Festivals begin to feel the pinch - Features, Music - The Independent

Festivals begin to feel the pinch - Features, Music - The Independent: "t is symptomatic of a downturn threatening what only two years ago a survey called the UK's 'cultural powerhouse': arts festivals, the event form on which the Cultural Olympiad is being built for 2012. 'Every festival is feeling the pinch,' Terfel says. Until now, though, none has found it necessary to appeal directly to audiences to put their hands in their pockets."

SGGP English Edition- AIDS charity Life Ball raises 1.5 mln euros

SGGP English Edition- AIDS charity Life Ball raises 1.5 mln euros: "VIENNA, July 22, 2010 (AFP) - Vienna's glitzy AIDS charity Life Ball last weekend raised 1.5 million euros (1.9 million dollars) for international and national HIV and AIDS projects, organisers said Thursday.

This year's event on the square in front of the Austrian capital's neo-Gothic Town Hall and attended by former US president Bill Clinton and Hollywood actress Whoopi Goldberg was marred by heavy thunder storms and cloudbursts."

Philanthropy Boss Resigns | Pro Bono Australia

Philanthropy Boss Resigns | Pro Bono Australia: "Gina Anderson, the CEO of Philanthropy Australia has resigned from the top job but won't leave her post until September 30th saying she has no firm plans for her future employment.

Anderson, who took on the top job almost 5 years ago says there is still plenty to do before her September departure including the Philanthropy Australia Annual Conference : Philanthropy at the Tipping Point? to be held 31 August - 1 September, 2010 in Melbourne."

Fundraising sector divided over campaign strategy - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

Fundraising sector divided over campaign strategy - Civil Society - Fundraising - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: "Fundraising sector divided over campaign strategy
Governance | Tania Mason | 21 Jul 2010
Topics: Campaigns

A meeting of fundraising sector representatives earlier this month that aimed to make progress on the shape of a sector-wide public-facing campaign to boost giving, ended without any clear conclusion after differences about the strategic direction could not be resolved."

Birmingham to start charity-oriented China tour | NewsyStocks.com

Birmingham to start charity-oriented China tour | NewsyStocks.com: "Northeast China, Jul. 17, 2010 (Xinhua News Agency) -- English Premier League side Birmingham will tour to China and play two charity matches against two local clubs next week, with all the incomes of the two matches to be donated to help the disabled in China."

Media-shy tycoon helps UTS build its dream

Media-shy tycoon helps UTS build its dream: "he man who donated $20 million for the university's new Frank Gehry-designed building has deep pockets and deeper political connections, writes Heath Gilmore.

The press conference for one of the most significant projects in the history of the University of Technology, Sydney, was under way."

Australian scrooge | Daniel Petre | Commentary | Business Spectator

Australian scrooge | Daniel Petre | Commentary | Business Spectator: "Generally, Australia’s wealthy are very poor at donating money to worthy causes. (For the purpose of this discussion let’s call someone wealthy if they have a net worth of more than $20 million. As far as I can guess from triangulating data from multiple sources, we have at least 4,000 families in Australia with at least this level of wealth)."

BBC News - Arts and culture bodies in cuts appeal to government

BBC News - Arts and culture bodies in cuts appeal to government: "The leaders of the UK's most prominent cultural bodies have appealed directly to the prime minister not to cause 'irreparable damage' to the arts.

The coalition government has asked all major arts funding bodies to show how they would manage cuts of 25% or 30%"

At Quebec Festival, Arcade Fire Focuses on Haiti - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com

At Quebec Festival, Arcade Fire Focuses on Haiti - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com: "But most of all, it was about Haiti.

July 12 marked six months after the earthquake that shattered Haiti’s capital, Port-au-Prince. R�gine Chassagne, Mr. Butler’s wife and the Arcade Fire’s other lead singer, is the daughter of Haitians who became expatriates during the dictatorship of Fran�ois Duvalier; the Arcade Fire’s first album, “Funeral,” included a song called “Haiti.”"

Civil Society - Fundraising - News | Lindsay Boswell leaves Institute

Civil Society - Fundraising - News | Lindsay Boswell leaves Institute: "Lindsay Boswell leaves Institute 1
Fundraising | Celina Ribeiro | 14 Jul 2010
Topics: Leadership and strategy

After a decade in post, Institute of Fundraising chief executive Lindsay Boswell will leave the organisation to take up a new chief executive role at a charity."

Measure to shield charities from VAT rise defeated in Commons - Third Sector

Measure to shield charities from VAT rise defeated in Commons - Third Sector: "Shadow treasury chief secretary Liam Byrne's amendment to Finance Bill would have kept VAT at 17.5% for non-business expenditure

An amendment to the Finance Bill that would have protected charities from much of the increase in the VAT rate to 20 per cent was defeated in the House of Commons last night."

Changemakers: Rick Hansen

Changemakers: Rick Hansen: "But that wasn't enough. Not even close. For when it comes to dreams, Hansen dreams big. Determined to make the world accessible and inclusive for all, on March 21, 1985, he embarked on what would soon become a life-affirming, internationally recognized event, the Man In Motion Tour. Rolling through 34 countries, covering more than 40,000 km, Hansen raised $26 million for spinal cord injury (SCI) research and quality of life programs and singlehandedly gave people with disabilities reason to believe they could live their lives to the fullest."

Group Aims to Add Transparency to China’s Charities - China Real Time Report - WSJ

Group Aims to Add Transparency to China’s Charities - China Real Time Report - WSJ: "Some of China’s most recognized philanthropic leaders gathered in Beijing this past week for the launch of the China Foundation Center, a new organization that aims to help increase the transparency of Chinese charitable groups, which have sometimes struggled with public suspicion of mismanagement and even corruption."

Pop up store phenomenon: Vancouver retailers embrace a growing trend

Pop up store phenomenon: Vancouver retailers embrace a growing trend: "This time, Scoop has added a twist to its successful concept. The back half of the store, called Philanthropy, sells items donated by local businesses and 80 per cent of the profits will go to local charities. With the initiative, Nichol and Sinclair hope to raise $50,000 for Arts Umbrella and Canuck Place Children’s Hospice.

“We hope to make helping others the next fashion trend,” says Nichol."

The Daily Tell � Blog Archive � Taiwanese philanthropist inspires wave of donations

The Daily Tell � Blog Archive � Taiwanese philanthropist inspires wave of donations: "A new wave of charitable giving has been sweeping the small Asian nation of Taiwan, reports the American Free Press.

The country has seen a rise in donations recently, especially among people who are not especially rich but wish to give back a little of what they have to their communities."

Great Canadian Changemaker Survey

Great Canadian Changemaker Survey

Biennial roundtable participants call collaboration vital - The Denver Post

Biennial roundtable participants call collaboration vital - The Denver Post: "During the Biennial of the Americas Roundtable on Philanthropy on Tuesday at Denver's Ellie Caulkins Opera House, leaders from throughout the Western Hemisphere focused on the crucial role of partnerships between the public and private sectors."

Companies Commission of Malaysia: CSR Is More Than Philanthropy | The CSR Digest

Companies Commission of Malaysia: CSR Is More Than Philanthropy | The CSR Digest: "The Companies Commission of Malaysia (CCM) has called the corporate world needs to go beyond philanthropy and embrace corporate social responsibility (CSR) as a core business value to ensure sustainable development, according to the Edge Malaysia."

Brian Rudman: Women's advocacy fails test for charity - Opinion - NZ Herald News

Brian Rudman: Women's advocacy fails test for charity - Opinion - NZ Herald News: "The Venerable National Council of Women is about to be defrocked of its charitable status, and the inheritors of the suffragist dream are not happy. Who could blame them?

They've fallen foul of an ancient British law, the Statute of Charitable Uses 1601 (Statute of Elizabeth), which makes no mention of 21st century 'advocacy' among its definition of charitable activities."

Civil Society - Governance - News | Hind offers encouragement for large charities wishing to pay trustees

Civil Society - Governance - News | Hind offers encouragement for large charities wishing to pay trustees: "Andrew Hind has said there needs to be a better understanding of the Charity Commission’s willingness to allow payment of trustees, arguing that among larger charities “there is increasingly a case for many of those boards to have paid trustees”."

New donors emerge in developing countries - CSMonitor.com

New donors emerge in developing countries - CSMonitor.com: "Instead, the Nayyars used some of their new wealth to take on a new project: donating more than 300 million rupees (about $6.6 million) in March to a foundation named for Mr. Nayyar's father, which funds a dozen education projects and thousands of children around New Delhi."