Philanthropy

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AFP eWire January 17, 2006	Covering the Basics: A Direct Mail Primer Here are tips that can help you maximize your return when fundraising and marketing.
AFP eWire January 17, 2006 Geoff Peters	Best Practices in Direct Mail Fundraising, Part II Direct response is both art and science, and as such, trends and hot ideas tend to flood the marketplace suddenly, and then recede just as quickly.
Fast Company January 2006 Wendy Zellner	The Gates Effect The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation wants to fix American high schools. Is it laying its enormous bets in the right places?
Fast Company January 2006 Michael A. Prospero	Fuel for Thought Philanthropist Peter Diamandis' $10 million X Prize proved that money can drive big ideas. Now he's looking for more of them in other fields, from nanotech to education.
AFP eWire January 9, 2006	Weinstein Named CCS Outstanding Fundraising Professional The president of Stanley Weinstein & Co. is the recipient of this year's Community Counselling Service (CCS) Award for Outstanding Fundraising Professional. Weinstein has helped change the face of philanthropy in New Mexico.
AFP eWire January 9, 2006	Charities in New York, North Carolina Receiving More from Telemarketing Campaigns These states released a report showing that nonprofits there received a greater percentage of income from telemarketing firms soliciting on their behalf than in previous years.
AFP eWire January 9, 2006	Ignore Donor Intent at Your Peril A new survey shows that donors are very concerned with how charities use their contributions and consider it a serious matter if organizations use donations for unauthorized purposes.
Wall Street & Technology January 9, 2006 Cory Levine	Murtaugh Founds Charitable Business Bank of New York's Jeanne Murtaugh has founded Charitable Charms, a business that creates and sells charms for selected charities, and donates profits to those organizations.
AFP eWire January 8, 2006	U.S. Giving to Tsunami Relief Exceeded $3 Billion Approximately 25% of American households contributed a total of $2.78 billion to tsunami relief efforts. Corporations gave $340 million, and foundations accounted for $40 million.
Bio-IT World Dec 2005/Jan 2006 Salvatore Salamone	Gates, Clinton Address Global Health Summit The conference brought together leaders in business, government, medicine, public philanthropic groups, and the arts to address and develop solutions to the world's heath crises.
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