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From The Chronicle: President Defends Budget-Freeze Proposal

Jennifer Moore — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:39:53 +0000

President Obama gave few clues in his State of the Union speech Tuesday night about what his proposed 2011 budget might hold for social services or other areas of interest to nonprofit groups, The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports.

From The Chronicle: Haiti Donations Pass $528-Million

Jennifer Moore — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:39:50 +0000

Fifteen days after the massive earthquake struck Haiti, donors have contributed more than $528-million to 40 U.S. nonprofit groups, a Chronicle tally finds.

Government and Politics Watch: White House Urges Foundations to Take Risks

Jennifer Moore — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:39:40 +0000

While President Obama was on Washington’s Capitol Hill reflecting on his first year in office during his State of the Union speech Wednesday night, another top White House official was in Los Angeles urging foundations to take greater risks, reports The Chronicle’s Government and Politics Watch column.

Give and Take: A ‘Fraught’ Relationship With Foundations, Plus More

Jennifer Moore — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 18:39:27 +0000

In a mock letter to foundation leaders, a charity executive lays out her problems with how grant makers treat nonprofit groups, notes Give and Take, The Chronicle’s roundup of the best blog posts about the nonprofit world.

Plus:

Why nonprofit groups should push for changes in state fiscal policies.

A response to questions about “processing gifts made to the embattled Yéle Haiti Foundation.”

An examination of giving by the Gannett Foundation.

A critic moderates his view of the Product Red campaign.

From The Chronicle: Technology Experts Offer Help in Haiti

Jennifer Moore — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:42:45 +0000

As relief work in Haiti continues, a wave of volunteer technology efforts has sprouted up using social media and mobile phones to help the earthquake victims, The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports.

Government and Politics Watch: Religious Leaders Seek Health-Care Changes

Jennifer Moore — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:38:45 +0000

More than 20 religious leaders sent a letter Wednesday to President Obama urging him to show “active and public leadership” to get Congress to pass a health-care overhaul bill, reports The Chronicle’s Government and Politics Watch column.

Give and Take: How to Keep Disaster Donors’ Attention, and More

Jennifer Moore — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:38:17 +0000

“With America’s attention already shifting away from the disaster in Haiti,” the chief operating officer at Network for Good suggests that relief groups keep donors interested by signing them up for monthly gifts and asking for new donations at the six-month or one-year anniversary of the earthquake, notes Give and Take, The Chronicle’s roundup of the best blog posts about the nonprofit world.

Plus:

Questions about the Huffington Post Investigative Fund.

Advice on cause-marketing campaigns.

Brainstorming about mobile-phone applications for community foundations.

Why the lack of minority head coaches in the National Football League “is an embarrassment to the nonprofit field.”

From The Chronicle: Reactions to President Obama’s Proposed Budget Freeze

Jennifer Moore — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:32:26 +0000

President Obama has proposed freezing some parts of the federal budget for three years starting in 2011 — a move that some charity leaders worry could affect spending in areas like social services and the arts, The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports.

From The Chronicle: Volunteerism Rate Rises Slightly in 2009

Jennifer Moore — Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:32:24 +0000

The percentage of American adults who volunteer rose slightly in 2009, as did the overall number of people who gave their time, according to new figures released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, The Chronicle of Philanthropy reports.

A Guide to The Chronicle’s Coverage of the Haiti Relief Effort

Jennifer Moore — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 00:52:27 +0000

Donors Have Contributed More Than $355-Million to Aid Haiti

Congress Passes Plan to Encourage Cash Donations for Haiti Relief

New Review Site Debuts for Haiti Relief Groups

Charity Pledges Money to Aid Haiti If It Wins Fund-Raising Contest

Haiti Cellphone Giving Not Without Its Potential Drawbacks, Says Advocate

Donors Have Contributed More Than $275-Million to Aid Haiti

A roundup of Haiti fund raising

View From Haiti: Head of Save the Children Talks About the Relief Effort

Cellphone Companies Advance Text Donations for Red Cross — But Not Other Groups

Early Giving for Haiti Outpaced Contributions for Hurricane Katrina and the Asian Tsunamis

Donations to Haiti Will Not Harm Giving to Other Causes, Experts Say

Key Members of Congress Announce Plan to Spur Gifts for Haiti Relief

Doctors Without Borders Asks Donors to Give to General Emergency Fund

Relief Charities Face Obstacles in Response to Haitian Disaster

Social Media Aids Efforts to Help Victims of Earthquake in Haiti

Sources of Information: How to Decide Where to Give to Aid Haiti

Grants for Disaster Relief in Haiti: a Sampling

Foundation Association Urges IRS Disaster Declaration for Haiti

Senators Propose Suspending Limits on Tax Breaks for Haiti Gifts

Raising Hopes in Haiti: A Profile of the Hip-Hop Artist Wyclef Jean’s Charity, Yéle

Plus, we have summarized updates from other news sources in our Elsewhere Online and gathered opinions about the relief and recovery effort on our Give and Take blog.

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