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AFP eWire July 19, 2011 |
Good Signs in Overall Giving There's some good news about giving, as a new report shows nonprofit revenue has grown for ten consecutive months from August 2010 to May 2011.  |
AFP eWire October 26, 2010 |
Signs of Growth as Nonprofits Push for Strong Year-End A monthly nonprofit revenue index shows that nonprofits have struggled to maintain positive year-over-year growth in 2010. They hope to see a rebound in the final months of the year.  |
AFP eWire October 18, 2011 |
Fundraising Growth Slows Overall fundraising grew by 6.8 percent during June through August versus the same period last year.  |
AFP eWire January 17, 2012 |
Overall Giving Returns to Pre-Recession Levels, Study Finds Total giving for the first 11 months of 2011 is 1.4 percent ahead of the same period in 2007, according to Blackbaud.  |
| AFP eWire |
53 Percent of U.S. Charitable Organizations Surveyed Say Contributions Rose in 2011 A new report shows first signs of increase in contributions in four years.  |
AFP eWire December 5, 2011 |
Many U.S. Charities Facing Increased Demand, Signs of Fiscal Stress Smaller charities saw disproportionate declines in funds raised and were more likely to report they are planning budget and services cuts in 2012.  |
AFP eWire April 21, 2008 |
Revenue Growth, Donors Continue to Decline Charitable organizations participating in the Target Analytics Index of National Fundraising Performance experienced negative revenues from 2006 to 2007 and continued to see declines in the number of donors.  |
AFP eWire February 11, 2015 |
Blackbaud Report on Online Giving While not all online fundraising was quite as engaging as the Ice Bucket Challenge, buoyed by improving fundraising platforms, online fundraising as a whole saw significant growth in 2014.  |
AFP eWire November 29, 2010 |
Charities Seeing Slight Recovery in Giving, But Not Enough to Keep Up With Demand or Budget Cuts The small rebound hasn't been enough to help many nonprofits that are grappling with staff and service cuts even as demand for their services has increased.  |
AFP eWire August 7, 2012 |
Giving Slows At the Mid-Year Point: How to Respond Mid-year giving tends to be slower, and charities typically see a bump in giving as the year goes on, especially the last three months.  |
| AFP eWire |
54 Percent of Canadian Charitable Organizations Surveyed Say Contributions Rose in 2011 More than half of surveyed Canadian charitable organizations saw growth in charitable giving lase year.  |
AFP eWire April 1, 2015 |
Nearly 75% of Charities Met Fundraising Goals in 2014 The Nonprofit Research Collaborative finds that 73 percent of charities met their fundraising goals in 2014, the best result since the group began asking the question in 2010.  |
AFP eWire August 21, 2006 |
Fundraising Climate Improved Over Last Year Charitable fundraisers are more optimistic about the prospect of raising funds now than they have been in the past year, according to the latest reading of the Philanthropic Giving Index.  |
AFP eWire July 2, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of July 2, 2014): Reinventing The Ask: Fundraising in the Digital Age Do You See What I See? 2 Steps to Prepare for Year-End Fundraising... The Blackbaud Index: Charitable Giving to Nonprofits Increased 0.9% in May... Millennials and the Social Sector: What's Next?...  |
AFP eWire January 22, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of January 20, 2014): Philanthropy Trends to Take Advantage of in 2014 Advocacy/Public Policy: Charitable Deduction Probably Safe for 2014, Say Experts... Volunteer Management: What do you talk about at your board meetings?... Donors: 29 ways to start a healthy 2014...  |
AFP eWire March 15, 2004 |
AFP Fundraising Survey Shows Giving Rebounded in 2003 Nearly 73 percent of respondents to AFP's third annual State of Fundraising Survey indicated that their organizations raised the same amount of money or more in 2003 than they did in 2002.  |
AFP eWire April 10, 2012 |
Online Giving Still Fastest Growing Fundraising Channel with Almost 16 Percent Increase in 2011 A new study shows that online fundraising continues to grow robustly.  |
AFP eWire April 25, 2005 |
Nonprofit Sector is an Economic Force in Massachusetts The State's nonprofit sector generates about $50 billion in salaries, goods, services and expenditures for the state, according to a recent study.  |
AFP eWire August 4, 2009 |
Fundraisers Report Tough Times--Expect Some Improvement by Year End Fundraisers are finding the current giving environment extremely challenging, but expect some improvement for the second half of 2009.  |
AFP eWire July 30, 2007 |
Donors on the Decline? The latest Quarterly Index of National Fundraising Performance shows a continuing decline in the number of donors that dates back to 2005.  |
AFP eWire September 13, 2004 |
Improving Economy Strengthens Fundraisers' Attitudes The economy is improving, and the result is a boost in fundraisers' attitudes about charitable giving, according to a new survey.  |
AFP eWire September 25, 2012 |
Nonprofit Organizations with Active Fundraising Boards More Likely to Meet Goal In a research first, the Nonprofit Research Collaborative finds a direct association between active fundraising by nonprofit board members and the organization meeting its fundraising goals.  |
AFP eWire June 23, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of June 23, 2014): Successful Fundraisers Will Have These Traits 12 Reasons Why You Should Gracefully Resign from a Nonprofit Board... Take Our Major Gift Fundraising Aptitude Quiz... Blackbaud Ranks Most Generous Online U.S. Cities for 2013...  |
AFP eWire September 11, 2006 |
Disasters Require Greater Coordination Between National and Local Relief Providers Local nonprofits in the areas affected by Hurricane Katrina played huge roles in relief efforts, yet received very little support from the federal government or larger national charities, according to a new report.  |
AFP eWire July 30, 2014 |
Top Ten (Week of July 30, 2014): 10 Must-Have Skills for Nonprofit New Media Managers 10 Must-Have Skills for Nonprofit New Media Managers... Nonprofit finds revenue stream in its lobby... Research on Fundraising Strategies Proven to Work...  |
AFP eWire December 4, 2012 |
Fundraising Results Overall Stall Mid-Year In its semi-annual survey, the Nonprofit Research Collaborative finds that funds raised at organizations studied were largely unchanged from a year ago.  |
AFP eWire April 29, 2015 |
Top Ten (Week of April 29, 2015): Crossfit, Human Rights, Shakespeare and the Zoo--How Making it Personal Makes all the Difference The Nonprofit Job Skills You'll Need by 2020... Nonprofits Work to Come to Terms with Minimum and Living Wage Standards... With Ice Bucket Challenge in the Rear View, What's Next for Fundraising?...  |
AFP eWire September 14, 2010 |
Taming the Fear of Fundraising Costs When asked about fundraising costs in terms of impact, donors clearly favor spending more to make more.  |
AFP eWire October 1, 2014 Susan Rowell |
Boosting Fundraising Skills with Assessments and Training To survive and thrive in this new "marketplace," nonprofits must sharpen their fundraising methods by introducing more objective means of assessing and driving performance.  |
AFP eWire March 26, 2013 |
Ten Things You Might Have Missed (March 26, 2013) Nonprofits Taking Steps to Adapt to `New Normal', Survey Finds ... Money Woes Plague Charities Struggling to Meet Demand... 7.4% Of World Workforce In Nonprofits...  |
AFP eWire January 12, 2015 |
Top Ten (Week of January 12, 2015): Making--and Keeping--Major Gifts and New Year's Resolutions Fundraising Research: Study: Corporate Giving Improves Employee Performance... NPQ's 11 Biggest Nonprofit Stories of 2014 and Their Implications for Our Future... Top 10 Major Donor Fundraising Trends... etc.  |
AFP eWire March 26, 2007 |
Charities See Significant Fundraising Increases in 2006 Nearly seven in ten charities raised more money in 2006 compared to 2005, and almost a quarter of charities saw fundraising increases of 50% or higher, according to a survey.  |
AFP eWire November 15, 2005 |
Fundraising Down Slightly Because of Hurricanes: Optimism Still Strong That Giving Will Recover by Year's End According to a survey, nearly half of U.S. charities have seen their fundraising decline because of the Gulf Coast Hurricanes and the associated relief efforts  |
AFP eWire January 14, 2008 |
Direct-Mail Donors Still Dwindling The number of donors responding to direct mail has continued to dwindle, even as overall revenue growth has increased slightly.  |
AFP eWire November 12, 2007 |
Giving Environment Strong, Steady While Online Success Grows The giving environment remains very positive, with significant growth in online fundraising, as charities enter the critical end-of-year giving season. Here are some stats.  |
AFP eWire February 6, 2006 |
New Report Shows Fundraisers Hopeful About Giving in U.S. In the second half of 2005, fundraisers became slightly more hopeful than they had been six months previously about the climate for philanthropy in the United States, according to a December survey.  |
AFP eWire January 5, 2009 |
Fundraisers See Chilly Giving Climate Now and in Future The fundraising climate is the toughest it's been since 1998, according to the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy's most recent Philanthropic Giving Index.  |
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Canadian Charitable Giving Rises by 7 Percent in 2004 Canadian charities saw their fundraising increase by more than 7 percent in 2004, according to a new survey.  |
AFP eWire March 27, 2006 |
Nonprofit Executives Burning Out, Planning to Leave Jobs A survey of almost 2,000 nonprofit executives found that 75 percent are planning on leaving their jobs within five years, while another 10 percent are already in the process of switching job.  |
AFP eWire June 28, 2011 |
Ready, Set, Go Mobile Fundraising using mobile devices is proving to be more than just a flash in the pan - the best success, however, is being seen in methods beyond texting, or even fundraising at all.  |
AFP eWire May 19, 2009 |
Growth Slows for Online Fundraising in '08, Smaller Donations the Culprit Online fundraising grew in 2008 thanks to an increase in the number of gifts, but the average gift size among all organizations decreased $15 from 2007.  |
AFP eWire January 5, 2015 |
Top Ten (Week of January 5, 2015): Beth Kanter's New Year's Ritual Top ideas for fundraising: Email tips... How different generations give... A donor's advice to nonprofits... etc.  |
AFP eWire March 25, 2014 |
Six In 10 Charities Raise More Funds in 2013 Than in 2012; Rising Giving Seen Across Many Different Sources The finding is part of a larger trend of increasing giving, as a year ago, just 58 percent raised more funds. This year's result of 62 percent is the highest since 2007, before the global recession.  |
AFP eWire July 27, 2010 |
Nonprofits Stretched Thin As the recession heightens demands for charitable services, many U.S. nonprofit organizations have had to cut jobs or stop hiring, resulting in increasingly heavy burdens on nonprofit workers.  |
AFP eWire October 16, 2006 |
Giving Up, Number of Donors Down for First Half of 2006 A new report shows a 2.5% median drop in the number of donors in the first six months of 2006 compared to the same time period in 2005. At the same time, the amount given by each donor has risen by a median 3.0%.  |
| AFP eWire |
Charitable Fundraising Takes Another Hit Just 43 percent of charities raised more money in 2009 than in 2008, marking it the worst year for charitable fundraising in a decade.  |
AFP eWire October 25, 2011 |
Despite Global Economic Uncertainty, Nonprofits Are Optimistic Heading into 2012 There is a growing sense of optimism in the nonprofit sector globally regarding growth in staffing and earned and charitable income, especially when looking forward to 2012, according to a new report.  |
AFP eWire June 19, 2006 |
Annual U.S. Charitable Giving Exceeds $260 Billion American donors gave more than $260 billion to charitable causes in 2005, a 6.1% increase from 2004, according to the annual report Giving USA.  |
AFP eWire August 30, 2011 |
Nonprofits Retained More Donors in 2010, Report Shows Nonprofit organizations in the U.S. were better at retaining donors and shored up their net losses in donations in 2010, according to the latest report of the Fundraising Effectiveness Project.  |
AFP eWire September 2, 2008 |
Presidential Campaigns Have Little Impact on Direct Mail Fundraising While charities are facing numerous challenges in the current fundraising environment, the presidential election isn't one of them, according to a new research report.  |