The Greatest Givers

BusinessWeek has launched a special report on individual and corporate philanthropy in America.

The report includes the following articles:
The Most Elite Club in the World
The 50 Most Generous Philanthropists
The Greatest Givers
How Companies Dig Deep

Additionally, there are also various videos to watch, including a video interview with Sandy and Joan Weill, two philanthropists who gave $435 million to charity in 2007 alone, about what motivates they give.

Click here to read the report.

A good read: The Soft(ware) Side of Fundraising Effectiveness

Read Tim Mills-Groninger's special report on "The Soft(ware) Side of Fundraising Effectiveness" that was published in The NonProfit Times. Tim writes about AFP's pilot Fundraising Effectiveness Program (FEP) that is aiming at establishing organizational, geographic, and sector benchmarks for development programs. He goes on to discuss the "simple measures of effectiveness" including the importance of data and fundraising databases as well as the role of software in fundraising.