Updates

United Way of America outlines 10-year plan

Aid groups pleased with response to Myanmar and China crises

Most grant makers plan to increase giving this year

Foundations pledge to help those harmed by bad economy

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Elsewhere Online

Jerry Lewis telethon raises $65-million

Kentucky rules university must disclose donors' names

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Prospecting

Have charities become too consumer-driven?

Job market for fund raisers changes with the economy

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Government and Politics Watch

Republican platform includes plank for 'faith-based' groups

Key senator raises questions about two nonprofit hospitals

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Fund-Raising News

Reducing the Stress
Our advice columnist answers questions on how to avoid burnout and other career matters.

Disaster Fund Raising
More than $110-million has been contributed to nonprofit groups helping China and Myanmar recover from natural disasters.

Corporate Grant Seeking
Experts offer tips on how to approach businesses in tough times.

Monitoring Donors
A new fund-raising product prompts concerns about donors' privacy rights.

Direct Connections
Peer-to-peer giving is flourishing, but will donors keep paying for the services that charities provide to link them with worthy recipients?

Selling Good Causes
Few charities evaluate their promotional efforts, a new survey has found; plus a look at two marketing efforts that made a big difference in fund raising.

Disaster Relief
Charities have raised at least $31-million to help victims of the Midwest floods and California wildfires, but they say they can't meet all the needs.

Distress Signals
Charitable donations in 2007 rose just 1 percent over the previous year, Giving USA reports, and many charity officials believe 2008 will prove even tougher.

Online Giving
Donations raised via the Internet grew by a median of 42 percent last year at the nation's biggest charities, according to a new Chronicle survey.

Campaign Lessons
Candidates for the White House are raising a lot of money online -- and their approaches could help charities.

Charity Bequests
Newly released Internal Revenue Service data can help fund raisers learn more about bequests to nonprofit groups.

Fund-Raising Pay
Salaries of fund raisers grew 5 percent last year, a new study finds.

New Focus at United Way
United Ways are urged to narrow their goals -- in the hope of making more of a difference.

Federal Trade Commission
A bill in Congress would give the agency new power to penalize charities for misleading fund-raising appeals.

Grant Seeker's Forecast
Some grant makers are cutting back giving as their endowments lose value, but others are increasing spending, The Chronicle's annual survey of wealthy foundations finds.

New Rules of Attraction
As traditional fund-raising methods falter, charities look for innovative ways to recruit new donors.

What Wealthy Donors Want
Affluent people increasingly plan to make big gifts online, but many of the tactics charities use turn them off, a new study finds.