Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving(R) Surpasses $1 Billion in Charitable Contributions

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together accounted for more than 2,000 grants and nearly $2."

The Kintera GivingFund addresses major issues facing nonprofit
administrators and managers today, such as:

Attracting more, and larger, online contributions by providing
an enhanced giving experience. Kintera recently launched The Giving Communities (TM)
interactive website at www.

The Philanthropy category in this directory provides an overview of the philanthropic sector, including guides and directories and methods of giving.

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It currently has approximately $840 million in
assets waiting to be granted. "As the Fund passes the $1 billion mark in total contributions, our
donors will continue to have a significant impact in supporting future
charitable causes. Note
that contributions of real estate and most other assets made to private
foundations are deductible only at cost basis. The Schwab Fund for
Charitable Giving, an independent non-profit organization, has entered into
service agreements with certain affiliates of The Charles Schwab Corporation:
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SEI's ability to take on fiduciary responsibility for manager evaluation,
termination and replacement was pointed to by the nonprofit as a key
differentiator in the selection process.
Noted Wiemann, "The American Red Cross has been visionary in
recognizing the importance of workplace giving, and now, attracting
major donors by working with community foundations that manage DAFs.S.

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Charitable Asset Management attracts affluent individuals and families who
would otherwise need to set up a private foundation to create a charitable
endowment.

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Created in 1999, the Fund
achieved the milestone as it ended its most productive year for charitable
contributions. Donors with accounts of at least $250,000 can
have an independent advisor manage account assets, which can be invested in a
wide range of investment vehicles, including individual stocks, bonds and
other securities .

The Kintera GivingFund administrative platform is part of the
Kintera Directed Giving program , created to help consumers channel
their gifts through donor advised funds and workplace giving solutions
to their favorite causes. Gruber, Kintera's CEO and co-founder, added,
"Kintera's GivingFund is solving a problem for the nonprofit community
by eliminating a huge inconvenience for donors who want to make large
or small charitable gifts via the web using their DAF.

Kintera(R), Inc . These risks and uncertainties
include, without limitation: our limited operating history; our
history of losses; our dependence on increased acceptance by nonprofit
organizations of online fundraising; lengthy sales cycles for major
customers; our need to manage growth; risks associated with accounting
for and processing large amounts of donations; the rapidly changing
technologies and market demands; and other risks identified in our
filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Wright-Violich attributes much of the Fund's overall success to Charitable
Asset Management -- a philanthropic option available to high net-worth
individuals that allows them to nominate an independent investment advisor to
manage their donated funds., SEI (Nasdaq: SEIC), a leading
global provider of asset management services and investment technology
solutions , today announced that it has been selected by the Richmond (VA)
Jewish Foundation as an investing outsourcing partner to manage the
organization's over $30 million in assets.

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No other leading national donor-advised fund offers this
benefit. Donors who contribute
appreciated securities may be able to deduct their full value as a charitable
donation and avoid capital gains tax."

About Richmond Jewish Foundation
For over 25 years, Richmond Jewish Foundation has provided planned giving
and endowment services, including agency fund administration, donor-advised
funds, charitable trusts, scholarships and more, to individual donors,
families and charities interested in either Richmond area causes or matters of
concern to the Jewish community. For more information, visit http://www.

Allowing an online DAF transaction amount below the usual $500
minimum ."
DAFs enable individuals with philanthropic interests to
efficiently manage their charitable giving by allowing them to make an
irrevocable contribution of personal assets (cash, appreciated stocks,
bonds, mutual funds or real estate) at the most advantageous time,
claim a tax deduction for the gifts, and then direct contributions
from their account to the charity or charities of their choice by
recommending a grant distribution from the foundation sponsoring their
account.

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The biggest beneficiaries of the Fund's grants in 2005 were relief efforts
for victims of Hurricane Katrina, the South Asian tsunami and the Pakistan
earthquake.5 million. One of the benefits of the
Charitable Gift Account is that the donor can contribute to the account when
it makes sense for their tax planning, but the assets are set aside and
readily available for grant-making at any time .
Additional differentiators included SEI's strong advice capabilities and the
ability to provide donor-related administration and a variety of donor
investing options. The company's innovative
solutions help corporations, financial institutions, financial advisors, and
affluent families create and manage wealth. These statements involve known and unknown
risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual
results, performance or achievements to be materially different from
any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied
by the forward-looking statements.

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Fund Reaches Major Milestone with More Than $500 Million in Donations in 2005

SAN FRANCISCO , The Schwab Fund for
Charitable Giving, one of the country's largest and fastest growing donor-
advised funds, announced total contributions to its Charitable Gift Accounts
have exceeded $1 billion since the Fund's inception.
"Charitable Asset Management has opened significant doors for advisors and
their clients," said Wright-Violich. Assets are invested for tax-free potential growth and donors can
recommend grants from the account at any time.org\rjf.kintera.

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"Fund donors responded in overwhelming numbers to the natural disasters of
2005," said Kim Wright-Violich , president of the Schwab Fund for Charitable
Giving. No additional paper or legal
work is required after the contribution is made, and the Fund is responsible
for due diligence, recordkeeping, managing the assets and granting funds.
Nonprofit organizations interested in adding the Kintera
GivingFund payment option to their websites are invited to visit
www.
More than 15,000 accounts in the nonprofit , government and
corporate sectors use Kintera's "software as a service" innovations,
including the Friends Asking Friends(R) fundraising program and
Kintera Sphere(TM), an enterprise-grade software platform that
provides a secure, scaleable and reliable system for customer
relationship management (CRM), a web content management system (CMS),
eMarketing and directed giving applications.

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Donors of all income levels can open a Charitable Gift Account with an
initial tax-deductible contribution of cash or securities valued at $10,000 or
more.
For more information about the Schwab Fund for Charitable Giving and
Charitable Gift Accounts, visit http://www.
(Nasdaq:KNTA) now uniquely offers the nonprofit sector Internet
convenience for Donor Advised Funds (DAF) financial services .
Charities can now serve a broader range of donors and philanthropists
-- and potentially have access to more than $14 billion dollars in DAF
assets currently available -- through a new, innovative way to make
major gifts online.
They also receive immediate feedback, via a webpage confirmation and
email receipt, that their donation is being made directly to the
charity and program of their choice. "Our supporters want to make a difference
immediately, and they also want assurance that their gifts will be
allocated to exactly the right cause.

Assuring that DAF charitable gifts are made directly to the
right chapter and the right program.

Forward-Looking Statements

In addition to historical information, this press release contains
forward-looking statements (including, without limitation, express or
implied statements regarding the adoption of web-based technology
solutions for donor advised fund services and other applications by
nonprofit organizations ) that involve risks and uncertainties. Given these
uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these
forward-looking statements.

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assets, manages $138.

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"In today's complex nonprofit marketplace, foundations are demanding more
accountability from their service providers," said Carolyn McLaurin, Vice
President and Managing Director of SEI's Nonprofit Group.org),
among other nonprofits, use Kintera's new online payment gateway that
enables major donors to initiate a Donor Advised Fund grant request
directly from a participating nonprofit website .kintera.com

Kintera, Kintera Sphere, Friends Asking Friends, The Giving
Experience, The Giving Communities and CharityGift are either
registered trademarks or trademarks of Kintera, Inc.

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Donations of non-cash assets such as
real estate can be made through a charitable third-party that specializes in
such transactions, and are also tax deductible at fair market value.com.
"Of key importance to the American Red Cross is that the Kintera
GivingFund offers major donors the option to make large gifts online
during disasters, conveniently and quickly," said Jeff Wiemann, chief
financial officer for the American Red Cross San Diego/Imperial
Counties Chapter.

Offering online convenience for major donors who want to make
significant charitable gifts via the web.

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In 2005, the Fund received more than $510 million, more than
doubling the $225 million in contributions received the previous year. "Advisors can recommend that clients set
aside assets for tax-advantaged charitable giving while simultaneously helping
meet other diversification goals. (Member SIPC) and Charles Schwab Investment
Management, Inc.seic.
American Red Cross chapters in San Diego/Imperial Counties
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Through the relationship, SEI will
be responsible for advisory, investment and administrative functions, while
taking on shared fiduciary responsibility with the Virginia-based foundation. "Our model not only
creates shared responsibility but it also helps foundations provide donors
with the diversity of investment options that has become so critical. We're
excited about helping Richmond Jewish Foundation by providing an investment
management model designed to return valuable resources and allow them to focus
on achieving the organization's mission. The Kintera GivingFund provides
instant gratification -- enhancing the giving experience for major
donors, and increasing the fundraising success for nonprofit
organizations."
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About SEI
SEI (Nasdaq: SEIC) is a leading global provider of asset management
services and investment technology solutions.5 billion in assets, and operates 22 offices in 12
countries. The Kintera
GivingFund payment choice is located above the MasterCard, Visa,
Discover, American Express, PayPal and other online payment options on
a charity's website.

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3 million in
funds. While private foundations must file an
annual tax return which discloses officers, grant amounts, and recipients, a
Charitable Gift Account has no such requirement., Inc. For more information, visit
http://www.com

Kintera technology allows nonprofit organizations like ours to gain
access to a greater number of online contributions from Donor Advised
Fund accounts, as well as from workplace giving campaigns of companies
including numerous Fortune 100 corporations.

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In 2005, the Fund issued more than 1,400 grants for Hurricane
Katrina relief, totaling nearly $3.schwabcharitable. (Nasdaq:KNTA) provides an online solution to help
nonprofit organizations deliver The Giving Experience(TM) to donors - -
including giving convenience, financial transparency, feedback about
the social impact of their gifts, and a sense of belonging and
appreciation.org, where consumers can connect
with thousands of causes and organizations, and purchase the
CharityGift(TM) card to give a unique gift that also supports worthy
organizations with a donation to charity. For more information
about Kintera's software and services, visit www.

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The process is seamless for both the client
and advisor.

Richmond Jewish Foundation Selects SEI as Investing Outsourcing Partner

This decision points to the increased adoption of outsourcing in the nonprofit
sector as foundations seek more accountability, vendor consolidation and
increased efficiency in today's complex landscape.
Donors are empowered to make a donation request from a website at
the time they are inspired to do so -- fulfilling their need to give.
and /or other countries.

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Since its inception in 1999, the Fund has granted more than $400
million to 18,000 charities. Donor-advised funds are simpler to set up and run -- and more
private -- than private foundations.

That ability, in turn, allows
Richmond Jewish Foundation's investment committee to play an even more
strategic role by focusing on the key decisions that impact the foundation 's
mission as opposed to every aspect of the entire investment process. Michael Blumberg serves as President of
Richmond Jewish Foundation; GD Rothenberg chairs the investment committee and
Dan Weintraub is the Executive Director. As of the period ending September
30, 2005, through our subsidiaries and partnerships in which we have a
significant interest, SEI administers $321.org/TheGivingFund

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