Most money in the United States is given by moderate and low income people (80% is given by families whose incomes are less than $60,000) • The most efficient way to raise money is to ask someone face-to-face. Individual people give more money to charities and other nonprofits than foundations and corporations combined (80% to 20%).

Published with Google's free Blogger service, the blog was an efficient way to communicate with supporters and the press throughout the day. Here's an utterly excellent post from a new favorite, The Bamboo Project blog by Michele Martin. Just as good is this one, from the same blog, on how nonprofits can benefit from Facebook.

A well run non profit will garner community and donor support; but more importantly it will meet a need in the community successfully in an efficient and honest manner. Clientele, community members, donors, non profit volunteers and staff, and agency leadership, you may ask: "What is a well run non profit?" They are boosters). is critical.

In other words, your organization is not in crisis (facing having to fold or close permanently); your organization has endured an unforeseeable expense that has drastically reduced your budget for the quarter (or time being); and the organization expects to recover (operate efficiently) after this hiccup. entity. Be leery. Help is out there!

While nonprofits look to joining forces with each other to achieve some sort of efficiency, what are we losing? My friend, Tom, over at the True Talk Blog, has an interesting post called "Asymmetry is the New Black." Tom sees asymmetry in action in everything from YouTube to the blogging movement to the Iraqi insurgency.

Home Depot Foundation Accepting Letters of Inquiry for Affordable Housing Projects Deadline: July 1, 2007 (Letters of Inquiry) The Home Depot Foundation ( [link] ) is dedicated to creating healthy, livable communities through the integration of affordable housing built responsibly and the preservation and restoration of community trees.

Very important recent news from Guidestar.org This page, below, is located at [link] "From the Guidestar.org President's Office, May 2007 "Dear Friend: Nothing makes me madder than hearing about phony charities or those unscrupulous actors who take advantage of the nonprofit sector for personal gain. With more than 1.5

[The link to the original editorial written for The Foundation Center's "Philanthropy News Digest" (dated May 18, 2007) by Heinz Endowments President, Maxwell King is located at: [link] ] Maxwell King and I agree, as evident in many posts in this blog. It is a benefit to the donor, to the non profit field, and to our communities.

It's a good idea to raise the energy-efficiency/clean energy question with your vendors. And it can be even greener when we demand energy-efficiency and clean energy best-practices from all of our vendors. Our e-mail marketing, web sites and voice mail campaigns are green, right? It depends how you look at it.

The session on July 18, 2007, is now closed. The session on July 19, 2007, is scheduled for 1:00-2:00 p.m. Comments are due no later than September 14, 2007. Promoting compliance means the form must accurately reflect the organization’s operations and use of assets, so the IRS may efficiently assess the risk of noncompliance.