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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I Am a Witness: Advocacy Through Emoji: Associations Now

I Am a Witness: Advocacy Through Emoji: Associations Now: "f you could invent your own emoji, what would it look like?

The Ad Council recently had a chance to answer this call, and the result is hard to look away from.

That’s because it comes in the form of a giant eyeball inside of a speech bubble. What’s that supposed to do? "



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Nonprofits Face Internal Leadership Shortfall - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times

Nonprofits Face Internal Leadership Shortfall - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times: "Nonprofit senior managers are engaged in an elaborate game of musical chairs, with 44 percent of C-suite positions filled during the past two years taken by members of other organizations. Internal promotions have resulted in just 29 percent of new hires, half the rate of the for-profit sector.

“The Nonprofit Leadership Development Deficit,” produced by The Bridgespan Group of Boston, Mass., and released today, f"



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Baby Boomers Poised to Give $8 Trillion, Study Says - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Baby Boomers Poised to Give $8 Trillion, Study Says - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "Retirees are expected to donate about $6.6 trillion in cash and $1.4 trillion in volunteer services during the next 20 years as baby boomers retire, according to a report released today.

People give at higher rates after they retire, so extended life spans mean people are in their prime donor years longer than in previous eras, and that is good news for nonprofits smart enough to capture the attention of such donors.

The study, conducted by consulting company Age Wave in partnership with Merrill Lynch Global Wealth Management"



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42% Of Americans Say They Can't Afford To DonateThe NonProfit Times

42% Of Americans Say They Can't Afford To DonateThe NonProfit Times: "The inaugural Money Mindset Report by Minneapolis, Minn.-based Thrivent Financial surveyed 1,001 Americans this past summer about their views on personal finances and giving back. The 28-page report was released today."



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Peer-to-Peer Thirty: New Initiatives Surge While Many Established Programs Struggle

Peer-to-Peer Thirty: New Initiatives Surge While Many Established Programs Struggle: "ORLANDO — Peer-to-peer fundraising programs are growing quickly among groups that lead events that fall outside of the traditional run, walk, and ride event model. But a number of longstanding, high-profile programs are continuing to see declines, according to the peer-to-peer fundraising industry’s annual roundup."



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Three-quarters of people feel 'bombarded' by charity fundraising, survey finds | Third Sector

Three-quarters of people feel 'bombarded' by charity fundraising, survey finds | Third Sector: "The survey of more than 2,000 UK adults also found that almost eight out of 10 people ignore most charity fundraising letters and emails"



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The path to changemaking in philanthropy

The path to changemaking in philanthropy: "The National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy is asking this great question. In a new white paper, Families Funding Change: How social justice giving honors our roots and strengthens communities, NCRP highlights how some family foundations make advocacy, community organizing and civic engagement central to their work to address root causes of social problems. NCRP believes that family foundations’ values-based approach to giving positions them to do bold, changemaking work, and calls on more family funders to discover the power of social justice philanthropy."



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Family Philanthropy and Social Justice - National Committee For Responsive Philanthropy

Family Philanthropy and Social Justice - National Committee For Responsive Philanthropy: "Washington, D.C. (10/6/15) – Foundations funded and led by wealthy families largely fail to support strategies that address the root causes of political, economic and social injustice. This was the finding of a new study released today by the National Committee for Responsive Philanthropy (NCRP), an independent watchdog of grantmaking organizations in the U.S."



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Inequality, Capitalism, Philanthropy: Toward New Gospel of Wealth | The Stewardship Report

Inequality, Capitalism, Philanthropy: Toward New Gospel of Wealth | The Stewardship Report:



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Minority ethnic groups need help to retain important buildings, report concludes | Third Sector

Minority ethnic groups need help to retain important buildings, report concludes | Third Sector: "Black, Asian and minority ethnic community groups need more support to help them retain buildings that are of importance to communities, according to a new report.

The report, called A Place to Call Home, has been produced by the community group membership body Locality and the Ubele Initiative, a not-for-profit organisation that supports the African diaspora community – descendants of people originally from Africa.  "



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Research about Doctors Soliciting Donations from their Cancer Patients | Nonprofit Quarterly

Research about Doctors Soliciting Donations from their Cancer Patients | Nonprofit Quarterly:



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Female charity staff twice as likely as men to work part-time, report says | Third Sector

Female charity staff twice as likely as men to work part-time, report says | Third Sector: "he People Count Third Sector 2015 report, produced by the research company Agenda Consulting, is based on a survey of 73 organisations that collectively employ 60,000 staff.

It says that 33 per cent of those working in the third sector are employed in part-time roles. This is a rise of five percentage points on last year’s study and 13 percentage points higher than the figure for the UK workforce as a whole."



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NEWS: Telling people what others haven’t done is more effective at encouraging them to consider a charitable bequest | Critical Fundraising

NEWS: Telling people what others haven’t done is more effective at encouraging them to consider a charitable bequest | Critical Fundraising: "In a split test of charity supporters, those who were told that fewer of a charity’s supporters had made a will were more likely to at least consider leaving a legacy than those who were told that more supporters had already done so.

In the experiment conducted with donors managed by Listen, supporters were given one of two statements:

1/3 of our most loyal supporters haven’t made a will. Many of them are taking advantage of the Will Aid scheme
2/3 of our most loyal supporters have made a will. Many of them took advantage of the Will Aid scheme."



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