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Gender Gap Alive and Well: New Research From The American College

The nation’s leading educator of financial services professionals recently conducted research to unearth the causes of the income disparity between male and female producers in the financial services industry. The study, “The American College Benchmark Producer Research 2009,” discovered that while earnings increase among financial advisors of both genders throughout their careers, they do so to a lesser degree for women. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Education (K-12, and higher education), Featured, Public works and advocacy

Pew Awards $3.8 Million to Cultural Organizations in the Philadelphia Region

The Pew Charitable Trusts today announced $3,846,000 in unrestricted general operating support to eight Philadelphia-area arts and culture organizations. Pew provides the grants under its Philadelphia Cultural Leadership Program (PCLP), which annually rewards organizations in the five-county region that demonstrate excellence in operations, fiscal management and programming. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Arts, Culture & Humanities

Kay Sprinkel Grace: Using the Internet for Stewardship

Volumes have now been written about using the Internet for fundraising. But, surprisingly, little has been written about the effectiveness of the medium in helping to retain donors once a gift has been made, and how to integrate the Internet into your overall stewardship plan. Here, we’ll briefly look at the 10 key points about using the Internet for sustaining (and growing) relationships with your investors. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured, Guest columns and features

Report Proposes New Approach for Businesses to Solve Societal Challenges

Looking forward to the next decade, CECP and McKinsey & Company have embarked on several months of research into the issues and potential scenarios businesses will confront in the next decade. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured, General fundraising

Eli, Edythe Broad Pledge to Give 75 Percent of Their Wealth to Charity

Eli Broad and his wife, Edythe, have pledged 75 percent of their wealth to charity as part of a campaign launched by fellow billionaires Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates to encourage the richest Americans to give most of their wealth to charitable causes and organizations, Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured, General fundraising

Guest Column: How to Get the Media Interested in You

Do you know what the media would consider newsworthy about you or your company? … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured, Guest columns and features

Charitable Fundraisers Remain Optimistic for 2010

A majority of charitable fundraisers believe their nonprofits will raise more funds in 2010 than in 2009 despite the continuing slow economy, according to an informal poll by the Association of Fundraising Professionals. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured, General fundraising

Gates, Buffett Ask Nation’s Super-Rich to Give Half Their Wealth to Charity

In what some are calling the biggest fundraising pitch in history, Bill and Melinda Gates and Warren Buffett have launched a campaign to encourage the nation’s billionaires to give at least half of their fortunes to charity, Fortune reports. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured, General fundraising

Fannie Mae Announces Relief For Homeowners Affected by Gulf Oil Spill

Fannie Mae today announced that servicers may immediately suspend or reduce mortgage payments for borrowers whose properties or income are negatively impacted by the Gulf oil spill. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Environment, Human services

Grant to Help Raise Awareness about Childhood Bereavement

The New York Life Foundation announced today a two-year, grant to Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, to support an educational program designed to increase visibility and knowledge about the topic of childhood bereavement. The program will launch in schools and online in October 2010. … Read entire article »

Filed under: Featured, Human services