Blackbaud Index: Overall Charitable Giving, Online Giving Up in Q4 2011

Press release (Feb. 15, 2012) — The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving, a broad-based fundraising index that reports overall giving trends of 1,301 U.S.-based nonprofit organizations representing $2.59 billion in yearly giving on a monthly basis, today reported that charitable giving rose 1.8 percent for the three months ending December 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving, comprised of actual revenue data from 1,895 nonprofits representing $419 million in yearly online giving, reported that online giving rose 12.9 percent for the three months ending December 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010.

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving are updated on the 15th of each month (or the next business day) and are based on a three-month moving average of year-over-year percent changes in U.S.-based charitable giving.