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The concept of car sharing is gaining ground on college campuses in the US, where parking and congestion are among the most problematic issues for administrators. There is a growing group of institutions that are turning to car-sharing companies like Zipcar and Flexcar in an effort to save money, free up parking spaces, and improve community relations by encouraging students and faculty members to leave cars at home.

VILLANOVA, PA. WITH ITS LOW CEILINGS and faded-green hallway tiles, Villanova University's law-school building, Garey Hall, resembles an old Catholic high school. Unfortunately for Villanova, the comparison tends to surface [...]

Byline: Paula Wasley Laying off fund raisers is usually one of the last steps nonprofit groups take in an economic crisis. But as the longest and deepest recession in decades [...]

Byline: Paula Wasley The economic downturn has brought about a shift in what fund raisers do all day, as well as changes in how employees in other departments work. Timothy [...]

Byline: Paula Wasley Kathy Kusner says memories of learning to ride in segregated Virginia in the 1950s and '60s inspired her to found Horses in the Hood -- a program [...]

Byline: Paula Wasley In these belt-tightening times, trimming travel costs by holding meetings via phone, video, or the Internet has its appeal, but often comes at the expense of effective [...]

Byline: Paula Wasley Donations to nearly every type of charity faltered in 2008, as contributions declined by 5.7 percent last year after inflation -- the steepest decline Giving USA has [...]

Byline: Paula Wasley Women are taking an increasingly prominent role in determining their household's charitable giving, with high-income women in particular more likely to seek financial advice and use sophisticated [...]

Byline: Paula Wasley Donors who participate in giving circles -- in which individuals pool their money and decide collectively how to distribute it -- give more than other donors, give [...]

Byline: Paula Wasley Every year, Disabled American Veterans sends out millions of envelopes containing address labels and memo pads in an effort to nudge would-be supporters into sending in small [...]

Byline: Noelle Barton and Paula Wasley Even with the dismal economy, charities continue to see steady increases in online donations, but the rate of growth is slowing as the recession [...]

Byline: Paula Wasley As membership on social-networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter continues to explode, charities are grappling with uncertainty about whether the networks will become powerful fund-raising tools. [...]

Byline: Paula Wasley As the recession continues, charities are stepping up their efforts to test solicitations and figure out which ones work best before spending money and time on ineffective [...]

Byline: Paula Wasley New Orleans -- While most types of contributions slow in tough economic times, giving through charitable bequests usually grows during a recession, fund-raising experts say. Three new [...]

Byline: Paula Wasley While the Internet has become an increasingly significant instrument for recruiting new donors, online contributors appear to be somewhat less loyal than more traditional mail donors, according [...]

Byline: Paula Wasley It was early April last year when Marta B. Pelaez began to see a sudden increase in the number of women and children seeking help from the [...]

Byline: Paula Wasley While most social-service charities are feeling the dual impact of rising need and declining contributions, legal-aid societies in particular are reeling from sudden and severe drops in [...]

Byline: Paula Wasley< Washington -- In a dark corner of a bar here, a woman types a message on her BlackBerry. A few feet away, a man with a beer [...]

Byline: Holly Hall and Paula Wasley Holiday fund-raising season began a lot earlier than usual at many charities across the country. Seeking ways to offset the effects of the deepening [...]

Byline: Paula Wasley New York -- As the global financial crisis erupted this fall, it might not have seemed like the ideal time to publish a fund-raising primer guided by [...]

Byline: Paula Wasley In his new book, Yours for the Asking: An Indispensable Guide to Fundraising and Management, Reynold Levy, president of Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, offers numerous [...]

Byline: Paula Wasley New York -- More than 100,000 nonprofit groups nationwide will fail within the next two years, including a few 'big brand-name nonprofits,' a scholar of philanthropy and [...]

Byline: Paula Wasley Washington -- Given the sour economy, charities must make tough decisions in the months ahead that will be critical to determining whether they survive, Rebecca W. Rimel, [...]

Byline: Ben Gose, Paula Wasley, and Ian Wilhelm As signs continue to indicate that the crisis in the nation's financial markets will spill over into a full-blown recession, stock-market volatility [...]

Byline: Paula Wasley The bad economy is causing many older donors to cut back on their giving over the next few months, but young donors say they plan to step [...]