1. Miss the fun at #CASENAIS? Interested in the fundraising environment at independent schools? Check the stream!http://ow.ly/10Jne
2. RT @Lawson_David: DonorTrends & ZoomInfo announce new fundraising tool http://ow.ly/10AKP
3. RT @amykincaid: Can we change the #philanthropy /#nonprofit dance? http://ow.ly/11olN Yes, when BOTH parties willingly share power!
4. Billionaire Philanthropy and Haiti: The Good, The Bad, The Uglyhttp://ow.ly/10PYO
5. Inspiring! 7 year old London boy has raised £170,000 so far for@UNICEF to help kids in #Haiti http://ow.ly/116xM Via@dcruzin
6. RT @deborah909: Michael Gilbert announces the Just Awards! Nominate someone today: http://ow.ly/10Pzg #philanthropy
7. RT @PamelaGrow: For every $6 raised, more than $6 was lost due to donor attrition http://ow.ly/11jrQ #philanthropy
8. Text-message donations aren’t just for teens! See the survey by @facebook & @NielsenWire on giving for #Haitihttp://ow.ly/ZTHQ
9. Dragons’ Den star Duncan Bannatyne yesterday revealed he is to visit disaster-struck #Haiti http://ow.ly/11WJT
10. Somali pirates play Robin Hood, say they’ll give some loot to#Haiti. Arrrrgggghhh! http://ow.ly/11WD8 Is this for real?

There were many other significant items of interest as well.  Following are some of the most important “tweets” in the field of philanthropy and fundraising over the last week, organized by category:

Individual Giving

• T. Denny Sanford donates $50M to Burnham Institute for Medical Research (@Burnham_Events) http://ow.ly/10CPQVia @WorkingLori
• RT @Major_gifts: $20 million gift from trustee George Weiss to endow four professors at the University of Pennsylvaniahttp://ow.ly/1120S
• Estate of Robert M. and Dorothy C. Wopat gives $16M to Marion Community Foundation http://ow.ly/11q0z
• RT @Major_gifts: In Chicago – Lewis-Sebring family gift of $5M to U. of Chicago, urban education program http://ow.ly/111P8
• RT @Major_gifts: U. of Michigan names the Ralph Bahna Wrestling Center in recognition of a $2M gift from the alumhttp://ow.ly/1122z
• Sumpter Valley Railroad gets anonymous $50K donation to upgrade steam engine http://ow.ly/11L3V
• Michael Roos of the Tennessee Titans pledge $500K to@EWUAthletics http://ow.ly/11KKa

Foundation Giving

• Ford Foundation commits $250K to Clinton Health Access Initiative to support HIV/AIDS Services in #Haiti http://ow.ly/113MC
• @billgates pledges $10 Billion to research new vaccines & bring them to world’s poorest countries http://ow.ly/11Li1#philanthropy
• @billgates talks #philanthropy with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show http://ow.ly/111KZ Very nice!
• @mrskutcher & @aplusk launch @dnafoundation in effort to end human trafficking: http://ow.ly/10CXB Via@trevor_neilson

Corporate Philanthropy

• Steel and mining companies have donated more than a $1.5M in funds and services for #Haiti relief http://ow.ly/111yI
• @invisichildren wins $1M #chasegiving contest on@Facebook, edging out @ishafoundation by 1,248 votes: http://ow.ly/10BR6
• Sun Life Financial pledges $1M to support at-risk youthhttp://ow.ly/11Lfx
• @lowes customers have donated over $500K to @RedCrossfor #Haiti in the US. The company itself $1M. http://ow.ly/111vE
• RT @Major_gifts: Sprint gave $500,000 to Nature Conservancy’s U.S. Adopt an Acre program http://ow.ly/113Ay
• Weyerhaeuser donating $250K of materials to #Haitihttp://ow.ly/11L75
• 17 more charities get gifts of $37K to $100K from #chasegiving Advisory Board. See the list here: http://ow.ly/10CcQ
• The 21st Century Cola War: Who’s the better corporate citizen,@cocacola or @pepsi ? http://ow.ly/11qd1

International

• Singapore Telecommunications raises $2.2M for its Touching Lives Fund to help underprivileged women & childrenhttp://ow.ly/11qQN
• Jet Li’s One Foundation has raised $500K to date for #Haitihttp://ow.ly/11L8R #philanthropy
• Catenian Association gives £250,000 to three international aid agencies http://ow.ly/11qy8
• @BACARDI gives $50K to Pan American Development Foundation for #Haiti relief http://ow.ly/11qJl
• New: UK debuts http://data.gov.uk/, a free treasure trove of info and stats from government archives: http://ow.ly/10VfD
• UK venture philanthropy firm Impetus Trust appoints Louis Elson as new chairman http://ow.ly/11Ld5

Social Media, Fundraising & Philanthropy

• 39% of @facebook users in the US, UK & Australia have donated to #Haiti relief — another 21% plan to do so! http://ow.ly/ZTGs
• Led by @facebook & @twitter, global time on social media is up by 82% year over year, according to @NielsenWire!http://ow.ly/ZTDW
• · @CNN asks, “Has Twitter peaked?” But if they don’t count tweets via apps like @Hootsuite, the stats are wrong! http://ow.ly/10Bzf

Other Philanthropy & Fundraising News

• @mayoclinic campaign reaches $1.35 billion goal two years early! http://ow.ly/111WG
• “Haiti Inspires New Givers: Will those in Philanthropy’s “Long Tail” Have Long Memories?” http://ow.ly/11WUL Depends on stewardship!
• Amid economic stress, philanthropy plays a growing role in financing Catholic education http://ow.ly/11q48
• @CharityNav’s @kenberger on @nbcnightlynews re: giving to#Haiti, @SavetheChildren @PIH_org & @RedCross get propshttp://ow.ly/10F7L
• “The Truth About Celebrity Benefit Concerts: Sometimes celebrities are the best people to rally donors,” says @Forbeshttp://ow.ly/10G4h

Fundraising Jobs

• Major Donor Executive wanted by healthcare charity in Glasgowhttp://ow.ly/102if
• CIVICUS seeks nominations of individuals to stand for election to its Board of Directors: http://ow.ly/10JzU Deadline: 1/29/10
• Sales/Fundraising Opportunity with @foundersheart in Rhode Island http://ow.ly/11pdA
• Development Director – Events wanted by @SOTexas in Houston http://ow.ly/11on3
• Development Professional wanted for 9-month contract at Stepping Stone in San Diego http://ow.ly/11oxC
• Manager, Fundraising Events wanted by @fightblindness in Owings Mills, MD http://ow.ly/11p8l
• Director of Major Gifts wanted by the @USCEdu School of Theater http://ow.ly/11oNW
• Major Donor Fund Developer wanted by @operationbless in Virginia Beach http://ow.ly/120PM
• Fundraising Director – Heart Walk wanted by @HeartChicagohttp://ow.ly/11pgN
• Senior Major Gifts Manager wanted by a mental health charity in London http://ow.ly/11pQg
• RT @deweyandkaye: Seeking a Senior Development Officer, Philadelphia Live Arts Festival & Philly Fringe http://ow.ly/11pmx
• Major Donor Officer wanted by the Weingart Center Association in Los Angeles http://ow.ly/11qiU
• Major Gifts Officer wanted by @MotherJones http://ow.ly/11L0t
• Vice President, Nonprofit Programs and Practice wanted by@IndSector http://ow.ly/102fu
• Senior Vice President, Institutional Advancement wanted by United Way of NYC http://ow.ly/10JhA
• Director of Major Gifts & Planned Giving wanted by National Braille Press in Boston http://ow.ly/102la
• Director of Development wanted by West Virginia University – College of Engineering http://ow.ly/11ntj
• Director of Donor Relations wanted by U. of Washington (@UWtweets) in Seattle http://ow.ly/11okU
• Leadership Gifts Officer wanted by Tufts University’s@FletcherSchool http://ow.ly/11otq
• Fundraising Special Events Assistant wanted by Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International in Tulsa, OKhttp://ow.ly/11oQG
• Director of Campaigns and Major Gift Programs wanted by@KutztownU of PA http://ow.ly/11pUn
• Major Gifts Officer wanted by @BraveNewFound in Culver City, CA http://ow.ly/11KSS
• Associate Vice President of Foundation and Government Relations wanted by @molaa in CA http://ow.ly/11WNJ
• Prospect Researcher wanted by @UNCG http://ow.ly/11psy
• Dream Job! Visionary President & CEO wanted to lead@Give2Asia in San Francisco, CA http://ow.ly/10WZh Via@SShiroma

Follow me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/gordonjayfrost) to see all the individual tweets during the week!

1. “Making the most of your disaster donations” by Laura Freschi of @aidwatch http://ow.ly/Z0J0 Best advice on this subject I’ve seen!
2. Generation X has highest rate of volunteering, Greatest Generation lowest rate according to @AARP surveyhttp://ow.ly/Ygch
3. US arts struggle w/ greater competition for audiences and charity dollars according to Americans for the Artshttp://ow.ly/Z1Cv
4. Florida State U. president Eric J. Barron to receive $100K bonus for each $100M raised in $1B campaign: http://ow.ly/Zn7I
5. @DonorPerfect launches new UK website http://ow.ly/ZjULVia @dmacs
6. How Are You Donating To Haiti Aid Groups? Take the@CharityNav survey: http://ow.ly/YATY
7. Twitter growth slows: Has it “jumped the shark” or are users becoming more engaged/discerning? http://ow.ly/Yjxu Via@DigitalDonor
8. Women’s wealth is rising. What is your NPO doing to focus on women as THE key future constituency for fundraising?http://ow.ly/Yel5
9. “Top 25 Major Gifts to Higher Education in 2009″ – a new list from @Major_gifts http://ow.ly/YdSy
10. @kenberger on Fox regarding donations for #Haiti:http://ow.ly/YG4H Nice interview but what’s with all the anti-government rhetoric?

News on Haiti relief efforts continued to dominate news coverage and social media chatter on philanthropy and fundraising last week.  Nevertheless, there were many other significant items of interest as well.  Following are some of the most important “tweets” in our field over the same time frame, organized by category:

Individual Giving

• Violet L. Patton gives $13.3M to @ohiou to establish a community arts education center http://ow.ly/Zp1t
• Harold Hamm of Continental Resources gives $1.8M to support expansion of North Dakota’s Heritage Centerhttp://ow.ly/Z2l8
• George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio Donate $1 Million to Haiti Relief: http://ow.ly/Zpdj
• Poker star Eric “basebaldy” Baldwin gives $200K to alma mater U of Wisconsin-Whitewater for athletic field lightshttp://ow.ly/Z22P

Foundation Giving

• Ford Foundation commits $1M in grants for #Haiti relief effort http://ow.ly/YfAg Via @OnlyFoundations

Corporate Philanthropy

• @chamberbclc says US corporate giving to #Haiti is now at $69 million http://ow.ly/YfZz Via @CSRwire
• Charities fight for piece of $5 million prize on Facebook:http://ow.ly/Zpei Last day to vote! ! ! http://ow.ly/Zpha
• CareFusion to Donate $3.1 Million in Products for Ongoing Earthquake Relief Efforts in Haiti http://ow.ly/Z3lN Via@CSRwire
• Hanger Orthopedic Group commits $250K in cash and in-kind support to #Haiti http://ow.ly/Z3oT Via @CSRwire
• @dairymaster gives $250,000 in-kind gift to Ohio State University’s Agricultural Technical Institute http://ow.ly/Z1KJ
• Johnson Controls (@EfficiencyNow) donates $150,000 to@RedCross for #Haiti relief http://ow.ly/Z3bB Via @CSRwire
• @nrgenergy to triple match employee donations to #Haiti relief effort: http://ow.ly/Zpay
• @LandOLakesInc donates 38,000lbs of cheese to@FeedingAmerica in Madison, WI: http://ow.ly/ZklN Via@nonprofitday
• Nike encourages “Physical Philanthropy” to @UNICEF With unique interactive ad in Argentina http://ow.ly/Z1ah

International

• European Union pledges $500M in aid to #Haiti, individual European countries commit $100 million morehttp://ow.ly/Y1oW
• Carlos Slim Helu pledges $65M to genomic research on cancer, type 2 diabetes, and kidney disease http://ow.ly/Zol9
• Germany pulls together to donate to #Haiti, members of the German national football team give €150,000 http://ow.ly/Z1Sa
• Jeremy Hunt promises “a U.S.-style culture of philanthropy” if the Tories come to power http://ow.ly/Zose
• @adrianbeney to UK fundraisers: “Stop dissing new ways of giving big gifts” http://ow.ly/ZoWu
• RT @Yuki_Inoue Japan Fundraising Association conference on 2/6 – 2/7. Over 30 speakers, http://ow.ly/Yipn
• “Using Real Time Social Media in the Third Sector: Charities & Not-for-Profit” on 2/4 in London http://ow.ly/YYPw(@Media140)

Other Philanthropy & Fundraising News

• @IUPhilanthropy is tracking giving to NPOs for #Haiti relief:http://ow.ly/Z5J7 #philanthropy Via @CramerAssoc
• “Top 25 Major Gifts to Arts & Culture in 2009,” a new list from@Major_gifts now available: http://ow.ly/Zu9Z
• Congress working on tax deduction for #Haiti donations. Gifts made before 3/1/10 may be deductible on 2009 returns:http://ow.ly/Z1d3
• @StephenAtHome opens bidding on interview table, pledges receipts to @RedCross for #Haiti http://ow.ly/YiWe &http://ow.ly/YiZy
• @CharityNav takes on @wyclef’s @YELEHAITI charity:http://ow.ly/YfFV Via @AnishaKeeys
• New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo slams professional fund-raising companies for fraud http://ow.ly/Z2rz
• Women’s wealth is rising. What is your NPO doing to focus on women as THE key future constituency for fundraising?http://ow.ly/Yel5
• Informal Volunteerism Increases: 57% of @AARP members reported volunteering “on their own” in 2009 vs. 34% in 2003http://ow.ly/YghN

Fundraising Jobs

• Major Giving Manager wanted by @ActionAid_aus in Australiahttp://ow.ly/YEmZ
• Executive Director wanted by the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo http://ow.ly/YliX
• Partnership Officer wanted by Inter-American Development Bank (@IDBnews) http://ow.ly/ZngG
• Development and Executive Assistant wanted by The Global Visionaries in Seattle http://ow.ly/Zlet
• Community (Fundraiser/Health Educator) Manager wanted by@AmericanCancer in Cumberland, MD http://ow.ly/Zli7
• Donor and Nonprofit Services Officer wanted by Community Foundation in Vancover, WA (@CFSWW) Apply before 1/22!!!http://ow.ly/YFeT
• Director of Leadership Divisions (Fundraising & Events) at@YeshivaUni in New York http://ow.ly/ZlpP
• Project Mngr, Marketing and Fundraising wanted by@autismspeaks in New York http://ow.ly/Zlvj
• Major Gifts Officer wanted by Friends Seminary in New Yorkhttp://ow.ly/Z3if
• Development Manager – Major Gifts wanted by @UniofPlym in the UK http://ow.ly/Zp6R
• Several fundraising jobs now open at @ASU http://ow.ly/ZtkZ
• Director of Development wanted by @youthspeakup in Pacolma, CA http://ow.ly/Zu3a
• Fundraising Coordinator wanted by the Muscular Dystrophy Association in Ft. Lauderdale, FL http://ow.ly/ZlKc
• Development Officer – Individual Giving wanted by@AdPossible in Minnneapolis, MN http://ow.ly/Ylfo
• New opening! Vice President for Communications wanted by International Fund for Animal Welfare (@action4ifaw)http://ow.ly/Ygnm

1. RT @trevor_neilson: RT: @CAUSECAST FBI warns: make sure your aid $ to Haiti is going to reputable orgs, not scams.http://ow.ly/Wbym
2. RT @smartgivers & @CharityNav: Are Text Donations Safe?#haiti http://ow.ly/WyMD Yes, but you need to be smart (as always)!
3. RT @rosettathurman: UPDATED POST: How You Can Help Haiti. Right Now.  http://ow.ly/WzmL #HelpHaitiDC #DC
4. “The Rise of Wealth Whisperers” – philanthropy advice in 2010, in @WSJWealthReport: http://ow.ly/Vf1z Via @jaybarclaylove
5. Executive Compensation, Charities, and the Curse of Proximity from Harvard Business Review http://ow.ly/WXE3
6. Have you voted for a #shorty? http://ow.ly/VBUz Vote up your faves in #philanthropy, #fundraising & #nonprofit!
7. Mobile giving to @RedCross for #Haiti by state. A great map!http://ow.ly/WRmW Thanks to @amyrsward for the find!
8. Arabella Philanthropic Investment Advisors recommendations on #Haiti for philanthropists http://ow.ly/WGDv Via@SShiroma
9. @Philanthropy’s @ianwilhelm has 2020 trends right!http://ow.ly/VFKM TY for placing intl #philanthropy & changing demography up front!
10. Robin E. Williams (@thinkthanks) on “Emerging Trends in Donor Relations” http://ow.ly/Wz2p

While the news on Haiti relief efforts and donations to support them largely overshadowed much of the other news on philanthropy and fundraising last week, there were a large number of other items of interest as well.  Following are some of the most important “tweets” in our field over the same time frame, organized by category:

Individual Giving

• Powerball winner and alumnus Soloman Jackson gives Morris College $10 million! http://ow.ly/VFnA
• Lei Zhang’s $8,888,888 gift to @YaleSOM stirs debate in#China http://ow.ly/VFHo What do you think? #philanthropy
• RT @pr_nonprofit: $1.6M from estate of Nell Rose Bates to Selwyn Avenue Presbyterian Church & Foundation For The Carolinas http://ow.ly/WzpQ
• Frank and Katrina Basile pledge $500K to the Regional Performing Arts Center in Carmel http://ow.ly/WXWy#philanthropy
• @lancearmstrong & @LIVESTRONG pledge $250K to@MSF_USA & @PIH_org for #Haiti http://ow.ly/WzuF Via@BetheChangeInc
• Car dealer Al Hendrickson Sr. to replace $25K donation promised to Family Central Inc. by Ponzi schemer http://ow.ly/VFvF

Foundation Giving

• Kresge Foundation awards over $1 Million to double number of college graduates in MI http://ow.ly/WcjM
• Chapman Charitable Trusts Announce Major Gift Benefiting the TU College of Law http://ow.ly/WXZt
• RI Fdn to focus on areas crucial to the state’s economic recovery: public education and primary health carehttp://ow.ly/VH5j

Corporate Philanthropy

• “America’s Most Generous Corporate Foundations” from @BWhttp://ow.ly/WPeI Via @fdncenter
• Goldman Sachs considers expanding program requiring execs & managers to give % of earnings to charity http://ow.ly/VFAT
• @Target to donate $500K & 1 million + meals to #Haitihttp://ow.ly/WY6b
• RT @CSRwire: Mosaic Company gives $500K for #Haiti relief efforts http://ow.ly/WQWr
• Humana Donating $100,000 to Haiti Effortshttp://ow.ly/WXOJ
• Astoria Federal Savings launches Matching Gift Campaign for#Haiti, will give up to $50K http://ow.ly/WUXL Via @CSRwire
• RT @CSRwire: Continental Airlines Responds to Haiti Earthquake Disaster http://ow.ly/WQ12

International

• @FraserInstitute study says Americans are 2-3 times more generous than Canadians http://ow.ly/VFhT Your opinion of this analysis?

Other Philanthropy & Fundraising News

• A flurry of last-minute giving lifted charities’ holiday appeals: http://ow.ly/VGVx
• RT @BethanyDeines: U. endowments’ avg investment return was -19% in ‘09; toll would have been worse w/o late-year rebound http://ow.ly/VhCV
• @phijo becomes a program of the Institute for Nonprofits at NC State University http://ow.ly/WP4P
• @robert_weiner on the “Ingredients of a High Performing Advancement Services Shop”  http://ow.ly/WyQD
• RT @Philanthropedia & @tactphil: @BW story about @givewell, @philanthropedia, @charity_nav @greatnonprofits& @tactphil http://ow.ly/Wzyk

Fundraising Jobs

• Director of Development wanted by BUILD in San Francisco:http://ow.ly/WPuK Via @cgcareers
• Research Analyst wanted by the University of Chicagohttp://ow.ly/WXCn
• Senior Vice President for University Advancement wanted by Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota http://ow.ly/VfXR
• Senior Resources Coordinator (Fundraising) wanted by Transparency International (@anticorruption) in Berlinhttp://ow.ly/VEP1

Follow me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/gordonjayfrost) to see all the individual tweets during the week.

1. RT @Heifer: Fantasy author Patrick Rothfuss selling one favor on eBay to raise $ for Heifer. Auction now at $15K: http://ow.ly/UkBq
2. Over 75% of ultra-high net worth individuals say philanthropy is an important part of their lives http://ow.ly/TkBe
3. Online giving grew 46% in ‘09! How did you do? See@SMacLaughlin’s review of @blackbaud ’s online giving data! http://ow.ly/SXTA
4. Donors! Look what can happen if you don’t properly earmark donations! http://ow.ly/SDMB A trend? I hope not!
5. RT @GrameenFdn: Alex Counts presents “Future of Microfinance: Leveraging the Platform” in HK 1/21/10http://ow.ly/SXin #microfinance
6. Need inspiration? How small acts of #philanthropy transformed a family! See the #waterbuffalomovie: http://ow.ly/Tlia
7. Vote to help @Project7 decide which charities should receive their share of $105,000 http://ow.ly/TLmO
8. You can raise money for charity on Twitter! Ask actress and Twitter-powered activist @Alyssa_Milano: http://ow.ly/UfBc Awesome!
9. The Chinese Corporate Philanthropy Index http://ow.ly/Uht5
10. Why the downturn has been good for charity: http://ow.ly/SDT0 An Australian perspective. But true in many places, right?

Following are some less popular but arguably equally important items tweeted this week, organized by category:

Individual Giving

• RT @willmarlow: The 10 largest gifts of 2009 totaled $2.7B – here’s a mega-gift report from @philanthropy http://ow.ly/TqhE
• Major Gifts for 12/28 – 12/31 total nearly $900 million!http://ow.ly/SF3U
• Lei Zhang pledges $8,888,888 to @YaleSOM to build new campus http://ow.ly/TMvk
• Lemon family gives $1M to Oklahoma City University for a new scholarship and lecture series http://ow.ly/TFOh
• Joe Lobbato gives $1M to @oregonstateuniv to support the Arthur Stonehill Intll Business Exchange Programhttp://ow.ly/TFEZ
• Dan & Denise Costa give $1M to Gallo Center for the Arts to provide children of low-income families access to theaterhttp://ow.ly/Tk6J

Foundation Giving

• Stanley and Fiona Druckenmiller gave $705 million to their Druckenmiller Foundation in 2009 @philanthropy reports:http://ow.ly/SCCa
• Rajawali Foundation of Indonesia gives $20.5 million to@Kennedy_School to create Institute for Asia http://ow.ly/TFne
• @knightfdn commits $70 million to community foundations in communities where Knight owns newspapers http://ow.ly/TI8U

Corporate Philanthropy

• @pepsi swaps Superbowl ad for $20M community project campaign http://ow.ly/T4aE Submit your idea here:http://ow.ly/T4bS
• 65% of major Chicago area corporations plan to maintain or increase their giving in 2010! http://ow.ly/Ugk9
• Hartz (as in @crunchnclean) pledged $3 million in pet supplies to animal shelters in 2009: http://ow.ly/SDj9
• Volunteer for a day at a charity, get a free day at @DisneyParkshttp://ow.ly/Tjvg Via @servecommunity
• RT @OLPC: Eat Gushers, win a laptop, give a laptophttp://ow.ly/TGBt

International

• Great info on Indian NPOs from @GuideStarIndia’s CEO:http://ow.ly/T20P (Check out their blog here: http://ow.ly/T23P)
• How did I miss this?!?! The Coutts Million Pound Donors Report 2009 - http://ow.ly/TNpr With thanks to GG+A

Obits

• Philanthropist Ruth Lilly dies at 94, contributed over $500M, incl. $100M to @poetrymagazine, during lifetimehttp://ow.ly/SIQP

Scandals

• @footnoted’s Worst Footnotes of the Year: A must for prospect researchers & other corporate wealth watchers:http://ow.ly/SEwx
• Farshid Jahedi, former head of the Alavi Foundation, admits to obstructing grand jury probe http://ow.ly/T4pY

Follow me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/gordonjayfrost) to see all the individual tweets during the week, including dozens of great fundraising jobs.

1. Grant-Making Forecast: How Charities Can Make Effective Appeals in 2010 and Beyond http://ow.ly/Mp4Q
2. UK phasing out checks! Is the US next? Fundraisers, are you ready? (Hint: If you’re reading this, you are!) http://ow.ly/Nm1k
3. Speed dating meets fundraising consulting in NYC: http://ow.ly/N1yO Great idea!
4. 5 Most Charitable American Cities: http://ow.ly/N7pl Do you agree?
5. Garth Brooks demands return of $500K donation to Integris Canadian Valley Reg. Hosp. after naming rights battlehttp://ow.ly/N4UF
6. Great e-invite to the @charitywater ball! http://ow.ly/LWyF Inspiring for NPOs seeking new supporters via social media. Via @jack
7. Chase and @Facebook announce 100 small and local charities to receive $25,000 each from Chase Community Giving http://ow.ly/Nojc
8. 11 Asian American philanthropy bloggers http://ow.ly/MK2h
9. Country-pop star @taylorswift13 gives $250,000 to education to mark her 20th birthday http://ow.ly/MKse
10. Why do fundraisers leave? Where do they go? What do they want? Penelope Burk’s findings: http://ow.ly/M2vR Via@BethanyDeines

Other less popular but arguably equally important items tweeted this week include:

• Ted & Jane Von Voigtlander Foundation gives $15 million to the University of Michigan Health System  (http://ow.ly/MlzU)
• Alphawood Foundation of Chicago awards $10 million to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Four Freedoms Park (http://ow.ly/NnMQ)
• Actor Alec Baldwin gives $1 million to NYU’s Tisch School (http://ow.ly/N7Eu)
• Oprah Winfrey gives $1.5 million to the Ron Clark Academy  (http://ow.ly/NnHC)
• Michael Birch, founder of Bebo, issues $1 million challenge at Charity: Water auction  (http://ow.ly/Mn08)
• Jan Moran issues $500,000 challenge grant for Project Safe Place  (http://ow.ly/NnkB)
• The impact of social networking on prospect research (http://ow.ly/NeMw)
• Online holiday giving could top $4 billion, a $900 million increase over last year’s holiday season (http://ow.ly/M1Gi)
• £3 million raised online in just two hours in The Big Give (http://ow.ly/NwGv)
• Center on Philanthropy issues new Giving Index (http://ow.ly/N59s)
• 13 best social media practices at the top 200 US nonprofits  (http://ow.ly/N4Es)
• Facebook guesstimates the ethnic breakdown of its members (http://ow.ly/N0QK)
• Fascinating study comparing content sharing practices with email, Facebook and Twitter  (http://ow.ly/MIPc)
• The value of a celebrity to a not-for-profit organization (http://ow.ly/N9Rj)
• The China Philanthropist Network Roundtable debuts (http://ow.ly/Nogt)
• Major study underway of private contributions to European universities (http://ow.ly/No3z)
• Milton Murray, global fundraising giant, passes away (http://ow.ly/MseH)
• Roy E. Disney, icon & philanthropist, dies at 79  (http://ow.ly/N4sa)

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1. @rosettathurman posts her “Top 20 Nonprofit News Sources and Thought Leaders on Twitter” http://ow.ly/Ki9V
2. What’s the best nonprofit to work for in 2009? Nominate yours today! http://ow.ly/IHrz
3. Philanthropist @jnovogratz of @acumenfund named one of the “25 Smartest People of the Decade” http://ow.ly/KfcR Via@KepplerSpeakers
4. Lorry Lokey gives $110M to Silicon Valley Community Foundation http://ow.ly/Ko1j
5. John Cuneo Jr. gives $50 million estate to Loyola Universityhttp://ow.ly/JD5b
6. The controversy over charity gift cards http://ow.ly/KYgX How do you use gift cards at your organization?
7. RT @sdeclomesnil: 86% of US women have a profile on at least one social network http://ow.ly/L2MI Complete study:http://ow.ly/L3de
8. @Philanthropy reports congress agrees to @BarackObama ’s $50M Social Innovation Fund http://ow.ly/KARd Is this what NPOs really need?
9. Facebook Will Be Google-able (If Your Profile is Set to Public)http://ow.ly/JEUO
10. Update on the Chase $5M charitable giveaway on FB!http://ow.ly/KYnx Have you voted? Tonight’s the deadline!http://ow.ly/KYqw

Other less popular but arguably equally important items tweeted this week include:

• Anonymous donors give $12M to Gann Academy in Waltham, MA:  http://ow.ly/J2Go
• Leichtag Family Foundation donates $10 million to @ScrippsHealth: http://ow.ly/KYcH
• @IJNET wins $6M from @knightfdn to extend high-impact journalism fellowships & create Chinese-language service: http://ow.ly/KZX9
• Ireland Grants $3.5 Million for Irish Arts Center in New York: http://ow.ly/KZuB
• @UofMaryland receives $1 Million from Cafritz Foundation: http://ow.ly/JSHl
• Volunteers give 10 times more than other Americans: http://ow.ly/JuWX
• “30 Entrepreneurs Who Are Saving the World”:  http://ow.ly/J2Co
• BlackGivesBack.com’s Top Ten Black Celebrity Philanthropists of 2009:  http://ow.ly/JUHF
• Information on the Center for Arab American Philanthropy:  http://ow.ly/JVMS
• Russians Now Big Players in American Jewish Philanthropy: http://ow.ly/KZEI
• Charitable giving going far in China: http://ow.ly/L0Aw
• · New Study: Commitment to social media = greater financial growth:  http://ow.ly/Jv1P
• David Gelbaum, who gave the @ACLU, @Sierra_Club & CA Comm. Fdn over $380M since ‘05, sharply reduces his giving: http://ow.ly/KYJv
• Lots and lots of great fundraising and research job openings around the world.

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1. Barron’s list of the 25 most effective givers. http://ow.ly/GvvY Via@lblumenthal Wonder how many are on Twitter?
2. Find (most of) Barron’s “Best 25 Givers” on Twitter here: http://ow.ly/GZOT
3. RT @rosettathurman: Shawn says philanthropic institutions don’t really have authentic relationships w/communities of colorhttp://ow.ly/HT8U
4. A New Twitter List: NPO Bloggers of Color on Twitter:http://ow.ly/HRna Inspired by @RosettaThurman’s blog (http://ow.ly/HQqn)
5. RT @PamelaGrow: Twitter declared most popular word of 2009: http://ow.ly/H7SC
6. 6 agencies subjective measures of NPO effectiveness vs. overhead ratios measuring efficiency: http://ow.ly/HXaM What’s better?
7. Carrie Underwood gives $200,000 to The Humane Society of the United States http://ow.ly/IGuq
8. A stock exchange for charities? http://ow.ly/HB2G I say: It’s about time! What do you think? Comment!
9. Brilliant, fun & quick video on ROI for social media from@equalman: http://ow.ly/IiTq Show it to the doubters at your org!
10. The Top 100 Global Thinkers from Foreign Policy Magazine:http://ow.ly/Hc4W Via @OnlyFoundations & @acumenfund

Other less popular but arguably equally important items tweeted this week include:

• a gift of $10 million from Jeff Bezos to the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (http://ow.ly/IGq3);
• an anonymous contribution of $2.5 million to Catholic University (http://ow.ly/IGsn);
• Dr. Marques Allen’s donation of $100,000 to Rowan University (http://ow.ly/IGte);
• an uplifting survey by the Red Cross on giving this season (http://ow.ly/IA03);
• an article on the growth of organized philanthropy in the Arab world (http://ow.ly/HwfW);
• coverage on the trend of major donors to look for ROI and transparency in giving (http://ow.ly/IzCG); and,
• a continuous stream of great fundraising and research job openings around the world.

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1. Ways for NPOs to build a Twitter Following! http://ow.ly/FBJ3 Via @SmartNonprofits @Philanthropy411 & @Twitter_Tips
2. See this movie. Pass it on. http://ow.ly/FijW A great reminder of the power of kindness as we enter the holiday season!
3. Seth Goldman of @HonestTea riffs on corporate philanthropy vs. corporate social responsibility: http://ow.ly/ECm7 What do you think?
4. A must-read for fundraisers & researchers: The Weekly Major Gift Summary http://ow.ly/FA35 $574 million in gifts this week alone!
5. Indiana University Receives $10 Million for Breast Cancer Research http://ow.ly/Fd0s Via @BethanyDeines & @pndblog
6. Get 15k people to each give $50 online! @huffingtonpostprofiles @RobinHoodNYC web 2.0 fundraising effort!http://ow.ly/FCpJ
7. Abe Pollin, Washington Wizards owner and philanthropist, dies at 85 http://ow.ly/FxQI
8. The Asian perspective on the current financial crisis and what’s ahead for fundraising. Great piece by @usha_ http://ow.ly/EHvT
9. RT @askdebra: Do you know all the great ways you can search Twitter? 13 examples for Nonprofits by @franswaahttp://ow.ly/EZWd
10. “Saving Philanthropy” – Moving from Charity to Social Investing, an interesting new documentary in progress http://ow.ly/F01G

Other less popular but perhaps equally important items tweeted this week included a gift of $5 million from Jenny and John Paulson to Southampton Hospital (http://ow.ly/FyfP), a donation of $1 million from actor/director Tyler Perry to the NAACP (http://ow.ly/Fy8b), a gift of $1 million from Mary Cohen to  the Nerman Museum (http://ow.ly/Fzwm), a list of the top 100 US Foundations from the Foundation Center (http://ow.ly/EWVF), a list of the 200 largest US charities from Forbes (http://ow.ly/Fy1b), Eli Broad’s choices for the top seven US philanthropists in Forbes (http://ow.ly/Fhi0), and lots of fundraising and research jobs everywhere.   Follow me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/gordonjayfrost) to see all the individual tweets during the week and to explore my new Twitter lists of top people on Twitter!

1. Where fundraisers plan to spend their money next yearhttp://ow.ly/DLLp #1 is Online fundraising. Surprised? Me neither!
2. Are you an arts leader? Please take a few minutes for this survey from Americans for the Arts! http://ow.ly/DLXQ
3. Fundraisers & Prospect Researchers Take Note: “DataMyning” is one of the “Ten Crucial Consumer Trends for 2010″!http://ow.ly/DaNh
4. Chase commits $5 million to Facebook charity campaignhttp://ow.ly/DUM3
5. NGOs and the News: Exploring a Changing Communication Landscape http://ow.ly/DLIv
6. Vote for your favorite local NPO to receive $25K from Chase!http://ow.ly/D9EM Via @cfnoble @holtmurray & @nonprofitorgs
7. Tap into the Strengths of Millennials: http://ow.ly/DLva Good piece by @christinagsmith but practical advice or youth obsession?
8. Get @iWavePRO free for a day in celebration of National Philanthropy Day! http://ow.ly/DM44
9. @NonProfitTimes releases invaluable annual NPT 100, a study of largest nonprofits in U.S. http://ow.ly/C44e

Other less popular but perhaps equally important items tweeted this week included a gift of $20 million from Hedge Fund Founder John Paulson to NYU (http://ow.ly/DIZR) , a pledge of $7 million by Brazillian billionaire Eike Batista for pop star Madonna’s welfare projects (http://ow.ly/DV0l), Holy Cross Hospital’s decision to return a $1 million gift from alleged Ponzi scheme lawyer Scott Rothstein (http://ow.ly/DUvG), a great presentation on “50 Social Media Tactics for NPOs” from Blackbaud’s @chadnorman (http://ow.ly/E0w6), some great tips on emergency funding sources for NPOs from @NonprofitSRQ (http://ow.ly/E1SP), a great pep talk  on the current status of fundraising in social media from always marvelous @kanter (http://ow.ly/E0KH) and a bunch of fundraising jobs everywhere, including one of the top consultancy posts in the country (http://ow.ly/CNEg).   Follow me on Twitter (http://twitter.com/gordonjayfrost) to see all the individual tweets during the week and to explore my new Twitter lists of top people on Twitter!