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Homelessness Information Clearinghouse Website Launched

Staff Reporter, Monday, 25th August 2008 -  A National Homelessness Information Clearinghouse website has been launched to make it much easier for the homelessness sector to work together and share ideas. Energetica, an…

Community Foundation Giving Reaches Record High

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th August 2008 -  Estimated giving by the US grantmaking community foundations rose to a record high in 2007 and they predict a further increase in 2008. Community Grantmaking rose 14 percent in 2007…

Future Melbourne as One of World's Top Sustainable Cities

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th August 2008 -  By 2020, per capita greenhouse gas emissions will be reduced by 35 per cent per resident and 59 per cent per worker under a target identified in ‘Future Melbourne’ –…

AbaF Funds Artists With Talent

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th August 2008 -  There’s a growing trend for people to donate to individual artists with the help of a new website from the Australia Business Arts Foundation (AbaF) which gives potential supporters…

Government Funds 'Climate Ready' Companies

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th August 2008 -  The Rudd Government’s $75 million Climate Ready program is open for applications from Australian business. Climate Ready will support Australian businesses developing…

Social Compact and Corporate Philanthropy

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th August 2008 -  A new report by the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy (CECP) in the US focuses on the role philanthropy can play in fulfilling a company’s contract with society.…

High Impact Corporate Volunteering

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th August 2008 -  The National Conference on Volunteering on the Gold Coast in September is offering a specialty stream on the application of global performance indictors for high impact corporate…

Not for Profit Dollars - According to the ABS

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th August 2008 -  Australia’s 40,976 registered Not for Profit organisations received $74.5 billion in income in 2006-07 according to figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics…

How do Big Corporates Report Green House Gas Emissions?

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th August 2008 -  The Ethical Corporation Institute in the UK has launched a report assessing how big corporates report Green House Gas (GHG) Emissions – and found a great deal of inconsistency.…

Aussie Women Demand Ethical Business

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th August 2008 -  Australian female consumers and employees are demanding transparency and ethical business practices, with over 90 per cent saying that a company’s commitment to Corporate…

The Philanthropy View from Down Under - Call for Papers

Staff Reporter, Monday, 11th August 2008 -  The International Journal of Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing is to publish a special issue on philanthropy and fundraising in Australia and New Zealand. Papers are invited…

Ways to Improve Charity Website Donor Page

Staff Reporter, Monday, 11th August 2008 -  While email and web copy may persuade people to "click to donate now," very few who land on the donation page actually complete the donation transaction, according to US…
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