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2008 Online Giving Trends

Robert Weiner

Blackbaud has released a summary of early results from its analysis of 2008 online giving trends. There was a slight decrease in online giving during the third quarter but online giving rebounded in the fourth quarter. The average online gift for the organizations studied increased to $248.82 in December.

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Silent Auction Baskets: 5 Tips to Create Unique Gifts

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Gift baskets are a staple of silent auction fundraising events. If they bring home a high-quality, interesting gift basket, they’ll have a memento of a good experience that will remind them to stay involved with your nonprofit. To add an extra creative touch to your baskets, give each one a catchy title. Let’s get started!

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CROS Ministries Grows Individual Gifts by over 533%

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CROS saw their normal giving pattern with matching donations shift from summertime to the end of year. Hunger Action Month was established by Feeding America in 2008 as part of a nationwide, month-long campaign to raise awareness of hunger in our country and promote ways for individuals everywhere to get involved with the effort to fight it.

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Roundup of 2009 Online Giving Stats

Robert Weiner

I t's the season for a slew of reports analyzing last year's online giving results. Its findings included: 14% growth in online giving overall. 69% of the organizations they looked at raised more online in 2009 than in 2008, while 31% raised less. Donors were still giving, but in smaller amounts.

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Charitable Giving in a down economy: Performance strategies for any market

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Lori Collins – SVP, Giving Sciences, One & All. Lori Collins leads One & All’s Giving Sciences group, which applies data science to charitable giving. What can the past tell us of the future of giving, and what are the programs to stay focused on for maximizing performance? Tracking new giving trends.

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6 Ways to Improve Peer-to-Peer Fundraising Participant Retention

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Mark founded Cathexis Partners in 2008, providing technical and consultative services to nonprofits of all sizes and types. Give Them an Impactful Story It’s important to maintain your supporters’ enthusiasm for helping you raise funds. It also gives you insights into how you can improve the participant experience.

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Research Friday: How Important is Gift Acknowledgement to Donors?

ASU Lodestar Center

The type of thank you did not appear to depend on the size of my gift. Yet I plan to give again in 2012 to the Christian humanitarian organization and not to my alma mater, a decision which seems to run counter to commonly held assumptions about donor stewardship. For example, I gave $20.08 For example, I gave $20.08