Study: Atheist kids more generous than religious ones | Fusion

Study: Atheist kids more generous than religious ones | Fusion: "A study published today in Current Biology has some bad news for religious parents: bringing children up in faith-filled homes could make them more selfish."



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Nonprofit theaters are attracting more donors, but audiences keep shrinking, report says - LA Times

Nonprofit theaters are attracting more donors, but audiences keep shrinking, report says - LA Times: "Perhaps the most daunting finding was culled from 88 theaters that have shared numbers with TCG every year since 2005. That year their average attendance peaked at about 107,000. Since then there has been a fall-off of 8.7%, an average loss of about 9,000 theatergoers for each company over the nine years."



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Young Donors’ Attitudes to Giving | Alliance@PND | Columns | PND

Young Donors’ Attitudes to Giving | Alliance@PND | Columns | PND:



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Put a sock in it: Let’s focus less on who technically lobbies and more on who lobbies effectively | nfpSynergy

Put a sock in it: Let’s focus less on who technically lobbies and more on who lobbies effectively | nfpSynergy: "Our research with MPs shows that the top organisations impressing MPs are more financially independent than the charity sector average, suggesting that effective lobbying requires voluntary income. Every six months for the last 15 years, as part of nfpSynergy’s Charity Parliamentary Monitor, we have asked a representative sample of 150 MPs to spontaneously name the charities that have impressed them, and to give the reasons why."



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8 Expert Tips: Cyber Security on a Nonprofit Budget | 3BL Media

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8 Expert Tips: Cyber Security on a Nonprofit Budget | 3BL Media:



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Report: Economic recovery slow for Northeast Florida nonprofits | jacksonville.com

Report: Economic recovery slow for Northeast Florida nonprofits | jacksonville.com: "While fewer area nonprofits operate in the red and some larger area ones are seeing positive revenue and asset growth, individual donor giving in Northeast Florida “remains soft,” according to a report released Tuesday by the Jessie Ball duPont Fund and the Nonprofit Center of Northeast Florida."



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U.S. Public Becoming Less Religious | Pew Research Center

U.S. Public Becoming Less Religious | Pew Research Center: "Is the American public becoming less religious? Yes, at least by some key measures of what it means to be a religious person. An extensive new survey of more than 35,000 U.S. adults finds that the percentages who say they believe in God, pray daily and regularly go to church or other religious services all have declined modestly in recent years."



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