Articles
The Internet offers access to the thoughts and views of many different fundraisers.
This collection of articles covers a range of fundraising issues, selected from articles
published in online magazines and by individual authors.
General fundraising
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Finding the right consultant requires homework - Emily Brewer, Philanthropy Journal
Online, 20 October 1998
Corporate Fundraising at CharityVillage
Fund Raising Software 101 - a variety of well-informed guides from Tom Froehlich
explaining how to evaluate and select fundraising software.
News you can use - a monthly article from Craig & Vartorella, Inc
Philanthropy In Short Fiction: An Annotated Bibliography and Subject Index by
Joseph Harmon
Are donor dollars related to how long their names are? by Peter Wylie (1/9/2000)
Nothing entered, something gained by Peter Wylie (February 1999)
Statistical modelling by Peter Wylie (January 1999)
Database marketing by Peter Wylie (December 1998)
Fundraising and the Internet
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Library Fundraising on the Web - a 1998 update of an article from the ALA 1996 Big
Book of Library Grant Money.
Money on the Net by Adam Corson-Finnerty (3 July 1996). "But can the Internet
become a tool for direct contributions to your institution? Yes it can, and the smaller
the contribution, the more interesting the possibilities become".
Cybergifts by Adam Corson-Finnerty, a four-part series in the Library at Charity
Village. (4/3/2000)
Free space in cyberspace by Mark Demko (from subscriber-only The Chronicle of
Philanthropy). Charities benefit from increased on-line exposure as for-profit WorldWide Web sites donate advertising.
On-Line Solicitors: Tangled Web by Mark Demko (from subscriber-only The Chronicle
of Philanthropy, 29 January 1998). 'One-stop' charity sites make it easy to give but
raise questions about regulation.
Charity Officials Reluctant to Rent Bulk Lists of E-Mail Addresses by Marilyn Dickey
(from subscriber-only The Chronicle of Philanthropy, 10 September 1998)
Charities' World Wide Wait by Marilyn Dickey (from The Chronicle of Philanthropy).
Internet sites attract lots of visitors but few donations; still, fund raisers remain
optimistic about the medium's potential.
Fundraising in Cyberspace by Marc Green (from The Grantsmanship Center
Magazine
Nonprofit Fundraising Online by Stan Hutton of the About.com [formerly
Miningco.com]s Guide to Nonprofit Charitable Organisations.
Non-profit organisations and the Internet by Martin Johnson in First Monday (9
February 1999).
Fundraising on the Internet by Michael Johnston. This article first appeared in
Professional Fundraising magazine in September 1995.
E-mailing for donations from Join Together Online's Funding News (25 September
1998)
Uses of the Internet and WWW for Development by Kai-Joachim Kamrath
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Online giving adds donation dimension by Susan Kim, Disaster News Network (2
June 1999)
Compassion cited in online giving by Susan Kim, Disaster News Network (17 June
1999)
What non-profits should know when choosing online vendors by Susan Kim, Disaster
News Network (10 July 1999)
Grasping the NETtle by Howard Lake, published in Voluntary Voice (July/August
1999, pp. 14-15)
Hints on Fundraising on the Internet by Howard Lake, published in VOICE (June
1998), ACENVO
Time to get pushy on the Net by Howard Lake, published in Third Sector (13
November 1997)
Fundraising on the Internet: 1997 by Howard Lake, presented at the 17th
International Fund Raising Workshop in Noordwijkerhout, Holland (23 October 1997)
Brave New World Wide Web by Howard Lake, published in Professional Fundraising
(March 1997)
Electronic mail as a fundraising tool by Howard Lake, published in the Journal of
Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Marketing (Vol 1, No 4, October 1996)
In what way will the Internet contribute towards fundraising in the future? by Howard
Lake, published in Professional Fundraising (June 1996)
Legacy fundraising and the Internet by Howard Lake, published in Smee and Ford
Ltd's Codicil (May 1996).
Fundraising on the Internet, by Howard Lake, a runner-up essay in the Catherine
Luyster Award 1996
Fundraising on the Internet: the UK experience by Howard Lake. A report on UK
fundraisers' early experiences of fundraising on the Internet, published in
Professional Fundraising (February 1996)
Fundraising on the Internet by Howard Lake, published in Charity (October 1995)
Net for profit by Howard Lake, published in The Review: Charities Managing Change
(September 1995)
Electronic sources of fundraising information for UK not-for-profit fundraisers (1995
dissertation by Howard Lake, MSc course in Information Science, City University,
London, UK)
Internet profits and losses, by Howard Lake, submitted for the Catherine Luyster
Award 1995
Charity begins at the homepage by Howard Lake, published in Trust Monitor (June
1995)
Information on Fundraising in the UK, by Howard Lake, published in the Nonprofit
FAQ at the Internet Nonprofit Center (28 May 1995)
Setting up a Home Page by David Lamb, presented at the annual conference of the
American Prospect Research Association, Minneapolis, August, 1995.
Fundraising on the Internet - a tutorial by Myles McGregor-Lowndes from Nonprofnet
of Queensland University of Technology
the law of Internet Solicitation - by Paul Monaghan.
Non-profit ads find a home on the Internet - PSAs find fewer barriers online by
Patricia Riedman in Advertising Age, 25 May 1998.
Legal issues to consider when fundraising on the Internet by Christine Rigby and
Sean Egan in Professional Fundraising, April 2000.
Web-Wise Fundraising by Paul G Ventura, 1997. See also section 2.
IT and fundraising
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Implementing the future, by Stuart Defries, 1998.
Venture philanthropy
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Revenue Generation Through Commercial Ventures: an Application of the Managing
Innovation, Being Entrepreneurial Framework
, by John Pepin, January 2001.
Other sources of fundraising articles
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A variety of fundraising articles from Canadian FundRaiser and The Nonprofit News
at CharityVillage
Chardon Press publish selected articles from the Grassroots Fundraising Journal.
The Chronicle of Philanthropy carries news, conferences, jobs, workshops and
seminars, and grant application deadlines.
The US Free Management Library has assembled over 10,000 links to free articles
about non-profit management and covers fundraising. (11/1/2000)
The Fundraiser's Guide Online reprints some of the most popular articles from its
recent issues.