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Envelopes and Obligation: What’s wrong with Catholic parish fundraising, and how to fix it.

by Alexander Guin / Practicalities

Envelopes and Obligation: What’s wrong with Catholic parish fundraising, and how to fix it.

BY Alexander Guin

Taking a new approach to fundraising would help reinvigorate parishes financially and spiritually.

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Charitable deduction as “subsidy”: does it really mean what some think it means?

BY John Tyler

John E. Tyler examines the use of the charitable deduction as “subsidy,” analyzing its implications for the nonprofit sector.

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How’s your fundraising pitch? The best and worst ways of making an ask.

BY Ben Shelton

You can learn a lot about how your organization relates to its donors by asking yourself these four simple questions.

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The achievements behind America’s great philanthropist

BY Martin Morse Wooster

We should remember Julius Rosenwald’s philanthropy and his accomplishments at Sears, Roebuck if we are to properly assess his place in American history.

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Charitable deduction as “subsidy”: does it really mean what some think it means?

BY John Tyler

John E. Tyler examines the use of the charitable deduction as “subsidy,” analyzing its implications for the nonprofit sector.

The achievements behind America’s great philanthropist

BY Martin Morse Wooster

We should remember Julius Rosenwald’s philanthropy and his accomplishments at Sears, Roebuck if we are to properly assess his place in American history.

Capacity Building 9.0: Fund people to do stuff, get out of their way

BY Vu Le

We can come up with fancy new terms for capacity building, but it comes down to two elements: support the right people and remove barriers that prevent them from succeeding.

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For-profit thrift store chain gets sued for dressing like a charity

BY Martin Morse Wooster

The attorney general of Washington state sued largest thrift retailer in the world with what amounts to deception and acting like a fake charity.

Why a college admissions racket would funnel bribes through a fake charity

BY Deborah Archambeault and Sarah Webber

Outright fake charities like the one involved in this scandal are less commonly detected than other kinds of nonprofit fraud.

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