Latest Philanthropy Stories
Push to Walk, a Riverdale-based non-profit organization, assembled a team to participate in the NJ Marathon and raised over $34,000. Riverdale, NJ (PRWEB) May 17, 2013 On Sunday, May 5, 2013 in Long Branch, NJ Team Push to Walk raced for its third year to show its support and dedication to the non-profit they represented. The team consisted of 23 people, including trainers, family, friends, members of the community, and 5 Push to Walk clients who used hand-cycles to participate. All Team...
DALLAS, May 16, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Pursuant, a full-service comprehensive fundraising and communications consulting firm, has been named a nine-time winner for the 34th Annual Telly Awards. "The Telly Award has a mission to honor the very best in film and video," said Linda Day, executive director of the Telly Awards. "Pursuant's accomplishment illustrates their creativity, skill, and dedication to their craft and serves as a testament to great film and video production." Monty...
"Responsive Philanthropy" looks at intercultural competence in philanthropy, Native American organizing and strategic philanthropy WASHINGTON, May 9, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP; www.ncrp.org) released today the spring issue of "Responsive Philanthropy" (http://www.ncrp.org/publications/responsive-pubs/rp-archive/responsive-philanthropy-spring-2013). This edition of the quarterly journal includes articles on the benefits...
MyEvent.com has processed more than $25,000,000 in tickets and donations through the thousands of websites that use their online service for planning all kinds of events including, fundraisers, reunions, personal milestone events and corporate events. (PRWEB) May 07, 2013 MyEvent.com, the leading provider of do-it-yourself event websites, is proud to announce that their ecommerce integrated event websites have allowed more than 100,000 customers raise over $25 million in ticket sales and...
20 Million Seniors Volunteering Nearly 3 Billion Hours - a Value of $67 Billion; Senior Corps Week - May 6-10 - Showcases Impact of Older Volunteers WASHINGTON, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- According to new data released today by the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS), senior volunteering is at a 10-year high - one in three volunteers is a senior age 55 and older. These men and women tap a lifetime of experience to help those in greatest need. More than...
BOCA RATON, Fla., May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- TransMedia Group said it will publicize how two young men established a philanthropic advisory practice called Ascendant Planned Giving, Inc. (www.ascendantpg.com), which today is helping to hold families together for generations as they did for their own families following the loss of a beloved parent. Jon Sahn and Neil Schreck are teaching charities the power of generational giving, which will help to keep nonprofits funded forever,...
Program to Launch with the African Lion & Environmental Research Trust (ALERT) NEW YORK, May 6, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Rubenstein Public Relations (RPR) has launched a new company program today that will provide pro bono communications services on behalf of highly-regarded nonprofit organizations around the world, beginning with the African Lion & Environmental Research Trust (ALERT), a lion conservation and restoration charity located in Zambia, Africa. ALERT is dedicated to...
Website Features First Look at the Organization's Activities in 5 Focus Areas: Public Health, Environment, Education, Government Innovation and Arts & Culture NEW YORK, April 30, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Bloomberg Philanthropies today launched a new website featuring the first comprehensive look at all programs and initiatives in the organization's five key focus areas including Public Health, Environment, Education, Government Innovation and the Arts at www.bloomberg.org....
TAMPA, Fla., April 25, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- YouCaring.com, a free online fundraising website, set new records for visitors and money raised for its users on Wednesday, April 24, 2013. In one day, the site attracted more than 87,000 unique visitors and raised $181,841. The increased traffic continues a trend for YouCaring, which has nearly doubled its traffic since February to more than 1 million visitors in April. Site founder Brock Ketcher believes the growth is due to an important...
"Rules of Fundraising" is a guide to aid Christian Nonprofits with Securing Funds to Support their Mission NAPERVILLE, Ill., April 24, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Within The Rules of Fundraising, author, Douglas K. Shaw, Founder/Chairman of the board and CEO of Douglas Shaw & Associates, Inc. (DSA), shares what he has discovered and offers these pearls of wisdom as his way of giving back to a community of dedicated and caring women and men who often work unnoticed, while...
