Giving circles" let you have more of a say in where your charitable dollars are going. But unlike traditional giving circles, these new philanthropic endeavors are distinguished by their hands-on approach.
Fast Company March 2005 Jennifer Vilaga	Net Profit A sweeping partnership of for-profit and not-for-profit heavies represents a sort of holy grail in the philanthropic world.
AFP eWire February 28, 2005	New Report Sheds Light on Why People Volunteer While moral values are the primary reason many Americans volunteer, clear differences emerge between age groups, according to a survey.
AFP eWire February 28, 2005	AFP Actively Participates in a Nonprofit Panel Responding to the U.S. Senate Finance Committee's Roundtable Discussion AFP President and CEO Paulette Maehara suggested to the Committee that the single most effective means of decreasing abuses in the nonprofit sector could be outlawing percentage-based compensation for fundraising activities.
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