Indiana University comes up with a new approach to running a capital campaign attuned to the new economy.

The Trust for the National Mall has already received $23,000 in donations, while DonorsChoose has received $341,000 in online contributions as part of a charity solicitation tied to rallies in Washington by Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart.

E-mail appeals don't work as well to prompt online gifts as printed solicitations.

A new online resource will allow grant seekers to find guided materials on financing their operations, getting grants, and operating effectively.

A new report details what donors expect from fund-raising parties and other events—and you'll find more tips in a video that follows experts at recent fund-raising festivities in New York.

St. John's Bread and Life received an auction prize to broadcast a free video ad in New York City's Times Square. It's also seeking donations by cellphone texts for the first time.

Charitable donations to nonprofit hospitals in 2009 fell $944-million to $7.6-billion from 2008, according to a new study by the Association for Healthcare Philanthropy.

Four in five fund raisers report they face ethical quandries once a month or less, says a new survey.

Nonprofit groups are using online tools to augment their holiday fund-raising efforts.

A survey finds that Canadian donors are more comfortable giving online than their American counterparts.

A new study shows consumers want companies to do more to help social causes.

More viewers saw the hourlong, commercial-free telecast, but the event took in 20 percent less than it raised in 2008.

The American Civil Liberties Union wraps up its anniversary with the successful conclusion of a fund-raising campaign that far exceeded its original goals.

As football season gets under way, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has teamed up with Fox Sports broadcast network to raise money and promote its work.

The country's largest charities are on a long, slow climb to bring donations back to pre-recession levels, according to The Chronicle's latest quarterly fund-raising survey,

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.

The Austin Tennis Academy has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars to help provide clean water and other services to people in Ethiopia.

The March of Dimes greatly expanded revenue from its walkathon through savvy online marketing.

Mobile fund raising is changing the landscape of charitable giving. Experts offer tips on how to take advantage of this technique.

World Vision takes to the road with an intensive new approach to recruit new donors.