Actress Sharon Stone raised $1 million in five minutes from her fellow audience members at the Davos World Economic Forum last Friday.
Moved by an appeal from Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa for bed nets to fight malaria, she stood up and announced her pledge of $10,000, calling on others to match it.
First Monday, the monthly fundraising email newsletter from DRF Group Ltd, today offers advice for smaller charities on major gift fundraising, including summing it all up in under 10 words.
A single donor yesterday made an online donation of £20,000 through Bmycharity's secure online fundraising service.
The UK-based donor gave £20,000 in a single online transaction on 20 December 2004, setting a new record for the largest donation ever processed by Bmycharity.
Treena Jones and Sue Muttock have joined HDRA, the Warwickshire-based organic organisation, to raise funds for a number of new initiatives, including education projects and further horticultural developments.
Gardening charity The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) has restructured its Development Team and created two news posts: Head of Charitable Giving and Head of Marketing and Membership Development.
The Institute of Fundraising is inviting applications from individuals who wish to join a working party to develop a new code of practice on major donor fundraising.
The Institute of Fundraising is developing a new Code of Fundraising Practice, 'Best Practice for Major Donor Fundraising'. The Institute invites applications to join the working party to develop the new Code of Fundraising Practice.
Speaking to the House of Lords on Wednesday 26 May, Lord Joel Joffe CBE will draw attention to the 25% fall in individual charitable donations as a percentage of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) over the
Research published today by The Giving Campaign, gives new insight into how the affluent decide how much to give to charity, and gives some tips on how charities can target affluent donors more effect
The latest issue of bi-monthly magazine Philanthropy in Europe reports that Europe's three top fundraising business schools raised ‚€29 million between them in 2002.
