In economic crises, nonprofit organizations seem to get hit the hardest and are among the slowest businesses to rebound, as people's wallets lighten and donations become scarce.
Amid a heavy barrage of advertising by opposing "super" political groups, President Barack Obama's re-election campaign spent more than it collected in June.
For the 99 percent of colleges, it was a pretty good fundraising year. For the 1 percent of super-wealthy elite, it was a much better one that catapulted them even farther ahead of the pack.