One-third of world’s population gave money to charity in past month; Gates Foundation concedes it is secretive, tough to work with; and more.

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The Campbell Soup Company is conducting the 'It's Amazing What Soup Can Do' campaign, using a sweepstakes to attract younger consumers. The overall effort includes mobile marketing, TV, print, online, radio and in-store media.

The composer and son of billionaire investor Warren Buffett will perform at the Greenville Convention Center Sept. 28 to benefit the Greater Greenville Community Foundation.

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The Belk Foundation has sharpened its focus to helping ensure that students graduate from high school and continue on an ‘intentional path toward college, career and life.’

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A huge private donation for a cancer center could lure talent to an overlooked nation.

The Seattle Foundation is trying to give potential donors more insight into how their money would be spent.

Financing is difficult for American companies in clean energy because banks are reluctant to lend and government grants come with many restrictions.

The Jerry Lewis telethon raised $58.9-million to fight muscular dystrophy over the Labor Day weekend, still short of its record of $65-million. The sluggish results suggest that fund raising will remain difficult for many charities in the months ahead.

Voting is now open for the 2010 Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards . Vote now for the winners of the 2010 Taggies — the 3rd Annual Getting Attention Nonprofit Tagline Awards . Seventy tagline finalists have been...

Direct marketers are beginning to invest again after weathering the recession by cutting costs, according to figures from the Direct Marketing Association. Digital media investment is leading the way, according to the organization.

Brands are more likely to turn to direct marketing agencies for external social media planning and execution help than advertising, digital, PR and media planning and buying shops, according to a study conducted by PRWeek and public relations agency MS&L.

ETargetMedia has released the Finance Professionals list to the market.

WASHINGTON — Responding to the call for a doubling of exports over the next five years through the National Export Initiative, officials with the U.S. Postal Service and U.S. Department of Commerce are leveraging their strategic partnership to launch a business plan aimed at empowering American businesses interested in exporting as a pathway to growth. A partnership agreement signed at Postal Service headquarters today by Postmaster General John Potter and Commerce Secretary Gary Locke establishes an outreach strategy between representatives of the Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration and U.S. Commercial Service, and the Postal Service’s Global Business team.

The Postal Service has been named one of the 40 Best Companies for Diversity in the July issue of Black Enterprise magazine.

NEW YORK CITY — Film director, screenwriter, producer and distributor Oscar Micheaux, who illuminated the African-American experience through more than 40 feature films, was immortalized on a U.S. postage stamp today, taking his place as the 33rd person honored in the popular Black Heritage commemorative stamp series.

WASHINGTON – To comply with legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by the President, cigarettes and smokeless tobacco products will be subject to new mailing regulations effective June 29, 2010. The law, Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking Act, Public Law No. 111-154, was signed into law March 31.

The travel-planning website, Trekaroo.com, whose visitors share information about child-friendly hotels, resorts, activities and travel packages, has a new addition to its itinerary. Images from the U.S. Postal Service “Greetings From America” stamp series now provide a colorful enhancement to the site’s My Passport feature.

Social media monetization firm Peanut Labs has launched a charitable social gaming initiative, 'Points for Pakistan,' with other social and new media companies. The effort includes data collection, a Facebook page and e-mail elements.

Wisconsin has an estimated 6,000 small, tax-exempt organizations that could put their tax-free status at risk if they don't fill out and file Form 990-N e-Postcard , said Christopher Miller, an IRS spokesman. In Milwaukee alone, just...

Nonprofit groups added jobs during the recession, according to an analysis of government data from 21 states by the Johns Hopkins University Center for Civil Society Studies. Nonprofit employment in those states grew by an average of 2.5...