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2008 Charitable Giving Exceeds $300 Billion

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Fundraisers in the worst economic era since the Great Depression continue to struggle according to a study out this week from the Giving USA Foundation. While an estimated $307 billion dollars was given to charitable causes in 2008; total fundraising declined an inflation adjusted of 5.7% from 2007 levels.

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4 Steps to Implementing Your Social Change Strategy: A Case Study with SEFCU

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Since 2008, SEFCU’s Community Support Program has helped more than seven million people within its branch footprint – which includes upstate New York’s Capital Region, Binghamton, Syracuse and Buffalo areas – through funding vital nonprofit organizations. with more than $3.7

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The benefits of using Web 2.0 tools: a view from the corporation

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” I’ve been reading this study dutifully for the last 3 years and watched how the attitudes of corporations have changed from something like “I’ll give it a try” to now saying “ we are seeing benefits both inside and out. So, how can non-profit organizations use this study to their advantage?

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Quality, not just quantity

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Speaking of open rates and click-through rates, there's a fascinating new study from Return Path that Sean Donahue from MarketingSherpa breaks down for us. Even though the study is from for-profit emailers, we can learn from the results. Here's a gem of a post from Peter Genuardi in 2008 that addresses this exact point.

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Major Donors are Multichannel

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If you've read our major donor study The Wired Wealthy: Using the Internet to Connect with Your Major and Middle Donors , published in 2008 by Convio , Sea Change Strategies , and Edge Research , then you already know a few important things about major donors: half of wired major donors say that online giving is their preferred giving method.

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Cutting through the noise on Capitol Hill

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The report was released on December 8, 2008 (with an interim report published earlier this year in July). CMF's study also recommends identifying the vendor as well as the organization so there is a contact in case technical issues are identified. So thanks, guys!

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Top 5 Lessons Learned in 2009: Multi-Channel Engagement

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On the professional side, I’ve interviewed many industry professionals for articles, case studies, best practices guides, white papers and more. Since he started there in 2008, my family has made several donations to support the school. Author: Emma Zolbrod. So tell me to do something else.

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