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02.02.12: News about people, groups

February 2, 2012 - 6:59am
Arts & Science Council, Charlotte, set $8.7 million goal for annual fund drive, up from last year’s total of $8.3 million; Bob James, vice chairman, board of directors, Fifth Third Bank, chairs campaign; and more.

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02.02.12: News about grants, gifts

February 2, 2012 - 6:58am
Urban Ministries of Durham will receive $50,000 challenge grant from Stewards Fund, Raleigh, if it can raise $50,000 from first-time donors or any increased gift from current donors by May 31; and more.

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Children’s-advocacy workload grows

February 1, 2012 - 4:36am
North Carolina is home to 23 accredited children’s advocacy centers that serve 74 of the state’s 100 counties, with 11 other counties developing centers, including nine that already are providing services.

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01.31.12: News about grants, gifts

January 31, 2012 - 11:16am
N.C. Rural Center, Raleigh, launched “New Generation Initiative” that will provide $3.6 million in resources to engage rural youth and young adults in the life of their communities; and more.

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01.31.12: News about people, groups

January 31, 2012 - 11:14am
Clarenda Stanley, former major-gifts officer, North Carolina Central University, Durham, named director of development and communications, Lucy Daniels Center, Cary; and more.

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Modest recovery forecast for giving

January 31, 2012 - 9:12am
Charitable giving will grow slightly this year but charities still will need to work to raise more money, an economist told Triangle-area fundraisers.

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University endowments earn 19.2 percent

January 31, 2012 - 4:45am
Endowments at U.S. colleges and universities earned an average of 19.2 percent on their investments in fiscal 2011, the second steep annual climb following two years of recession-induced declines, a new report says.

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Nonprofits fear more government cuts

January 30, 2012 - 4:23am
Nonprofits that count on government funding expect deeper cuts, especially for programs serving the most vulnerable populations such as elderly and homeless people, and they expect those cuts will cause big problems for their organizations, a new study says.

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01.26.12: News about people, groups

January 26, 2012 - 10:58am
Bill Shore retiring as director of U.S. community partnerships at GlaxoSmithKline, Research Triangle Park, effective Feb. 3, after 27 years with company; and more.

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01.26.12: News about grants, gifts

January 26, 2012 - 10:56am
Durham Rescue Mission met $4.5 million goal for phase 1 of fundraising campaign to support new Center of Hope building; and more.

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Philanthropist Mary Semans dies at 91

January 26, 2012 - 9:58am
Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans, a philanthropist who supported a broad range of causes with compassion, kindness and devotion, and who bridged the era from just after World War I with the Internet age, died Jan. 25 at age 91.

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Training on tap for nonprofit boards

January 26, 2012 - 4:44am
Nonprofit boards are the focus of leadership-development programs offered by the Guilford Nonprofit Consortium and United Way of Greater High Point.

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Bryan gives $1.5 million to Guilford

January 25, 2012 - 4:36am
Greensboro philanthropist Joseph M. Bryan Jr. has given $1.5 million to Guilford College to boost an endowment or a lecture series he established with a $1 million gift in 1994.

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Fundraising rebounds to pre-recession level

January 25, 2012 - 4:29am
Overall giving grew 3.4 percent in the first 11 months of 2011, marking the first time it had exceeded the level of giving in 2007, before the recession, Blackbaud says.

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Community Theatre launches drive

January 24, 2012 - 6:29am
The Community Theatre of Greensboro has kicked of a capital campaign to raise $2 million to buy the Broach Theatre property at 520 South Elm St. downtown.

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Nonprofit jobs grow faster than business

January 23, 2012 - 4:21am
Nonprofit jobs grew at an average rate of 2.1 percent a year from 2000 to 2010, compared to a decline of 0.6 percent a year for for-profit jobs, a new report says.

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01.20.12: News about people, groups

January 20, 2012 - 10:26am
Steve Hess, contracts administrator, Guilford Center, named chief program officer at Family Service of the Piedmont, Greensboro; and more.

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01.20.12: News about grants, gifts

January 20, 2012 - 10:23am
William Charles Helton and Helton Family Foundation pledged $5 million to WakeMed Foundation, Raleigh, foundation's largest gift ever, for $20 million campaign to expand and renovate WakeMed’s neonatal intensive care unit; and more.

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Effective board recruitment, Part 1

January 20, 2012 - 4:31am
Identifying and recruiting the right board members for your nonprofit takes a lot of hard work behind the scenes, but the right recruitment plan can yield a committed and effective board.

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01.18.12: News about people, groups

January 18, 2012 - 10:25am
Bill Wilson, associate state director, AARP North Carolina, named deputy director, NC Justice Center, Raleigh; and more.

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