By Caroline Preston Just over half of charities saw a drop in donations between March and May of this year, the same portion as reported...

With the recession swelling the ranks of the uninsured, community clinics offering free care are facing rising demand just as the downturn is prompting major...

Colleges Will See a Decline in Megagifts, Experts Predict By Kathryn Masterson San Francisco The golden age for philanthropy—and the United States—may be over. That was...

By Caroline Preston   On a recent day in Richmond, Va., employees of the charity known until this month as Christian Children’s Fund dressed identically...

Allison Fine, a nonprofit leader and expert on technology and communications, discusses how charities and foundations can more effectively use social-media tools to spread their...

An Obama-Inspired Volunteer-Recruitment Web Site Will Soon Debut By Suzanne Perry When Barack Obama was campaigning for the presidency, he pledged to create a "Craigslist...

Obama Is Asked to Explain Firing of AmeriCorps Inspector General The investigation of Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson appears to be a key reason that President Obama...

Fund raisers might want to be more concerned about shifting demographics than economic swings, Judith E. Nichols, deputy director for external affairs at the Brooklyn...

White House Officials Discuss Plans for Social-Innovation Office By Suzanne Perry Washington The new White House Office of Social Innovation and Civic Participation was created without...

By Paula Wasley Women are taking an increasingly prominent role in determining their household’s charitable giving, with high-income women in particular more likely to seek...

Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, the Senate Republican leader, has criticized the Obama administration’s proposal to limit federal tax breaks that wealthy people can get...

By Marty Michaels The use of prizes — and the money and glory that come with them — is undergoing a “renaissance” in the nonprofit...

By Suzanne Perry and Grant Williams In a speech tonight to a joint session of Congress, President Obama called on lawmakers to pass a bill...

Martin Kearns, the founder of a nonprofit environmental organization, has started a Wikipedia-style effort to help advocacy groups and other charities weather the recession. Mr....

By Ralph De Jong and Michael Peregrine President Obama’s announcement this week that he plans to limit executive pay and perks at financial companies seeking...

Millard Fuller, Founder of Habitat for Humanity, Dies at Age 74 By Brennen Jensen Millard Fuller, founder and former long-time leader of Habitat for Humanity...

Giving donors small tasks to complete brings them a step closer toward making a donation, explained fund-raising experts last week at the Direct Marketing Association...

It didn’t take long for President Barack Obama’s staff to remake the official White House Web site. The site, which debuted at 12:01 p.m. as...

House Democrats unveiled an economic-stimulus package today that proposes billions of dollars in spending on Medicaid and other federal programs that will help nonprofit groups...

The new issue of The Chronicle of Philanthropy was posted online today. In a special report, The Chronicle examines how nonprofit groups are coping with...

By Debra E. Blum More than one out of four nonprofit groups have revised their investment policies within the last year, according to a new...

Despite generally strong attendance at many nonprofit museums and theaters in recent months, many arts charities around the country are laying off workers or adopting...

Responding to the changing situation caused by the economy, a key nonprofit umbrella group today recommended that charities lower the amount of money that donors...

The Internal Revenue Service has released the final Form 990 and related schedules, more than 18 months after the first draft of the revised federal...

Like many social-service charities, the Salvation Army in Syracuse, N.Y., has seen contributions rise this year, as donors open their wallets to help growing numbers...

Independent Sector, a coalition of charities and foundations, said today it is working on a proposal for a government revolving-loan fund to help cash-strapped nonprofit...

Fund raisers nationwide have been hoping donations would increase this month, but the outlook is grim for many charities now entering the final weeks of...

Mapping Foundation Help A new interactive map tracks grants that foundations have made to help charities deal with fallout from the economic crisis. So far, the...

Corporations increased their giving last year despite a mixed economic climate, according to a new report from the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy, in New York....

Giving by foundations supports the economy of the United States, with $1 of every philanthropic contribution producing more than $8 in economic benefits, says a...

Can nonprofit groups really raise money on the social-networking site Twitter? The author and social-media consultant Beth Kanter has studied the history of fund-raising efforts...

Too many nonprofit scholars are boosters — ignoring the serious problems that mar the nonprofit world, and the organizations that are involved in activities that...

Mike Hammons, who as president of Vision 2015 helped plan and execute strategies to improve the Northern Kentucky region, said he will resign from the...

Corporate grant makers are going to increasingly focus their giving on programs closely related to their businesses, said several experts at a conference here on...

As many as five endowments for colleges or charitable foundations that have suffered significant investment losses or were unable to access money in their accounts...