Blackbaud

A Good Omen for 2011 Fund Raising
January 21, 2011

Ina sign that donors are feeling better about the economy, the number of American adults who said they plan to increase their contributions to charity this year increased to 18 percent, according to an annual survey.

Meanwhile, the share of people who said they would give less to charity in 2011 shrank to 14 percent in this year’s survey, down from 27 percent (2009 and 2010) and 26 percent (2008).

Fund Raising Barely Grew for Charities Last Fall, New Study Finds
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.

Online Donations Grew Fast—Especially at Year’s End
January 6, 2011

Online donations rose sharply last year, say three big organizations that handle Internet gifts.

Convio says online donations to its 1,300 clients topped $1.3-billion, a more than 40-percent increase.

Giving to 5,000 charity clients of Blackbaud grew by more than 10 percent in December alone, though the company wouldn’t give the precise increase. It's preparing a fuller report on 2010 results to release within the month.

And Network for Good says it processed 20 percent more in charitable donations last year than it did in 2009.