'March Madness' Beltway style
David Gura Mar 21, 2013
The NCAA men’s basketball tournament kicks off today, and there is big money at stake -- in office pools, of course, and in Washington, where the tournament is a gimmick for politicians raising campaign cash.
Stanford wins the fundraising race, setting a record
Amy Scott Mar 7, 2013
Stanford University becomes the first school to break the billion dollar barrier for fundraising in a single year.
The science behind Obama's fundraising emails
Kai Ryssdal Nov 29, 2012
"Casual" and "frequent" seem to be the formula for campaign fundraising emails.
PAC tries to tap African-American Greek network
Ann Heppermann Sep 11, 2012
A new political action committee is trying to bring alumni of the nine oldest black fraternities and sororities -- known as the Divine Nine -- into the fundraising game.
Super PACs backing Romney far outraise Obama's
Jeff Horwich Aug 20, 2012
Tallies from the first two weeks of August show the super PACs and outside groups backing Mitt Romney are vastly out-spending the president's main political action committee.
Romney hosts mega donors at Utah retreat
David Gura Jun 22, 2012
More than 100 of presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's top donors will join him this weekend, a sign that big-money donors -- not the small donors that propelled Barack Obama to victory in 2008 -- may be the difference-makers in this election.
A fundraising boost from same-sex marriage
Nancy Marshall-Genzer May 24, 2012
President Obama's shift on same-sex marriage might have opened the door to more fundraising.
Does money buy elections?
Stephen Dubner Jan 27, 2012
Conventional wisdom says the candidate who raises the most money is likely to get the most votes. But is that really true?
How social media plays into nonprofits and fundraising
Avishay Artsy Sep 21, 2011
This year, as we were putting together our annual survey on philanthropy, we noticed a running theme: How social media and technology are helping...
