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Higher Education fundraising leaders: To stay ahead in your field, you’ve got to stay on top of the latest capital campaign trends. The traditional capital campaign model is no longer as effective as it once was. Discover the pitfalls in using “the same old strategies” and get new guidance on how to totally transform your campaign plans for the future. Read our latest eBook for all the insight.

From Seniors and Boomers to Gen-Z, discover giving trends among U.S. age groups in the highly anticipated return of The Next Generation of American Giving report. Download it today for insight you need to focus on the generations giving today and plan for how they’ll give tomorrow.

From Seniors and Boomers to Gen-Z, discover giving trends among U.S. age groups in the highly anticipated return of The Next Generation of American Giving report. Download it today for insight you need to focus on the generations giving today and plan for how they’ll give tomorrow.

The "2017 Charitable Giving Report" offers the first comprehensive look at last year’s giving data and how philanthropy was affected by this year of change and uncertainty. Use this information to get a head start on benchmarking your organization’s performance and advancing your fundraising strategies. Download now.

(Press release, April 1, 2015) — The Blackbaud Index today reported that overall charitable giving to nonprofits increased 3.5 percent and online giving increased 9.9 percent for the three months ending February 2015 as compared to the same period in 2013-2014.

In order to take a look at the current fundraising landscape, nonprofit software provider Blackbaud recently released its latest study, Diversity in Giving: The Changing Landscape of American Philanthropy. The study, conducted in October 2014, surveyed 1,096 U.S. adults who say they have donated to a nonprofit in the past 12 months. What it found is that "nearly three-fourths of donors today are non-Hispanic whites, despite the fact that whites make up only 64 percent of the population. Conversely the study finds that both African-Americans and Hispanics are under-represented in the donor universe. Asian donor participation appears congruent with the Asian population size."

There are lots and lots of very good, very worthy nonprofit organizations out there. But how many truly "great" charities are there? You know, nonprofits that run efficient programs, maximize fundraising and operate as a unified, holistic organization?

(Press release, March 9, 2015) — Blackbaud launched Blackbaud Partner Marketplace™, the world’s first online marketplace dedicated to the nonprofit, charitable giving and education communities, featuring products that extend and enhance Blackbaud solutions.

Giving at a place of worship is the top venue for donors who are white, African-American and Hispanic. Asian donors, however, are more likely to give to health charities. Local social service and children’s charities are also priorities for Asian donors.

There is quite a disparity in how donors prioritize giving when analyzed by ethnicity. A new study by technology firm Blackbaud, “Diversity in Giving, The Changing Landscape of American Philanthropy,” shows various significant differences.

U.K. charities could do much more to help people who take part in fundraising events for them, according to a Blackbaud survey of more than 1,000 event fundraisers. The research found that around three quarters of the event participants receive no advice on how best to fundraise; in addition, 58 percent of them say their fundraising efforts were “not properly acknowledged” by the charity they were fundraising for.