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DECEMBER 1, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Myths about Online Giving Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 1st, 2010 There are so many myths about online giving. Older donors don’t give online Wrong. 25% of donors aged 65 and older give both online and offline.

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MAY 10, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 25 Largest Online Fundraising Nonprofits in 2010 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on May 10th, 2011 The Chronicle of Philanthropy is not only a great publication, but they also publish some excellent research about online fundraising trends.

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MARCH 19, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2011 NTEN Nonprofit Technology Conference – Day 3 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 19th, 2011 This is the last day of NTEN’s Nonprofit Technology Conference ( #NTC ). That’s it for NTC 2011.

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APRIL 15, 2011

The latest Index data covers the 3 months ending February 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. Overall Fundraising Trends The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,430 nonprofit organizations representing $2.21 million in yearly revenue on a monthly basis.

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MARCH 7, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Key Trends in Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on March 7th, 2011 Blackbaud has released two new groundbreaking research studies that reveal insights about peer-to-peer event fundraising.

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JANUARY 10, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 3 Nonprofit Predictions for 2011 Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 10th, 2011 Philanthropy Journal has published three of my nonprofit predictions for 2011. Giving Gets Better 2. Social Gets Integrated 3.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2010

37% of charities reported a decrease in giving, a noticeable improvement over 2009 when 51% of organizations reported a decline. 36% of charities said that their giving revenue would increase in the last quarter of 2010, compared with the last quarter of 2009. billion in total giving for Haitian earthquake relief.

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Collaboration Research Report Indiana 75

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NOVEMBER 12, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Early Bird Registration for 2011 NTEN NTC is Open Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 12th, 2010 NTEN’s 2011 Nonprofit Technology Conference is now open for early bird registration. The 2011 NTC should be the best yet.

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JUNE 29, 2011

Written for the March 2011 issue of Fundraising Success Magazine , where I am writing a quarterly column throughout 2011. * * * * * * * * * * *. Donate Now buttons were perhaps the most exciting “Next Big Thing&# to hit to charitable giving in decades, if not ever. We were wrong. What about Twitter?

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NOVEMBER 23, 2010

This data comes from the our donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarking group and looks across all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Just like a report of giving by city. That’s the power and importance of benchmarking. Excludes donors giving $1,000 or more in 2009.

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DECEMBER 14, 2010

Today we’ll take a look which states have the highest percentage of donors giving five or more years and donors with annual incomes greater than $100,000. This data comes from the our donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarking group and looks across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

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JUNE 2, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Questions for Geoff Livingston Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on June 2nd, 2011 I’m starting a new series of short interviews with people who are really changing what’s happening in the nonprofit sector.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

But it’s also the latest online creation of Chris Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and director of online organizing for Barack Obama’s 2008 campaign. After giving Jumo some basic details and your interests the site lets you start picking projects that you are interested in.

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Trend New York Blackbaud Argentina 80

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NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Overall Fundraising Remains Positive The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,376 nonprofit organizations representing $2.2 The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving reports that overall revenue increased by 4.3% Read more about the methodology. over last year.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

Beth is hoping that people will sign an online petition letting Apple know that people want to give on their iPhones. Should nonprofits focus on giving through iPhone applications? Not until they improve their existing online giving options and optimize their website for mobile devices. Will you get donors through a mobile app?

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JANUARY 18, 2011

Overall Fundraising Trends The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,468 nonprofit organizations representing $2.25 The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving reports that overall revenue increased by 0.3% million in yearly revenue on a monthly basis.

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DECEMBER 15, 2010

Overall Fundraising Remains Positive The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports total revenue trends of 1,412 nonprofit organizations representing $2.2 The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving reports that overall revenue increased by 4.9% Read more about the methodology. over last year.

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JANUARY 20, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking How Nonprofits Can Avoid Online Credit Card Fraud Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 20th, 2011 Nonprofit organizations are a big target for online credit card fraud. There are certainly pros and cons to using these but they work.

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JANUARY 12, 2011

Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on January 12th, 2011 One year ago a devastating 7.0 This is what the future looks like for transparency, accountability, and demonstrating how giving produces measurable outcomes. Technology Can your website and giving forms handle 4x their normal traffic? Do you have email templates ready to go?

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Haiti Trend Difference Blackbaud 63

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Tis the Season for Charity Gift Cards Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on November 9th, 2010 The Los Angeles Times had an article the other day called “Causes offers gift cards for charitable giving.&# Will it work? Absolutely.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

Tags: Cause Marketing , Fundraising Similiar Articles Generation Thumb Key Trends in Nonprofit Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Just When You Thought Direct Mail Was Dead Does Your Nonprofit Exist in 10 Years? (..)

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NOVEMBER 18, 2010

Next: Guys Like Good Causes Too ABOUT Nonprofit Trends is a blog by Steve MacLaughlin that takes a look at the trends shaping the nonprofit sector SUBSCRIBE More subscription options: Subscribe to the RSS feed › Follow Steve on Twitter › Popular Posts What is Jumo?

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NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Their online grant database gives people an interactive and innovative way to see the programs they fund. The private foundation plans to plans to spend its remaining $4 billion endowment by 2017. The Atlantic Philanthropies have made grants totaling more than $5 billion as of December 2009. It’s a thought provoking concept.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2010

Giving Amount Trends High net worth households gave $54,016 on average to charity in 2009. Average total giving to religious causes dropped in 2009 to $9,985 from $17,635 in 2007, a decrease of 43.4%. Average total giving to secular causes was also down in 2009 to $46,852 from $71,200 in 2007, a decrease of 34.2%. This is a 34.9%

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OCTOBER 27, 2010

Restricted Giving is Important to Donors: More than half of respondents in Australia, Canada, India, the Netherlands, New Zealand, the U.K., Email to Current Donors still Drives Online Giving: Email to current donors was the top driver of online donations last year in every country except the Netherlands. and the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2010

ABOUT Nonprofit Trends is a blog by Steve MacLaughlin that takes a look at the trends shaping the nonprofit sector SUBSCRIBE More subscription options: Subscribe to the RSS feed › Follow Steve on Twitter › Popular Posts What is Jumo?

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APRIL 6, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Video: Online Advocacy Trends Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on April 6th, 2011 The recordings from Blackbaud and Care2′s Advocacy Live 2011 event are now online. Hot or Not: What’s Sizzling in Online Fundraising?

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Advocacy Trend Video Online 60

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

The Constituent (Redefined) blog comments powered by Disqus Previous: 5 Myths about Online Giving Next: Analysis of Network for Good’s Online Giving Study ABOUT Nonprofit Trends is a blog by Steve MacLaughlin that takes a look at the trends shaping the nonprofit sector SUBSCRIBE More subscription options: Subscribe to the RSS feed › Follow (..)

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Trend Facebook Blackbaud Feeds 73

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OCTOBER 22, 2010

Similiar Articles Video: Global Trends and What they Mean to You Blackbaud’s 2010 Conference for Nonprofits – Day 1 Blackbaud’s 2010 Relationship Management Conference – Day 1 AFP 47th International Conference Blackbaud’s 2009 Conference for Nonprofits (Ottawa) – Day 1 blog comments powered by Disqus Previous: Blackbaud’s 2010 Conference (..)

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NOVEMBER 2, 2010

Similiar Articles Blackbaud’s 2010 Conference for Nonprofits – Day 3 AFP Lowcountry 2009 Summer Institute Digital Leap Conference in London Blackbaud’s 2010 Conference for Nonprofits – Day 1 Blackbaud’s 2009 Relationship Management Conference – Day 2 blog comments powered by Disqus Previous: 5 Troubling Nonprofit Statistics Next: Welcome (..)

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OCTOBER 20, 2010

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MAY 31, 2011

This report continues to be the most significant analysis of online/offline giving trends based on actual data from nonprofits. This report continues to be the most significant analysis of online/offline giving trends based on actual data from nonprofits. Online giving growth was not slowed by the most recent recession.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2011

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 2010 Online Giving Trends Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on February 15th, 2011 Blackbaud released its 2010 Online Giving Report today. Online giving is 7.6% of online giving took place in January compared to 18.3%

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Trend Online Giving Blackbaud 82

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OCTOBER 28, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking 5 Troubling Nonprofit Statistics Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on October 28th, 2010 I spend a lot of time looking at metrics and benchmarks from across the nonprofit sector. Recurring Giving Benchmarking Analysis says so.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2010

It’s Generational (Not) The donorCentrics Internet Giving Benchmarking Group recently reviewed 2009 giving data for 14 very large nonprofit organizations. The same analysis found that donors age 65 or older only give offline 53% of the time. This busts a whole in the myth that only younger donors give online.

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