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Donors Too Emotional for Charts and Graphs – UK Economist

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 9th February 2012 -  Individual giving is often irrational and ruled by emotion and a charity’s ‘cost benefit calculations’ don’t lead to bigger donations, according to…

Product Philanthropy – Good for Business

Staff Reporter, Friday, 27th January 2012 -  Businesses could benefit significantly by donating products to charities, according to new research in the U.S. The research, from Indiana University, concludes that ‘product…

Dig Out Your Old Mobile Phones to Support Vinnies

Staff Reporter, Tuesday, 17th January 2012 -  In the great tradition of ‘one person’s trash is another person’s treasure’, Vinnies Centres across Victoria are collecting old mobile telephones for…

Aussies Join in Good Giving

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 22nd December 2011 -  Over 2 million Australian families joined in ‘good giving’ last financial year, by donating to Australian aid and humanitarian charities that help people overcome…

GFC Hangover Expected to Continue to Impact Donations in 2012

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 15th December 2011 -  People in the United States and United Kingdom overwhelmingly trust Not for Profits (NFPs) ahead of of governments and corporations to create social change, yet most say they will…

Tap to Donate: Are Mobile Wallets the Next New Thing in Fundraising?

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 24th November 2011 -  Above: Commbank's Kaching allows users to make payments via social networks such as Facebook. The latest advance in mobile technology in the form of ‘mobile wallets’…

Report Slams Australian Charities Over Fundraising

Staff Reporter, Monday, 24th October 2011 -  Seven high-profile charities “spent more than 40 per cent of donations on the cost of fundraising”, according to a report in Brisbane's Courier Mail on Australian…

Govt to Match Horn of Africa Donations ‘Dollar for Dollar’

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 6th October 2011 -  Image: A woman holds her severely malnourished young child in a camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Mogadishu. Somalia is affected by a severe drought that has ravaged…

ATO Releases New NFP Guide on Tax Deductibility

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 30th June 2011 -  The Australian Tax Office has released a new version of its GiftPack guide to help Not for Profits understand what to do if they want to receive tax-deductible gifts. The new Guide replaces…

NFPs Urge Importance of Cheques

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 16th June 2011 -  The Australian Not for Profit sector has revealed the importance of donations via cheques as part of their fundraising efforts, according to Pro Bono Australia’s online Snap…

Online Service Promotes Giving One Percent

Lina Caneva, Thursday, 9th June 2011 -  An Australian couple is trying to create a cultural change in the way Australians give. In what has been described as the absence of public leadership or community conversation in…

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