Weekly News Recap: June 3, 2016

Members of the Chartered Professional Accountants of Manitoba present University of Manitoba president David Barnard with a $1 million cheque for the Asper School of Business Monday. (Bert Savard/CBC)

Trends and shifts

Meet the Couple Behind Another Big "Small Town" Arts Give Yes, it's true, large gifts to the arts do happen in smaller centers too. The Indiana University Art Museum in Bloomington, Indiana recently received a $15 million gift from Sidney and Lois Eskenazi. (5/27/16)

Infographic: Nonprofit Communications Trends Excellent side-by-side comparisons of the important work done by communication and fundraising professionals in our nonprofits. Especially interested in the stats related to office conflicts around nonprofit communications. Thanks to Imagine Canada for this link. (5/16/16)

Studies and stats

Cash Giving From Businesses Edges Up, Chronicle Survey Shows This Chronicle of Philanthropy survey indicates that $4.8 billion in cash donations were received by U.S. charities from 68 corporations in 2015. This is an increase of 2% over the previous year. Dealing with a significant image problem on the heels of the banking crisis and subsequent bailout, banks are playing a much more significant role in this giving than previously. (6/1/16)

Individual donations fall to lowest level for seven years Interesting report from the U.K. Particularly interesting to see that giving by men in the U.K. is dropping. Am curious if this is case elsewhere and, if it is, is it related to the pendulum swinging too far towards a focus on women's philanthropy? Thanks to AFP for sharing this link. (5/24/16)

Philanthropic controversy

School shocked to discover $1.5M donation was fake What amazes me is the the Department of Education advanced funds to this Brooklyn school before they cashed the cheque (which bounced) from this "donor dud". (6/2/16)

Philanthropic personalities

Bill Gates: Donald Trump is not 'known for his philanthropy' I am shocked! (6/1/16)

Hawai‘i Five-O Actor’s Legacy Lives on Through His Philanthropy Book 'em Danno is right. Jack Lord (Steve McGarrett of Hawai‘i Five-0) and his wife Marie left over $40 million to the Hawai‘i Community Foundation. (5/30/16)

News

Red Deer drop-in centre to close amid financial troubles First, we are sorry to see this happen. Second, we are not surprised. It is tough out there folks. Calgary's Mustard Seed is stepping in to take over operation of this important facility. ALBERTA STORY (6/1/16)

'Welcome Home Fort McMurray': Amended sign salutes returning residents Brought us to tears too. Welcome home guys. We are so happy you get to go home. We will miss you. ALBERTA STORY (6/1/16)

Remai Modern launches new branding for art museum Nice rebrand guys. I hope to visit on one of my trips to Saskatoon in 2017. CANADIAN STORY (5/31/16)

Dr. Verna Yiu named head of AHS Dr. Yiu, who has been in this role on an interim basis, has now been named President and CEO of Alberta Health Services. ALBERTA STORY (5/31/16)

Calgary Zoo, Heritage Park suffering in economic downturn Eek! CALGARY STORY (5/27/16)

Shane Homes' ground-breaking to add 23 units to project to house homeless The start of another important project in the campaign to end homelessness in Calgary. Shane Homes' efforts are part of the RESOLVE campaign. We are proud to be working with RESOLVE. CALGARY STORY (5/27/16)

Tips and tricks

Models and Components of a Great Nonprofit Dashboard How many times have I been asked to design a dashboard? Many. This is a great article on what you need to think about when you are designing that tool that lets you access your organization's key performance indicators at a moment's notice. Cool stuff. Thanks to CCVO for sharing the article. (5/9/16)

Life and career hacks

These 8 success factors are even more important than your IQ! Self regulation, a growth mindset, resilience, passion, empathy, conscientiousness, openness to experience, and social skills. All great traits. Do you have them? (6/30/16)

The Power of Focus: 10x Your Results "Every single team member has to have the same goal." (5/27/16)

Ask Great Questions: Get to Know Your Donors All part of honing our listening skills. To listen well, you need to ask great questions first. Thanks to Andrea for pointing us to this Bloomerang link. (5/18/16)

Large gifts

Detroit jobs receiving boost from JPMorgan Chase $4M donation This gift will be used to match up to 10,000 Detroit high school students with career education and work experiences. This recent gift is in addition to the $100 million JPMorgan has already committed to Detroit's economic recovery made in 2014. (6/1/16)

Multi-million dollar donation helps prepare Tasmanian children for the workforce This $15 million gift is from the Paul Ramsay Foundation, one of Australia's largest foundations. Mr. Ramsey, who died in 2014, was an Australian businessman who founded Ramsay Health Care. (6/1/16)

Carswell Family Foundation continues giving trend with $1 million donation to York University I have said it before and I am saying it again, be nice to your staff. Good things will happen. Allan Carswell is a Professor Emeritus at York University. His gift will be used to fund graduate scholarships. CANADIAN STORY (6/1/16)

Blackbaud Donates $1 Million to Help Build International African American Museum Blackbaud's gift will sponsor the Digital Media Lab at the Museum. (6/1/16)

Education Effect to expand into Little Haiti with $2 million donation This gift from Rose Ellen Greene, a longtime volunteer at Jesse J. McCrary Jr. Elementary School is being given to Education Effect, a partnership between the Florida International University and the Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Education Effect is aimed at student achievement. (5/31/16)

Four schools receive anonymous donation Four elementary schools in the Gainesville, Florida area will be splitting $1.5 million from an anonymous gift made through the Community Foundation of North Central Florida. The gift will help these schools place mental health counsellors and social workers into the schools over a three-year period. (5/31/16)

Asper School of Business at University of Manitoba gets $1M boost I tell ya, there is something in the water in that Province. Another magnificent gift to the University of Manitoba. This time from the Chartered Professional Accountants of Manitoba. CANADIAN STORY (5/30/16)

Clean sweep for business school after Malcolm Broomhead donation Looks like I am not the only one who likes to make puns with donor names. Mr. Broomhead has made a gift of $3 million to the University of Queensland located in Brisbane, Australia. The gift will be used to establish a named chair in finance. (5/30/16)

DSO receives $2.9 million donation A lovely gift from the estate of Dr. Clyde and Mrs. Helen Wu. to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra. Dr. Wu was a cardiologist who grew up in Hong Kong. The gift will be used to establish the Wu Family Academy for Learning & Engagement. (5/28/16)

UNLV football program gets record $2 million donation A nice gift from an anonymous donor to the University of Nevada at Las Vegas. (5/28/16)

Philanthropist Sets the Stage for Budding Theatre Stars with $1M Donation Melbourne philanthropist, Dr. Jeanne Pratt, made her gift to Monash University’s Centre for Theatre and Performance. (5/27/16)

Mark Richt's $1 million donation for indoor facility impresses UM players Mark Richt is the coach of the Miami Hurricanes. He made this gift to support the building of an indoor practice facility. Nice work coach! (5/26/16)

Paul Allen ends KEXP’s years long fundraising drive with $500,000 donation Paul Allen, former MicroSoft CEO, is everywhere. Nice to see that he remembers his roots and his community. Nice gift Mr. Allen. (5/26/16)

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