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• Donors Expects Gifts To Be Transformational

  All giving should be “transformational.” During a recent conference of cancer center development officers, a development director said the organization had just received a “transformational gift” — something on the order of $25 million — as a bequest. While the gift could have been described as “huge,” “stupendous” or even “gargantuan,” the potential “transformational” aspects [...]

• Giving Gains, Estimated At $316.23 Billion For 2012

  Economic optimism coupled with a fear of potential changes to the federal tax deduction for charitable contributions helped to boost charitable giving in the United States by 3.5 percent last year, despite another flat year of giving to the largest recipient: religion. Giving was an estimated $316.23 billion for 2012, up 1.5 percent when adjusted [...]

• Komen Selects Salerno As New CEO

  Ten months after announcing that its founder would step aside as chief executive officer, the nation’s largest breast cancer charity is turning to a national public health expert to lead the organization. Susan G. Komen for the Cure in Dallas, Texas announced today that its 10-member Board of Directors has appointed Judith A. Salerno, M.D., [...]