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Fundraising Trends: Mobile Giving and Crowdfunding, and the Next Generation of Canadian Giving

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In a major study of more than 800 Canadian donors that we at hjc recently completed with Blackbaud , Edge Research , and Sea Change Strategies , two big trends stood out: mobile fundraising and crowdfunding. But, how will these two trends help you reach each generation of Canadian donors? Civics (born 1945 or earlier).

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New Study Explores the Undeveloped Value of New Donors

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The report indicated that the number of donor households making gifts between 2010 and 2015 dropped, the incidence of donor households adding new organizations to their portfolios declined, and overall donor retention did not improve.

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Blackbaud Index for April 2013

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The more you add, the more complete of a trend line you’ll get! View historical data from The Blackbaud Index: Instead of just displaying the past 12 months, The Blackbaud Index will now display archived data going back to January 2010. This will allow users to look at Index trends over a more extensive period of.

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The 2014 Charitable Giving Report

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The 2014 Charitable Giving Report includes 24 months of overall giving data from 4,798 nonprofit organizations representing more than $16.2 The report also includes online giving data from 3,724 nonprofits representing over $2 billion in online fundraising. Overall Giving Trends. Online Giving Trends.

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Engaging Young Donors

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This post will focus on some key features of younger generations and tips on how to use data to drive a stronger engagement strategy with this bunch. This can be accomplished through overlay data, including demographic information, wealth information, and psychographic data. Data Mining & Modeling Analytics Life Stage'

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Charitable Giving Grew to $373.25 Billion in the U.S. in 2015

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This is the sixth consecutive year of increases in giving, a period of growth that began in 2010. But there are some important changes in the data worth noting. Macroeconomic Trends. The new trends reported by Giving USA are helpful to understand changes in the nonprofit giving landscape. Who is Giving. compared to 2014.

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Fighting Through a Down Economy: How Admissions Offices Adjusted

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According to NAIS, K-12 school enrollment numbers fell by 3% in 2009 and another 7% in 2010. In 2010, we noticed a shift from how schools managed their admissions processes on the back-end. Schools now had the power to easily conduct year over year trend analysis: How many families were in a certain stage compared to three years ago?