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• 10 Biggest Donations from Americans in 2009 Totaled Just $2.7-billion
  Dec 31, 2009

  
  http://philanthropy.com/free/articles/v22/i04/20091231.htm

• Druckenmiller Foundation Receives $705m from Founders
  Dec 30, 2009

  
  http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/10505/705-million-donation-announced

• Poll Finds 2/3 of Charities are Struggling with Holiday Donations
  Dec 16, 2009

  
  http://philanthropy.com/free/articles/v22/i04/20091216-02.htm

• Better Business Bureau Wise Giving Alliance Announces Looser Standards
  Dec 3, 2009

  
  http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/10316/recession-prompts-watchdog-agency-to-loosen-fund-raising-standards

• Goldman Sachs Pledges $300m to Community-Development Financial Institutions
  Nov 17, 2009

  
  http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/10199/goldman-sachs-pledges-500-million-to-help-small-business-owners

• Skydiver Killed After Trying for Record in Charity Jump
  Nov 12, 2009

  
  http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,574785,00.html

• Survey Finds Over Half of Charities Cut Staff in 2009
  Nov 8, 2009

  
  http://content.opportunityknocks.org/opportunity-knocks-wage-benefits-report

• Obama Donates Nobel Prize Money to Charity
  Oct 14, 2009

  
  http://www.indianexpress.com/news/obama-to-donate-nobel-prize-money-to-charity/528930/

• Senate Committee Passes Health-Care Bill with Charity Provisions
  Oct 13, 2009

  
  http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/9811/senate-committee-passes-health-care-bill-with-charity-provisions

• Majority of Local United Ways Report Declines in Donations
  Oct 9, 2009

  
  http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/index.php?id=9689

• Study Finds 38% of Companies Cut Cash Giving in 2009
  Sep 23, 2009

  
  http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/9589/38-of-companies-cut-cash-giving-in-2009-study-finds

• Prominent Democratic Fundraiser Arrested
  Aug 26, 2009

  
  http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/08/25/AR2009082503262.html

• Wedding Video & YouTube Sensation Raises $15k for Charity
  Aug 17, 2009

  
  http://philanthropy.com/news/prospecting/9201/wedding-video-generates-unexpected-donations-to-st-paul-charity

• Yahoo Proposes Plan to Pay Charities a Cent for Every Email Sent to Fight Spam
  Aug 13, 2009

  
  http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn17577-payperemail-plan-to-beat-spam-and-help-charity.html?&nsref=tech

• Survey Finds 52% of Charities Saw Drop in Spring Donations
  Jul 23, 2009

  
  http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/8948/52-of-charities-saw-drop-in-spring-donations-survey-finds

• Survey Finds 7 in 10 Nonprofit Groups Make Changes in Their Investment Mixes
  Jul 8, 2009

  
  http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/8803/7-in-10-nonprofit-groups-make-changes-in-their-investment-mixes-survey-finds

• Details Released About Obama's $50-million Social Innovation Fund
  Jun 30, 2009

  
  http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/8745/president-obama-seeks-the-most-promising-nonprofits-in-america

• Buffett Lunch Auction Nets $1.68M for Charity
  Jun 26, 2009

  
  http://blog.redfin.com/sfbay/files/2008/05/warren_buffett.gif

• Charitable Donations Fall Almost 6% in 2008, Sharpest Drop in 53 Years
  Jun 10, 2009

  
  http://www.givingusa.org/press_releases/gusa/GivingReaches300billion.pdf

• Ford Foundation Offers Buyouts to 1/3 of Employees
  May 31, 2009

  
  http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/8526/ford-foundation-offers-buyouts-to-one-third-of-employees

• 65-year Prison Sentences Given to U.S. Islamic Charity Founders
  May 27, 2009

  
  http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKN27227774

• 62% of Foundations Plan to Decrease Giving in 2009, Study Finds
  May 6, 2009

  
  http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/8135/sixty-two-percent-of-foundations-plan-to-decrease-giving

• America's Top Philanthropists Hold Private Meeting to Discuss Global Problems
  May 5, 2009

  
  http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/8331/americas-top-philanthropists-hold-private-meeting-to-discuss-global-problems

• Confidence Among American Donors Continues to Increase
  Apr 1, 2009

  
  http://www.campbellrinker.com/e-newsletter/5-2009.html

• Study Finds Nearly a Third of Charities Had Operating Deficits Last Year
  Apr 1, 2009

  
  http://www.nonprofitfinancefund.org/content.php?autoID=166

• Social-Enterprise Network Raises $750-Million
  Mar 26, 2009

  
  http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/7557/social-enterprise-network-raises-750-million

• IRS Says Number of Charities & Foundations Hit 1.2m
  Mar 24, 2009

  
  http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/7536/irs-says-number-of-charities-and-foundations-hit-12-million

• Obama Proposes Plan to Reduce Charitable Deductions for the Wealthy
  Feb 26, 2009

  
  http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/7244/obama-plans-to-reduce-charitable-deduction-for-wealthy-donors

• Army Emergency Relief Criticized for Amassing Excessive Reserves
  Feb 22, 2009

  
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/29331853/wid/11915829%20/

• Millard Fuller, Founder of Habitat for Humanity, Dies at Age 74
  Feb 3, 2009

  
  http://current.com/112hk4c

• American Council on Gift Annuities Recommends Charities Lower the Amount of Money Donors Receive ...
  Feb 1, 2009

  
  http://philanthropy.com/news/updates/6659/bad-economy-prompts-change-in-gift-annuities

• $630M Given by Gates Foundation & Others to Help Eradicate Polio
  Jan 22, 2009

  
  http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-01-22-polio_N.htm

• Man Shaves Eyebrows to Raise $1,600 for Charity
  Jan 20, 2009

  
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28761473/wid/7468326

• Starbucks Gives Customers that Volunteer Free Coffee
  Jan 14, 2009

  
  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28658356/