News/Stats/Studies
January 20, 2011
Charitable donations from individuals, foundations, and corporations were essentially flat for the three months ending in November 2010—and that does not bode well for any serious rises in giving in 2011, according to a new analysis of giving to 1,468 nonprofit organizations.
The analysis, known as the Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving, is based on data provided by selected members of the software company’s clients, with the goal of mirroring the types of organizations that make up the entire nonprofit world.
January 20, 2011
Nonprofit organizations are turning to technology to aid them in the reinvention and evaluation of fundraising programs; a growing trend according to a report of Top Technology Trends released today by Blackbaud.
January 19, 2011
Institutional philanthropy is on the rise throughout the world, can play a key role in addressing human problems and boosting civil society, and slowly is moving beyond traditional charitable giving to also include more strategic giving aiming at significant social change, a new study says.
Still, global institutional philanthropy faces big challenge, says the study, which was prepared by The Philanthropic Initiative for the Worldwide Institute for Grantmaker Support.
January 19, 2011
Convio announced today the release of its third annual ranking of Most Generous Online Cities. Alexandria, VA, Cambridge, MA and Arlington, VA, topped the list for the second year in a row as the nation's most generous large cities based on online giving in 2010. The biggest movers in the top ten are San Francisco, moving up 5 places to number seven; Minneapolis, falling five places to number ten; and Seattle, moving up two places to number four.
January 18, 2011
Blackbaud announced the release of a report focused on fundraising trends based on monthly findings from The Blackbaud Index and featuring commentary from Dave Strauss, president and chief executive officer of SCA Direct. Additionally, Blackbaud announced the release of a new specialty index focused on environmental and animal welfare organizations.
January 17, 2011
Governmental agencies, labor unions and nonprofit groups bought 41.7 percent more radio spots in 2010 than they did in 2009. They were the fifth-largest buyers of radio time last year, up from No. 10 in 2009.
“We have seen a shift where more and more and more government agencies are turning to media to get their point across—for example, urging people to get flu shots,” said Dwight Douglas, vice president for marketing at Media Monitors, the advertising research firm that compiled the figures.
January 17, 2011
Nearly 60 percent of people who donated to charities involved in the Haiti relief-and-recovery effort said they were either very confident or somewhat confident that their donations were well spent, according to a survey released to coincide with the one-year anniversary of the destructive earthquake.
Only 17 percent of the nearly 2,000 donors studied were not at all confident in how the charities spent money raised to support the relief efforts, said Charity Navigator, a watchdog group in Glen Rock, N.J.
January 13, 2011
Donors to the Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund made more than 353,000 grants totaling over $1.2 billion to nonprofits nationwide during 2010, up 19 percent and 14 percent, respectively, compared to 2009, the fund said.
Incoming charitable contributions surpassed $1.6 billion during 2010, representing a 42 percent increase compared to 2009. This is the sixth consecutive year that the Gift Fund has accepted more than $1 billion in contributions from donors.
January 12, 2011
The 2011 Nonprofit Communications Trends Report was released yesterday. The 22-page report — conducted by Kivi Leroux Miller, president of Nonprofit Marketing Guide — reveals what 780 nonprofits believe are the most important communications tools for 2011.
January 10, 2011
In the year after a devastating earthquake struck Haiti, Americans gave more than $1.4-billion to aid survivors and help the impoverished country rebuild, according to a Chronicle survey of 60 major relief organizations. Roughly 38 percent of that sum has been spent to provide recovery and rebuilding aid.
The outpouring, while generous, fell short of the $1.6-billion Americans contributed in the year after the South Asian tsunamis and the staggering $3.3-billion they donated in the 12 months following Hurricane Katrina.
