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.

A prominent nonprofit expert urges fund raisers to show donors why charities need to take more businesslike approaches to compensation, risk taking, marketing, and other areas.

Barb Perell, Avalon Consulting's vice president for online marketing, offers tips on Internet marketing for nonprofit organizations.

SXSW, the big social-media event, is asking the public to weigh in on which nonprofit sessions it should include in its 25th annual conference next year.

A fund raiser at the American University of Beirut in Lebanon describes how his institution raised emergency funds during wartime—without derailing the university's capital campaign.

Charity: Water is counting on "Give Up Your Birthday" campaigns to raise $1.7-million to finance the building of wells and access to clean drinking water to more than 90,000 people in the Central African Republic.

Web sites like Groupon.com, which offer online coupons to local businesses if enough people sign up for them, aren't just a good deal for consumers. Some charities are benefiting, too.

Colleges are stepping up their hiring of fund raisers and seeking people with skills in raising money abroad and running annual funds.

With its own digital channel and free Wi-Fi, Starbucks comes with extras this fall. And for one charity, it may signal a boom in donations.

Learn how much text-message services charge for fund-raising efforts, and share your experiences with other readers.

The Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund reports that donations have increased by more than 50 percent this year.

Got an idea for a new way to raise money online? Borrow an approach from Silicon Valley and test your idea before trying it.

A new survey of several thousand donors finds that many average donors are ready to resume their giving as the economy improves, but the biggest donors are holding back.

Lorry I. Lokey, one of the billionaires who have taken the well-publicized Giving Pledge, offers frank advice to fund raisers who want to attract the attention of wealthy donors.

With more organizations considering using text-to-donate campaigns as an easy and inexpensive fund-raising tool, questions remain about its effectiveness and sustainability.

In preparation for the height of hurricane season, the American Red Cross has started a $2-million ad campaign. The group says it's the first time the organization has asked for donations before a disaster has happened.