Certain US private foundations can and do give internationally to particular charities. Some, however, have begun to give internationally through a "Friends of" organisation.
Read How a Private Foundation Can Use "Friends of" Organisations by Victoria B. Bjorklund and Jennifer I. Goldberg at the Council on Foundations.
Shelter are happy with their Internet presence. As well as donations their site has generated corporate support. According to Claire Griffin, "Motorola looked at our website, contacted us with a donation and a partnership has been established."
Ken Wyman of Ken Wyman & Associates Inc. reminds us that life can be tough as a fundraiser. He passed on two strange but true stories from News of the Weird.
Total income of the UK's top 500 fundraising charities grew by 11% in real terms between 1995/96 and 1996/97, according to figures released today from Dimensions of the Voluntary Sector 1998.
"Once people start to think about the absurdities of what we call charity, the fundamental questions may jump up and hit the [Charity] Commission on the nose." So wrote Polly Toynbee recently in The Guardian.
The Annual Fund is a common method of fundraising in US universities, but is now spreading to other sectors, such as arts and cultural organisations, and health care organisations. American Philanthropy Review has therefore launched Annual_Fund, a freely-accessible e-mail discussion forum for those professionals involved in Annual Fund fundraising.
A doctor, a lawyer, and a fundraiser arrive at the Pearly Gates at about the same time. St. Peter tells them that they each may have one thing to take with them into Heaven. The doctor is first, and she asks for $1 million. This is given, and she enters Heaven. Her example is not lost on the lawyer, who asks for $2 million!
The Barclays/NGO Finance Charity 100 Index reports that charities which compete head on with the private sector in commercial trading are reaping big rewards. Net income from trading for the UK's largest charities, is now well over £100 million a year and has more than doubled since 1992, including a sharp rise in the latest year of more than 18 per cent.
