Cheer Fund Nears Half Its Goal
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By High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Dec. 14--HIGH POINT -- The 2006 Christmas Cheer Fund has received $3,060 today. That brings the total in donations to $21,129. This year's goal is $40,000.
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Survey shows that donations to the 400 largest nonprofit organizations increased by 2.3 percent in 2003, to more than $47 billion.
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Americans gave nearly $300 billion to charitable causes last year, setting a new record and besting the 2005 total that had been boosted by a surge in aid to victims of hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma and the Asian tsunami.
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Charities that raise money through vehicle-donation programs are seeing a small but steady increase in donations ahead of a Jan. 1 change in tax laws that will limit the deductions taxpayers can take for such gifts.
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The company commits to another five years of its Partners in Learning program, but hopes that for roughly the same it spent in the first five years, it will be able to reach twice as many students and teachers in the next five.
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By Amy Burroughs, The Paducah Sun, Ky.  Feb. 9-- -- Supporters of the United Way of Paducah-McCracken County got creative when it came to raising $1,020,140.75 in just five months.
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Donald Trump, Ben Affleck, Billy Ray Cyrus, Jon Cryer and other celebrities have helped raise more than $2.8 million in a radio-telethon for the Jimmy Fund, the children's cancer-fighting charity favored by the Boston Red Sox.
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In an effort to increase accountability and better target its charitable dollars, the United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley will redirect about $3.6 million from the amount it provides traditional charities to new programs.
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The organization will let fans help call the shots on an upcoming pay-per-view event.
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Mighty B of A was outbanked during the second quarter, but help is on the horizon.
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Donors pledged $9.7 billion to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria at a fund-raising conference in Berlin, well short of the $15 billion to $18 billion the fund had hoped to raise.
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Make sure your donation does what you want.
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Sponsorship spending by North American companies is forecast to rise 12.6 percent this year to $16.78 billion, which would mark the biggest jump since 2000, according to a research firm.
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More and more people are forming charitable investment clubs to research, socialize, and give.
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Â£5m is being given to a charity that will fund research and educational initiatives dedicated to the net.
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By High Point Enterprise, N.C.  Dec. 5--HIGH POINT -- The 2006 Christmas Cheer Fund has received $2,185  today. That brings the total in donations to $11,614. This year's goal is  $40,000.
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The Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation took its support of AIDS-related research and care to a new level Wednesday, announcing a half-billion-dollar grant to a global fund that provides AIDS assistance in poor countries.