Today, Network for Good released a landmark study of $381 million in online giving, including 3.6 million gifts to 66,470 different nonprofits from 2003-2009. Some highlights of the study include: Just as the strength of the donor-nonprofit relationship heavily influences offline giving, the online giving experience has a significant impact on donor loyalty, retention, and [...]
When Giving USA reported last summer that overall giving had decreased in 2009, many wondered how long this trend would continue and how philanthropy will be affected during the long, slow recovery period. Last week Guidestar shared encouraging results from its November 2010 Fundraising Survey. The survey shows more organizations are reporting increased contributions for [...]
The results of the new Money for Good report will surprise you. The Money for Good initiative seeks to provide a comprehensive understanding of the behaviors, attitudes, and motivations of affluent Americans with respect to impact investing, charitable giving, and international entrepreneurship. Focus groups and an online survey (Hope Consulting conducted the research) tapped the [...]
Uh oh. We’re nervous and it shows. At least, that’s what our friends at Indiana University’s Center on Philanthropy tell us. They report that the 2009 Summer Philanthropic Giving Index is hovering around 65.4 percent, that’s down from 82.8 percent last year. What’s the Index? Well, in short, it is the confidence that fundraising professionals [...]
Be sure not to miss two recently published studies: http://www.charitablegift.org/docs/Gender-Study-Executive-Summary.pdf http://www.givingforum.org/s_forum/bin.asp?CID=611&DID=25090&DOC=FILE.PDF The first, from the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund, found that fully half of women donors surveyed reported that they make the philanthropic decisions in their households, including the amount to give and the charities to support. Furthermore, 92% of male respondents identified their wives [...]
The Johns Hopkins Institute for Policy Studies just released a new study on the effects the recession has had on nonprofits. Specifically, how the economic recession has effected nonprofits fiscally and the actions that nonprofits are taking. There are a lot of good benchmarks and coping strategies that are worth taking a look at.
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