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Charitable Giving - Baltimore Area Nonprofits Go in Search of Money - A Lot of It"
Capital and endowment fund campaigns among area nonprofit organizations may well increase in the coming years. Though experts are not sure why organizations have set their goals higher than expected, it may be that the greater need has forced nonprofits to move forward - by Betsy Nelson, The Daily Record, March 25, 2005

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"Charities Going Beyond Required Controls to Regain Their Donors' Confidence"
While corporations have been fighting to regain investor confidence in the wake of accounting scandals, charities and other nonprofits are moving to convince donors that their money will be well spent - by Carrie Johnson, Washington Post, April 6, 2005
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"A Sharper Eye On Nonprofits"
The Senate Finance Committee listened to a range of suggestions for dealing with the tax cheating that experts say is widespread among charities and other nonprofits. Members of the panel urged caution lest Congress discourage legitimate charitable donations - by Albert B. Crenshaw and Marc Kaufman, Washington Post, April 6, 2005

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The Nonprofit Good Practice Guide is a one-stop resource for widely-accepted and innovative nonprofit practices, including: preferred practices and pitfalls, glossaries, resources, trends and website profiles.

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Did You Know?
Young givers between 18 and 40 years of age, the
"Next Generation," generally fall into three categories: inheritors; those with earned wealth; and young people who might not be considered wealthy, yet give a large proportion of their time, talent and dollars to their communities. They have a high level of passion and energy, along with the potential to develop an ethic of giving that will last their entire life.