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BOARD ISSUES AND ACCOUNTABILITY

	$100,000 IRA Contributions to Public Charities
	ADO Philanthropy Day Keynote: Board Responsibility for Oversight is Vital
	Best Practices for Not-for-Profit Accountability
	Charitable Disclosure Requirements For "Quid Pro Quo" Contributions
	Recruiting High-Powered Board Members
	Sarbanes-Oxley and the Consumer Confidence Crisis in Nonprofit Governance

DIRECT MAIL

	Direct Mail Fundraising is Alive and Well…and Still Going Strong!
	How Should I Use Direct Mail?

GRANT WRITING, FUNDRAISING ISSUES, MISC.

	Grant Writing Checklist
	Factors Affecting Fundraising Cost-Effectiveness
	Golf Outings Are More Than a Fundraising Event
	Grant Writing
	Local Philanthropist
	Making the Case for Saying Thank You
	Taking a Businesslike Approach to Charity
	The Bush Incentive for Year-End Giving
	The Non-Profit Sector's Opportunity
	Thinking Out of the "Fundraising Box"
	What Can Be Donated?
	How Have Some New Laws Affected Charitable Giving?

FUNDRAISING SOFTWARE

	Even a Luddite With an eBay Budget Can Find Great Fundraising Software
	The Road to Perdition: Building Your Own Database
	Fundraising Software: Where to Begin
	Sampling of Software Products

IN-KIND GIFTS

	Where do I Find Gifts in-Kind?
	Sample Provisions from a Model Gift Acceptance Policy Relating to Gifts of Personal Property
	Gifts In Kind International Works with Corporate Donors to Help Thousands of U.S. Communities

PLANNED GIVING

	Message from the President of PGGGNY
	Advising Donors on Planned Gifts
	Anyone Can Make a Difference!
	Book Review: the Complete Guide to Planned Giving
	Gift Planning and Professional Advisors
	Naming a Charity as Beneficiary of Your IRA
	PLANNED GIVING 101: Endowments
	PLANNED GIVING 101: Charitable Gift Annuities
	PLANNED GIVING 101: Insurance
	Planned Giving Will Not Go the Way of the Horse and Buggy!

PUBLIC RELATIONS, BRANDING, MARKETING, VOLUNTEERS and COMMUNICATIONS

	Ten Tips for Creating Annual Reports that Work All Year Long
	E-Communications
	Tips for Selling Your Stories to the Media
	Branding Your Agency
	Finding and Keeping Volunteers
	Involve People, Their Dollars Will Follow
	It's All About Giving
	Publicity Tips You Can Use

RESOURCES AND RESEARCH

	Summary of 2006 Contributions
	Doing Prospect Research on a Shoestring Budget
	Great Websites For Prospect Research
	Personal Tech
	Westchester Community Foundation: A Resource for Both Donors and Charitable Organizations
	Who Is Online?