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Community Foundation Giving Reaches Record High

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th August 2008 -  PDF Button 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…

Future Melbourne as One of World's Top Sustainable Cities

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th August 2008 -  PDF Button 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 -  PDF Button 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…

Government Funds 'Climate Ready' Companies

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

Social Compact and Corporate Philanthropy

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th August 2008 -  PDF Button 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…

High Impact Corporate Volunteering

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th August 2008 -  PDF Button 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…

Not for Profit Dollars - According to the ABS

Staff Reporter, Thursday, 14th August 2008 -  PDF Button 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…

How do Big Corporates Report Green House Gas Emissions?

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

The Philanthropy View from Down Under - Call for Papers

Staff Reporter, Monday, 11th August 2008 -  PDF Button 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…

Ways to Improve Charity Website Donor Page

Staff Reporter, Monday, 11th August 2008 -  PDF Button 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…

Baptcare Study Offers Insights into Community Care Programs

Staff Reporter, Monday, 11th August 2008 -  PDF Button A ground breaking longitudinal study commissioned by Baptcare has found that home-based community care packages for older Australians have improved their quality of…
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