On March 22, the Nonprofit Finance Fund released a survey of more than 1,300 nonprofit leaders in markets nationwide, finding that nonprofits expect 2010 to be an increasingly challenging year as the economic recovery has not yet reached people in need or the organizations that serve them. Key findings from the survey include: Nearly 90 [...]
Hot off the presses, Convio’s latest study on giving trends among different generations. The most significant element of this study? Why people give. Across the board, personal asks carry the greatest success – but what about those dusty direct mail letters or text-to-give numbers that seems to be everywhere? You’ll have to read to find out, and when [...]
A recent study by the American Association of Museums has found that attendance increased at museums nationwide during the past year, despite a drop in funding. Science centers and natural history museums saw the most gains in attendance, as did institutions in the Midwest and West. Factors cited for the increase include new programming as [...]
According to a new report on 2009 giving by Convio, a fundraising software firm, more than $284 million was donated online in major cities across the U.S., up from almost $240 million in 2008. The report ranked 273 large cities with total population of more than 100,000 based on per capita online giving and on [...]
As a fundraising professional, you know how important it is to meet your donors and supporters where they’re spending their time. In this case, it’s online – even when they’re on the go: A recent study conducted by comScore revealed that, as of January 2010, over 30 percent of smartphone users are accessing social networking [...]
Adding to the ever-increasing pool of research surrounding the Millennials, the Pew Research Center recently released the results of a study on the behaviors, values, and opinions of this unique generation. This study confirms much of what we already know – Millennials are well-educated (on track to become the most highly-educated generation in American history), politically [...]
In preparation for some planning work I’m doing with a client I have been brushing up on best practices related to board development. As part of my research I’ve been reading, “Governance as Leadership: Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards,” written by researchers Richard P. Chait, William P. Ryan, and Barbara E. Taylor and published [...]
In her recent New York Times article, the paper’s philanthropy reporter wrote an article which carried the sensational headline, “Charities Rise, Costing U.S. Billions in Tax Breaks.” In her article, Stephanie Strom claims that as the number of registered charities has risen by 60 percent, to 1.1 million nationally, tax-deductible contributions of more than $300 [...]
These days we’re all wondering what’s next—this week, this month, next year. Turmoil and how to navigate it, the subject of many articles this past year—including one recently on this blog by Kate Roosevelt—is a hot topic. Every year the New York Times publishes a special edition on charitable giving, and this year’s was released [...]
Last month, I had the opportunity to see Michael Kaiser, the President of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, speak in Tacoma. The presentation was entitled “Arts in Crisis: A Kennedy Center Initiative.” The timing was convenient, as I had recently finished reading Kaiser’s book The Art of the Turnaround: Creating and [...]
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