In This Issue

Selling Products

Funding Partnerships

Car Donation Programs

From the President's Office

Question of the Month

Stat of the Month

Connecting Nonprofit Professionals Worldwide

Raising Money by Selling Products:
July Question of the Month Results

Sometimes it seems that everyone around you is selling products "for a good cause." Find out what Newsletter subscribers had to say about this kind of fundraising program—and where you can get information about starting one of your own.

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Extending Reach through Funding Partnerships

Nonprofit collaboration isn't just for grant recipients. Read how the First Nations Development Institute of Virginia and the Kalliopeia Foundation of California joined forces to fund a program in an Inupiat village in Alaska.

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All Car Donation Programs Are Not Created Equal

Donors and charities alike can benefit from car-donation programs. Some vehicle donations, however, can end in disallowed deductions for donors and endangered tax-exempt status for charities. To prevent such unhappy results, the IRS has issued guidance for both donors and charities.

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From the President's Office

Dear Friend:

One of the operating hallmarks of GuideStar has been to set and closely monitor "measurable goals." Like many of you, we've worked hard over the last few years to develop a strategic plan, and we try to be very careful about how we allocate our scarce resources and to make sure that we are reaching our intended performance targets.

We're pleased to report that we are experiencing steady growth in the number of users and customers as well in the number of phone calls and e-mails we receive. All this activity requires additional people and in particular has caused us to reconsider how best to organize our work activity. As a result, we're pleased to announce that we'll be moving to a new operating facility on August 14 and 15. ... Read more

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