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Author, lecturer and provocateur Pablo Eisenberg challenges development leaders to address five critical and fundamental issues facing today’s nonprofit organizations: trust, reform, inequity, influence and leadership. But, as a group of Washington, DC advancement professionals recently learned, his recommendations would turn the national nonprofit establishment on its ear. Reported by Jeffrey A. Wilklow. Read the article.
ANGELA JOENS ELECTED TO BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Angela Joens, Campbell & Company Donor Relations/Stewardship consultant and Senior Director of Donor Relations at Iowa State University Foundation was elected to the board of directors of the Association for Donor Relations Professionals (ADRP) at the organization's fourth annual international conference held in San Antonio December 4-6, 2007.
GIVING USA 2007: U.S. PHILANTHROPY AT RECORD HIGH
Although some philanthropy-watchers have characterized the incremental growth in charitable gifts during 2006 as "stuck in low gear," the fact is that Americans gave more to charity in 2006 than ever before - more than $295 billion, according to Giving USA 2007, the newest edition of the widely-referenced yearbook on philanthropy. Read More
GIVING USA—WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO MY ORGANIZATION?
As a Giving Institute member and a sponsor of Giving USA, Campbell & Company often hears from clients who are interested in how to assess and apply the findings of the annual study in their own fundraising programs. Read more
2009 CAMPBELL & COMPANY AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN FUNDRAISING
Each year, the Association of Fundraising Professionals recognizes individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to philanthropy and the fundraising profession. The "Campbell & Company Awards for Excellence in Fundraising" recognize nonprofit organizations that have developed creative, resourceful and inspired campaigns, initiatives, projects or techniques that have grown and increased the organization’s fundraising infrastructure, program and results. Winning organizations receive a $1,000 prize and the opportunity to present their ideas at the AFP International Conference on Fundraising in New Orleans, March 29 through April 1, 2009. Deadline to submit nomination forms is July 15, 2008.
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The 2008 winner in the Campbell & Company Awards "small" category (five or fewer development employees) was Camp Oochigeas in Toronto, Ontario. The second 2007 honoree, in the "large" category (more than five development employees) was The Nashville Symphony..
The 2007 winner in the Campbell & Company Awards "small" category was the Frontier College Foundation in Toronto, Ontario. The second 2007 honoree, in the "large" category was The College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minnesota.
The 2006 winner was the Partnership for Baylor College of Medicine for their "Honor Your Father Campaign for Prostate Cancer Research".
GENEROUS IN ILLINOIS
77% of Illinoisans give to charities—well above the national average of 67%—a finding in Giving in Illinois: Implications for the Nonprofit Community, one of only a handful of studies that examines individual giving by state and the first-ever study of its kind in Illinois.
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Purchase a copy of “Individual Giving in Illinois: Implications for the Nonprofit Community” from Donor’s Forum with support from the Giving USA Foundation