News/Stats/Studies
February 18, 2011
Sage North America announced the results of its recently conducted Sage Nonprofit Insights, Q1 2011, survey of U.S. nonprofit organizations. In general, organizations that fundraise are optimistic that 2011 will be a better year than 2010, with 90 percent saying they expect the amount of funds raised in 2011 to be equal to or higher than the amount raised in 2010.
In addition, organizations are planning to put more effort behind online fundraising during 2011. Forty-four percent of respondents said they expect the share of donation made online to increase this year.
February 15, 2011
Blackbaud announced the release of “Connecting Online Advocacy and Fundraising”, a white paper focused on optimizing advocacy appeals that lead to increased response rates and fundraising.
“The integration of advocacy and fundraising has proven successful with many organizations,” said Daigneault co-author Steve Daigneault of M+R Strategic Services. “In fact, advocates are seven-times more likely to give as compared to non-advocates.”
February 15, 2011
Houses of worship and other charities often aren't in competition for dollars but instead tend to reap donations from similar donors, a new study shows. Slightly more than 50 percent of people who financially supported congregations also gave to at least one charitable organization in the last year, according to a study conducted by Phoenix-based Grey Matter Research Consulting.
Researchers also found that the more Americans give to a house of worship, the more they donate to other groups. And the trend continues with the generosity of the donor.
February 15, 2011
Blackbaud announced the release of its 2010 Online Giving Report, which provides the most comprehensive review of online giving trends currently available in the nonprofit sector. The report found that online giving grew 35 percent in 2010 and accounted for 8 percent of all fundraising.
February 15, 2011
The 2010 Study of High Net-Worth Philanthropy provides fundraisers with insights on wealthy donors' behaviors and giving preferences.
February 11, 2011
Lobbyists appear to be significantly cutting back on the money they give to support the favored charities of Members of Congress, one of the long-standing ways firms have curried favor with powerful Members.
Lobbying firms and their clients disclosed spending less than $10.4 million on Congressional charity events, meetings and gifts in the last half of 2010, according to a disclosure reports filed at the end of January.
February 9, 2011
The nonprofit sector is starting to show a glimmer of growth in the face of the tough economy and growing demand for services, a new survey says.
Nonprofit executive directors of half of 102 organizations surveyed by the Bridgespan Group said their revenues had begun to creep back in the past year.
And 60 percent say they actively are recruiting newly available talent, compared to only 31 percent last year.
February 9, 2011
Watertown-based Catalogue for Philanthropy announced it will launch the Massachusetts Philanthropic Directory, the nation's first complete, systematic, statewide directory of charities, an effort aimed at raising philanthropy “to a new level.”
The Massachusetts Philanthropic Directory (MPD) was developed over the past six years in collaboration with 15 community foundations across Massachusetts and leading private foundations, corporations, and individual donors.
February 7, 2011
The year 2010 brought a lot of talk of philanthropy by the super-rich—but not much giving. Just 17 people on The Chronicle’s annual list of the 50 most-generous donors also appeared on Forbes magazine’s list of the 400 wealthiest Americans.
Donors and nonprofit officials said fears of the economy sliding back into recession and uncertainty about tax rules combined to shrink big giving. But with the federal estate tax and deduction limits resolved, at least temporarily, and warnings about a double-dip recession having faded, 2011 could be rosier.
February 7, 2011
While many charities reported a strong year-end giving season, which some see as a sign that donations will be strong in 2011, other groups—especially those that focus on social services—say fund raising is getting worse.
And that just might be a sign that the economy is on the mend, painful as it may be for the groups still struggling to meet increased demands for services from people who are jobless or are suffering other economic troubles.
