Trends Suggest the Unsettled Economy, Election Season Dampen Fundraising

Blackbaud announced that charitable giving remained relatively flat through September 2012. Overall charitable giving fell 3.1 percent and online giving grew slightly by 2.7 percent in the three months ending September 2012 as compared to the same period a year ago. Continuing uncertainty about the economy and the outcome of the fall elections appear to be having a large impact on charitable fundraising.