Venture Philanthropy Partners. Edward Lowe Foundation. The Founder Institute: Helping Founders to Build Great Companies. The Chronicle of Philanthropy: The Newspaper of the Nonprofit Wo. Prospecting - Philanthropy.com. Environmental groups chalked up bigger increases than any other causes, according to the Atlas for Giving.
(Photo by Cristina Mittermeier/LCP/Conservation International) Giving in 2013 is expected to rise only 1.6 percent from last year, according to a new report, making it one of the worst fundraising years in five decades, projects the Atlas for Giving, an independent forecasting service. Among the reasons for the gloom: The stock market is likely to tumble, the unemployment rate will remain s… To raise money, a suicide-prevention charity tries to make people happier. What can you do when donors don’t give because your charity works on painful, unpleasant, or controversial issues?