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Economic Contribution of
Florida's Nonprofits: A Resource for the Public Good
Connecting
With Nonprofits
Shareholder
Value Versus Corporate Responsibility
Does Misery
Love Companies? How Social Performance Pays Off
Read More on Corporate Involvement and
Accountability Issues.
Press Releases
Recommended
Articles
Through The Grapevine
"Knowing is not enough; we must Apply. Willing is
not enough; we must Do." --Goethe
Press Releases & Articles
 Economic Contribution of
Florida's Nonprofits: A Resource for the Public Good. To document the role of our community nonprofits, the Philanthropy &
Nonprofit Leadership Center at Rollins College commissioned a first-ever
report on the economic impact of Florida nonprofits. Funded by the Edyth Bush Charitable Foundation and
the Jesse Ball duPont Fund, this ground-breaking study shows that the
nonprofit sector is a significant employer that contributes enormously to
Florida's economic and social vitality. As such, the report concludes,
the nonprofit sector, like the business sector, should be included in
government planning and policy making.
Read More on Corporate Involvement and
Accountability Issues.
 For Immediate Release--July 18,
2003--"Helping Those Who Help Others"
Take notice
retail shoppers. Nonprofit employees and volunteers will soon benefit
from the
launch of a
new Merchant Discounts & Rewards program that recognizes individuals for
their voluntary community service. This latest initiative from Charity
Works, Inc. is yet another step in acknowledging the vital work of
nonprofits and the benefits to our communities.
Since 1996, CharityWorks has been assisting nonprofits with spending
their budgeted dollars more efficiently, reducing operating costs, and
building mutually beneficial relationships with businesses. As a
nonprofit intermediary, CharityWorks' role is to create value and
generate efficiencies between nonprofits, vendors and donors. One
powerful example is the result of state legislation enacted in 2002 that
allows Florida nonprofits to become eligible users of government
purchasing contracts.
Cooperative purchasing initiatives and enhanced customer status are two
of the many outcomes nonprofits enjoy from participating in CharityWorks'
Charitable Alliance Network ("CAN") program. The CAN program provides a
host of purchasing advisory services that help nonprofits to stretch
their limited funds.
To learn more about how you can support and benefit from the work of this
innovative organization, contact Mr. Chris R. Renfrow at (727) 447-2064
or online at www.charityworks.org.
For Immediate Release--January 18, 2000 --
Free Procurement Audits to Improve Public
Accountability for Nonprofits Offered by CharityWorks
For Immediate Release--May 8, 2002--Economic Contribution of
Florida's Nonprofits: A Resource for the Public Good. To
document the role of our community nonprofits, the Philanthropy & Nonprofit
Leadership Center at Rollins College commissioned a first-ever report on the
economic impact of Florida nonprofits. Funded by the Edyth Bush Charitable
Foundation and the Jesse Ball duPont Fund, this ground-breaking study shows
that the nonprofit sector is a significant employer that contributes
enormously to Florida's economic and social vitality. As such, the report
concludes, the nonprofit sector, like the business sector, should be
included in government planning and policy making.
Read More on Corporate Involvement and
Accountability Issues.
NEW! Charity Embarks on Bold
New Plan, by Peter L. Schewitzer
The Right
Stuff, the Right Price, by Joanne Faruggia Kavanagh.
Enabling Technology Funding, Issues for Grantmakers
and Grantseekers
CharityWorks Increases the Value of Contributions Made. by
Joanne Faruggia Kavanagh
Philanthropy's New Agenda: Creating Value. by
Michael
E. Porter and Mark R. Kramer
CharityWorks: New Models
of Philanthropy. by Linda Becnel. Find out how CharityWorks is
leading the way with innovative philanthropy that works for
nonprofits, businesses, and those who support humanitarian causes
The Birth of Big Time Fund Raising: And the rise of national
nonprofits. An historical perspective by Martin Morse Wooster.
Through The Grapevine
"Improving
the performance of philanthropies would enable foundations
to have a much greater impact on society."
Porter, Michael E. and Mark R.
Kramer. In describing how foundations increasingly refer to
"strategic giving," but their actual practices are often at odds
with this approach. Harvard Business Review November-December
1999, p. 121-130. (Reprint 99610) "Charitable Foundations Can --
and Should -- Create More Value for Society With the Resources
They Have." Harvard Business Review Press Release 11/99. See:
Visit The Center
for Effective Philanthropy
"The
nonprofit sector is undergoing a change of historic [proportions].
The magnitude of these challenges demands that the people in the
sector work smarter. The set of
skills one needs to effectively run nonprofit businesses today are
more complicated than in years past."
Sherry Magill, executive director
of the Jessie Ball DuPont Fund, on the reasons behind the fund's
decision to support the Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership
Center at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida.
"Corporate social
investing means that nonprofits can walk into a company carrying a
business plan instead of a tin cup. For some organizations, this
means making a radical change in how
they go about raising money from a company."
--Author Curt Weeden. His book
Corporate Social Investing outlines ways for companies and
nonprofits to develop partnerships that go beyond traditional
philanthropy in developing partnerships with nonprofits.
"There are specific skills
and understanding that people need to be leaders of
not-for-profits. They need to understand the mission and to have a
deep belief and passion for it. But they
also need skills not unlike those in business, such as budgeting,
fundraising, board development, [and] managing people."
Roxanne Spillett, president of the
Atlanta-based Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
Hi- or Lo-Tech Donations?
The report, "Community
Connections: Strategic Partnerships in the Digital Industries,"
notes that the percentage of income from high tech companies
devoted to philanthropy has dropped even though "donations" are
high. These technical donations of
in-kind hardware and software drew direct criticism.
For example, in-kind grants from the computer industry have risen
from 33 percent of total giving to more than 60 percent. The
report further noted the donation of equipment, which benefits
donor companies through tax breaks and the clearing of inventory,
often provides recipients with equipment that quickly becomes
obsolete and needs to be replaced.
Conference Board Press Release
1/27/00. PHILANTHROPY NEWS DIGEST, Vol. 6, Issue 5, February 1,
2000
"The hundreds of millions
of dollars generated through Cause Related Marketing (CRM) every
year do not touch 90% of the charity
universe."
-Robert Bothwell, President, National
Committee for Responsive Philanthropy. 1996.
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