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AFP eWire October 16, 2004	Canadians More Confident in Charities Than Americans According to a recent survey, Canadians remain extremely confident in the charities that serve them, although a large majority feels that a national charity watchdog organization should be created.
Reason April 2004 Julian Sanchez	Doubt, Despair, and Charity Even as public confidence in government institutions has skyrocketed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, faith in charitable organizations has dropped precipitously, according to a recent Brookings Institution study.
AFP eWire September 27, 2004	Confidence in U.S. Charitable Organizations Remains Unimproved The nonprofit sector is still feeling the effects of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, and unlike the government and other civic institutions, charitable organizations received none of the post Sept. 11 rally in confidence.
AFP eWire November 6, 2006	Trust in Canadian Charities, Fundraising Remains Strong Nearly four out of five Canadians trust charities, and leaders of charities are some of the most trusted people in the country, according to the Muttart Foundation's survey of public attitudes about the charitable sector.
AFP eWire May 1, 2006	Older Americans More Generous, More Skeptical A new survey has found that older Americans are not only more likely to donate their time and money to charities, but also more likely to be skeptical that such organizations are honest and ethical.
AFP eWire	Many Charities Behind on Their Fundraising This Holiday Season, but Still Optimistic Less than half of charities across North America are raising more money during the 2007 holiday giving season than they did last year.
AFP eWire May 29, 2006	Canadian Executives Support Charity, But Don't Feel Need to Contribute More A new poll of Canadian business leaders shows that a majority has favorable views of charities and their work, but don't believe they need to support them more than they do already.
AFP eWire September 16, 2013	Sector Monitor -- So Where Are We Now? According to the July edition of Imagine Canada's Sector Monitor, charity leaders are not as pessimistic about the future as they were in the past couple of years, yet they continue to be challenged by a variety of financial and organizational pressures.
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AFP eWire October 27, 2008	Survey Finds Large Majority Tightening Wallets, Reducing Gifts More than 80 percent of respondents to a recent survey indicate they have become more concerned about their finances, leading half to either reduce their giving or stop giving altogether.
Investment Advisor March 2007 Dan Sullivan	Confidence Builder When you have confidence as a daily resource, entrepreneurs can learn anything, respond to anything, adjust to anything, and achieve anything.
AFP eWire May 14, 2007	Are Special Events Inefficient? Recent research about special events and their apparent ineffectiveness for charities has already been criticized for both its methodology and its conclusions.
AFP eWire December 19, 2008	Charity Fundraising Efforts Lagging Significantly This Holiday Season More than half of charities across North America are raising less money during the 2008 holiday giving season (October through December) than they did last year, according to a survey conducted by AFP.
AFP eWire September 16, 2013	Canada Revenue Agency -- Toolbox for Directors, Officers and Volunteers In an effort to help registered charities understand and meet their requirements and obligations, the Charities Directorate has assembled a page of key resources for directors, officers and volunteers.
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AFP eWire August 28, 2012	Good News, Bad News on Donor Perceptions of Fundraising Costs The average American believes that it's reasonable for charities to spend 23 cents out of every dollar raised on fundraising and administrative costs. Unfortunately, the average American also believes that charities actually spend 37 cents out of every dollar raised on such costs.
AFP eWire August 7, 2012	Giving Slows At the Mid-Year Point: How to Respond Mid-year giving tends to be slower, and charities typically see a bump in giving as the year goes on, especially the last three months.
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AFP eWire February 4, 2015	AFP Statement on President Obama's FY 2016 Budget AFP is pleased that the Obama Administration recognizes the importance of charities, and the critical part the charitable deduction plays in our society, in its FY 2016 Budget.
Pharmaceutical Executive January 1, 2009 Stephen E. Gerard	Pharma Confidential In these tough times, how does pharma see its future? How confident are top executives in the future of the industry and their own company? Does size make a difference? Operations executives from a cross section of large, mid-tier, and specialty companies answer these questions and more.
AFP eWire July 12, 2004	CRA Creates New Help Resource for Canadian Charities The new position within the Charities Directorate of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) will assist charities with issues or questions that cannot be dealt with through normal channels.
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AFP eWire December 5, 2012	Hundreds of Charitable Leaders Descend on Capitol Hill to Make Case for Charitable Tax Deduction "The message was clear. The crucial work of the charitable sector in our communities is at risk when any proposals to limit or cap the charitable tax deduction are considered," said Rhett Butler from the American Association of Gospel Rescue Missions.
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AFP eWire November 15, 2004	Senior Fundraisers, Managers in Demand, But Economy Stifling Consistent Hiring Fundraising is one of the key skills that charities are looking for in senior managers, but a lagging economy is prohibiting many organizations from hiring, according to a new study.
AFP eWire February 12, 2014	New Canadian Budget Supports Online Charity Registration, Modernization of Lotteries Budget 2014, introduced yesterday, includes a number of measures impacting Canada's charities.
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AFP eWire June 30, 2009	Help AFP Fight Proposals That Would Limit Charitable Deductions The White House continues to press for harmful limits on charitable deductions to fund healthcare reforms. AFP urges you to contact members of Congress immediately to oppose these measures.
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AFP eWire April 24, 2006	Survey Shows Hurricane Relief Had Little Impact on U.S. Giving Most Americans who gave money to help victims of the Katrina and Rita hurricanes also contributed to all of their normal charities as well, according to a survey.
AFP eWire July 3, 2006	Orlando, Atlanta and Houston Charities Most Efficient At Fundraising A study revealed that regional factors, such as the cost of living, a market's maturity and a city's tendency to support one or two specialized causes greatly influences the ability of the charities in each city to raise money and manage costs.
AFP eWire April 1, 2015	Nearly 75% of Charities Met Fundraising Goals in 2014 The Nonprofit Research Collaborative finds that 73 percent of charities met their fundraising goals in 2014, the best result since the group began asking the question in 2010.
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AFP eWire May 23, 2005	New Charity Regulations Now in Effect Several new regulatory changes, including a series of new penalties for charities that are in non-compliance with Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) rules, came into force when Bill C-33 received Royal Assent on May 13, 2005.
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AFP eWire January 28, 2008	Canadian Giving Strong as Charity Growth Slows While Canadian giving has experienced strong growth over the first five years of the decade, the number of new charities being formed has slowed considerably and the majority of gifts are given to the largest organizations.
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AFP eWire February 4, 2015	Charitable Giving Coalition Letter to the President The Charitable Giving Coalition, a diverse group representing private and community foundations, supports the language included in the Buffett rule proposal in the Administration's FY 2016 Budget that specifically protects the full value of charitable deduction.
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