The 2013 Charitable Giving Report includes 24 months of overall giving data from 4,129 nonprofit organizations representing more than $12.5 The report also includes online giving data from 3,359 nonprofits representing $1.7 2013 Charitable Giving Report INFOGRAPHIC. MORE
The Blackbaud Institute for Philanthropic released the fifth-annual Charitable Giving Report at the beginning of the year. Take a quick quiz to test and refresh your knowledge of trends in Charitable Giving. MORE
Nonprofits everywhere are struggling to get their hands on reliable, useful workplace giving data from corporate giving programs. United Ways no longer dominate workplace giving. Usher in a dozen or so service companies targeting the workplace giving needs of companies. MORE
If you’re like most nonprofits and charitable organizations you’re seeing growth in online giving. How fast is your online giving growing? The latest figures from the Blackbaud Index for Canadian giving and U.S. giving both show that online giving continues to grow approximately 7% year over year, while overall giving remains relatively flat, growing only 1-3% per year. So what’s driving this increase in online giving ? MORE
This 2017 Charitable Giving Report gives us our first means of answering that question through data. Giving platforms and other intermediaries such as donor-advised funds (DAFs) continued to proliferate, allowing donors even more avenues for giving. MORE
Americans were more generous than ever in 2014 according to the latest Giving USA report. Just released today, Giving USA: The Annual Report on Philanthropy is the longest running annual report on U.S. According to Giving USA, total giving in the U.S. Sector Giving Trends. MORE
The 2013 installment of Giving Tuesday has come and gone. Here are some stats about 2013, according to Giving Tuesday’s official website. The average donation on Giving Tuesday rose to $142.05 How did your nonprofit benefit from Giving Tuesday? MORE
When Giving Tuesday started six years ago, it was about sparking a movement—giving people and organizations a day specifically dedicated to giving back. According to Blackbaud data, online giving last #GivingTuesday was up 20% on a year-over-year basis compared to 2015. MORE
Check out these 5 stats we thinks speak volumes about donors and technology: Donors gave an average of $127 in a single gift to charities with a branded giving page. Online giving peaks during December, specifically between 12 and 7 PM on December 31st. MORE
We covered everything from what a successful fundraising appeal should look like to ensuring that your Giving Tuesday efforts are part of your overall end of year strategy. How should you target users for holiday giving vs. other campaigns? MORE
Sustained giving. Recurring giving. Monthly giving. In the sustained giving model, donors regularly contribute a set amount to your nonprofit. In fact, he says, the lifetime revenue of these supporters is 600 to 800 percent higher than annual giving donors. MORE
Society is overly focused on giving that is easy for the giver - volunteers give ''spare time'' and supporters donate ''spare cash''. But what if we started encouraging our communities to give in ways that cause them to sacrifice in other areas of life? MORE
In the second installment of the Blackbaud Institute’s Sustainers in Focus series —research-backed best practices for marketing, promoting, soliciting, and fulfilling a sustained giving program— Best Practice # 1 was to ask new donors to give on a monthly basis. MORE
In the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s recent report, 9 Trillion And Counting: How Charities Can Tap Into the Transfer of Wealth , researchers undertake a qualitative and quantitative study of the state of nonprofit planned giving programs. planned giving MORE
The unofficial kickoff of the charitable giving season occurs on Giving Tuesday, which takes place the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday here in the United States. MORE
I specifically focused on board giving at their nonprofits and the responses I got back were a bit surprising. Although nearly 90% of those responding had a requirement that board members either give and/or solicit donations, nearly 60% had no minimum giving requirement. MORE
By understanding sector trends, database insights, how to build an effective year end giving campaign, and remembering to share gratitude, you’ll arrive at the end of the year ready to engage your donors and support your mission in a big way. End of Year Giving Trends and Opportunities. MORE
percent rise in overall giving in 2017, and another 3.8 As the year unfolds, it’s critical for these organizations to keep donors engaged, using news hooks to emphasize the importance of ongoing giving. Organized, planned giving. More sophisticated corporate giving. MORE
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. MORE
But that’s not the only area where corporations can glean lessons from their nonprofit counterparts – for companies looking to boost their employee workplace giving , it could be worth borrowing some ideas from nonprofit donor engagement best practices. . MORE
Planned Giving is a steadily growing area of focus for nonprofit fundraisers. With such a large group of potential donors waiting to be engaged, more and more nonprofits are devoting time and resources to Planned Giving programs. In the realm of Planned Giving, as is the case for any type of fundraising, you rarely get what you don’t ask for. Asking someone to consider Planned Giving, however, is a more sensitive and complicated task than others. MORE
Organizations, large and small, should capitalize on the Season of Giving. In 2015, charitable giving continued its upward trend: An estimated $373 billion was donated, with individuals representing 71 percent of the total. Online Giving. MORE
On Giving Tuesday 2015 , The Office of University Development at University of Michigan set an example for how this kind of thoughtful planning and preparation can dramatically increase results: 1000 donors completed gifts online within the first 49 minutes. $1 Sometimes we get lucky. MORE
According to the Millennial Impact Report , 72 percent of Millennials are eager to join a nonprofit and a little over 50 percent would like to give monthly to a charitable organization. Why is the ‘Giving Barrier’ so high? MORE
Starting your own employee giving campaign is not for the faint of heart! Tip: Personalized emails to leadership will help secure total giving. Ask managers to put forward their best talent and give them a chance to shine. MORE
One of today’s biggest areas of growth for nonprofit fundraising is Planned Giving. Most nonprofit fundraising databases are able to mark a gift as a bequest, but this only captures a fraction of the entire Planned Giving process. What is Planned Giving? MORE
As you start planning messaging and emails for Giving Tuesday, spread a little love to your donation forms too. Below I will outline the five tips that can help you stand out from the crowd on a day like Giving Tuesday but are also good enhancements for your everyday forms. MORE
The infamous fundraising expression “give, get or get off,” is a great rule of thumb to help guarantee board giving. Simply put, board members can either give a certain amount of their own finances, solicit others to give toward an agreed upon goal, or step down from the board. MORE
In recent months, there have been numerous media reports of significant giving surges to nonprofit organizations following the 2016 U.S. What we are witnessing is not a revolution but the evolution of episodic giving. Goodbye, slacktivism. Hello, actigiving. MORE
It’s no surprise that sustained or recurring giving continues to justify its worth as a valuable fundraising technique. In Sustainers in Focus Part 1 , the Blackbaud Institute uncovered the justifications for a sustained giving program. Make monthly giving the website default. MORE
In Sustainers in Focus Part 2 , the Blackbaud Institute provided six best practices for building and maintaining successful monthly giving programs. Why is this important to your monthly giving program? Implemented a website lightbox asking donors to opt in to monthly giving. MORE
With online giving now a major component of most organizations’ monthly giving programs, it’s imperative that your donation forms are fully optimized. By making monthly giving the website default, you are signaling that sustaining support is your organization’s priority. MORE
You can imagine how pleased I was when I was introduced to an organization that combined my two loves, #GivingTuesday and teaching kids about giving. They do this by educating kids, giving them the knowledge to engage, and then encouraging action. I love #GivingTuesday. MORE
Giving Tuesday is essentially ‘Black Friday,’ but for nonprofits. Just like Black Friday, Giving Tuesday can be highly beneficial to your organization. Some explanation might be necessary as to what Giving Day is. MORE
According to Giving USA, total charitable giving in the U.S. Giving USA: The Annual Report on Philanthropy is the longest running annual report on U.S. charitable giving and estimates sources of giving and amounts received by type of organization. Who is Giving. MORE
Overall charitable giving increased 1% in 2016 and online giving was up 7.9% This is based on the latest findings of the Blackbaud Institute for Philanthropic Impact in the 2 016 Charitable Giving Report. Key findings from the 2016 Charitable Giving Report. MORE
Monthly giving programs remain one of the best ways for nonprofits to dramatically increase the lifetime value of their average donor. I have been building monthly giving programs for more than 35 years. The good news is that monthly giving is popular for all charities. MORE
Giving has been part of the company’s culture since its beginning, and it remains an important part of its global efforts. But why does one of the largest and most successful companies in the world place so much emphasis on giving back and helping others? MORE
Based upon the survey results of 4,084 donors worldwide, the 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report is an annual research project that examines how donors prefer to give and engage with their favorite causes and charitable organizations. 57% of religious giving in Asia is online. MORE
Blackbaud’s 2015 Charitable Giving Report includes more than $18.2 billion in online giving data from 2015. It reveals that overall giving in the United States increased 1.6% and online giving grew 9.2% K-12 schools also had an increase in online giving during 2015. MORE
As fundraisers and nonprofit leaders, we’re taught to be careful at these times—that donors who give to political candidates and causes will naturally turn away from charitable causes to focus on the issue in hand. An election year always focuses the mind—on many different things. MORE
Americans are generous and enjoy the sense of being a part of a worthy cause achieved by charitable giving. In 2015, America set a record for charitable giving, beating the previous record by four percent. The most common appeals are Mid-year, Giving Tuesday and the Season of Giving. MORE
Charitable Giving Continued to Grow in 2017. According to Giving USA, individuals, estates, corporations, and foundations donated an estimated $410.02 Earlier this year, the Blackbaud Institute’s Charitable Giving Report estimated that charitable giving in US was up approximately 4.1% MORE
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Connection Cafe
AUGUST 8, 2018
Starting your own employee giving campaign is not for the faint of heart! Tip: Personalized emails to leadership will help secure total giving. Ask managers to put forward their best talent and give them a chance to shine.
Connection Cafe
FEBRUARY 24, 2017
Overall charitable giving increased 1% in 2016 and online giving was up 7.9% This is based on the latest findings of the Blackbaud Institute for Philanthropic Impact in the 2 016 Charitable Giving Report. Key findings from the 2016 Charitable Giving Report.
Connection Cafe
AUGUST 7, 2017
By understanding sector trends, database insights, how to build an effective year end giving campaign, and remembering to share gratitude, you’ll arrive at the end of the year ready to engage your donors and support your mission in a big way. End of Year Giving Trends and Opportunities.
Connection Cafe
JANUARY 24, 2017
percent rise in overall giving in 2017, and another 3.8 As the year unfolds, it’s critical for these organizations to keep donors engaged, using news hooks to emphasize the importance of ongoing giving. Organized, planned giving. More sophisticated corporate giving.
Connection Cafe
SEPTEMBER 20, 2017
As you start planning messaging and emails for Giving Tuesday, spread a little love to your donation forms too. Below I will outline the five tips that can help you stand out from the crowd on a day like Giving Tuesday but are also good enhancements for your everyday forms.
Connection Cafe
JUNE 12, 2018
Charitable Giving Continued to Grow in 2017. According to Giving USA, individuals, estates, corporations, and foundations donated an estimated $410.02 Earlier this year, the Blackbaud Institute’s Charitable Giving Report estimated that charitable giving in US was up approximately 4.1%
Connection Cafe
AUGUST 1, 2017
We covered everything from what a successful fundraising appeal should look like to ensuring that your Giving Tuesday efforts are part of your overall end of year strategy. How should you target users for holiday giving vs. other campaigns?
Connection Cafe
JUNE 28, 2017
In Sustainers in Focus Part 2 , the Blackbaud Institute provided six best practices for building and maintaining successful monthly giving programs. Why is this important to your monthly giving program? Implemented a website lightbox asking donors to opt in to monthly giving.
Connection Cafe
JUNE 20, 2017
The Blackbaud Institute for Philanthropic released the fifth-annual Charitable Giving Report at the beginning of the year. Take a quick quiz to test and refresh your knowledge of trends in Charitable Giving.
Connection Cafe
MAY 18, 2017
It’s no surprise that sustained or recurring giving continues to justify its worth as a valuable fundraising technique. In Sustainers in Focus Part 1 , the Blackbaud Institute uncovered the justifications for a sustained giving program. Make monthly giving the website default.
Connection Cafe
JULY 24, 2017
With online giving now a major component of most organizations’ monthly giving programs, it’s imperative that your donation forms are fully optimized. By making monthly giving the website default, you are signaling that sustaining support is your organization’s priority.
Connection Cafe
MARCH 17, 2016
As fundraisers and nonprofit leaders, we’re taught to be careful at these times—that donors who give to political candidates and causes will naturally turn away from charitable causes to focus on the issue in hand. An election year always focuses the mind—on many different things.
Connection Cafe
MARCH 22, 2017
In recent months, there have been numerous media reports of significant giving surges to nonprofit organizations following the 2016 U.S. What we are witnessing is not a revolution but the evolution of episodic giving. Goodbye, slacktivism. Hello, actigiving.
Connection Cafe
SEPTEMBER 22, 2017
Organizations, large and small, should capitalize on the Season of Giving. In 2015, charitable giving continued its upward trend: An estimated $373 billion was donated, with individuals representing 71 percent of the total. Online Giving.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
NOVEMBER 22, 2017
Based upon the survey results of 4,084 donors worldwide, the 2017 Global Trends in Giving Report is an annual research project that examines how donors prefer to give and engage with their favorite causes and charitable organizations. 57% of religious giving in Asia is online.
Connection Cafe
FEBRUARY 3, 2016
Blackbaud’s 2015 Charitable Giving Report includes more than $18.2 billion in online giving data from 2015. It reveals that overall giving in the United States increased 1.6% and online giving grew 9.2% K-12 schools also had an increase in online giving during 2015.
Everyaction
JULY 2, 2018
In the Chronicle of Philanthropy’s recent report, 9 Trillion And Counting: How Charities Can Tap Into the Transfer of Wealth , researchers undertake a qualitative and quantitative study of the state of nonprofit planned giving programs. planned giving
Connection Cafe
FEBRUARY 2, 2015
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.
VolunteerMark
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Society is overly focused on giving that is easy for the giver - volunteers give ''spare time'' and supporters donate ''spare cash''. But what if we started encouraging our communities to give in ways that cause them to sacrifice in other areas of life?
Connection Cafe
JUNE 15, 2017
In the second installment of the Blackbaud Institute’s Sustainers in Focus series —research-backed best practices for marketing, promoting, soliciting, and fulfilling a sustained giving program— Best Practice # 1 was to ask new donors to give on a monthly basis.
Connection Cafe
MARCH 12, 2014
The 2013 Charitable Giving Report includes 24 months of overall giving data from 4,129 nonprofit organizations representing more than $12.5 The report also includes online giving data from 3,359 nonprofits representing $1.7 2013 Charitable Giving Report INFOGRAPHIC.
Connection Cafe
JANUARY 12, 2016
On Giving Tuesday 2015 , The Office of University Development at University of Michigan set an example for how this kind of thoughtful planning and preparation can dramatically increase results: 1000 donors completed gifts online within the first 49 minutes. $1 Sometimes we get lucky.
Connection Cafe
MARCH 14, 2017
Americans are generous and enjoy the sense of being a part of a worthy cause achieved by charitable giving. In 2015, America set a record for charitable giving, beating the previous record by four percent. The most common appeals are Mid-year, Giving Tuesday and the Season of Giving.
3rd Sector Labs
OCTOBER 5, 2015
Nonprofits everywhere are struggling to get their hands on reliable, useful workplace giving data from corporate giving programs. United Ways no longer dominate workplace giving. Usher in a dozen or so service companies targeting the workplace giving needs of companies.
Connection Cafe
JUNE 15, 2015
Americans were more generous than ever in 2014 according to the latest Giving USA report. Just released today, Giving USA: The Annual Report on Philanthropy is the longest running annual report on U.S. According to Giving USA, total giving in the U.S. Sector Giving Trends.
Connection Cafe
FEBRUARY 5, 2018
The infamous fundraising expression “give, get or get off,” is a great rule of thumb to help guarantee board giving. Simply put, board members can either give a certain amount of their own finances, solicit others to give toward an agreed upon goal, or step down from the board.
Connection Cafe
APRIL 28, 2017
Monthly giving programs remain one of the best ways for nonprofits to dramatically increase the lifetime value of their average donor. I have been building monthly giving programs for more than 35 years. The good news is that monthly giving is popular for all charities.
TechImpact
JUNE 17, 2013
Giving has been part of the company’s culture since its beginning, and it remains an important part of its global efforts. But why does one of the largest and most successful companies in the world place so much emphasis on giving back and helping others?
Connection Cafe
APRIL 14, 2017
If you’re like most nonprofits and charitable organizations you’re seeing growth in online giving. How fast is your online giving growing? The latest figures from the Blackbaud Index for Canadian giving and U.S. giving both show that online giving continues to grow approximately 7% year over year, while overall giving remains relatively flat, growing only 1-3% per year. So what’s driving this increase in online giving ?
TechImpact
OCTOBER 21, 2013
Giving Tuesday is essentially ‘Black Friday,’ but for nonprofits. Just like Black Friday, Giving Tuesday can be highly beneficial to your organization. Some explanation might be necessary as to what Giving Day is.
Connection Cafe
JUNE 2, 2015
Sustained giving. Recurring giving. Monthly giving. In the sustained giving model, donors regularly contribute a set amount to your nonprofit. In fact, he says, the lifetime revenue of these supporters is 600 to 800 percent higher than annual giving donors.
TechImpact
DECEMBER 27, 2013
The 2013 installment of Giving Tuesday has come and gone. Here are some stats about 2013, according to Giving Tuesday’s official website. The average donation on Giving Tuesday rose to $142.05 How did your nonprofit benefit from Giving Tuesday?
Connection Cafe
JUNE 16, 2016
According to Giving USA, total charitable giving in the U.S. Giving USA: The Annual Report on Philanthropy is the longest running annual report on U.S. charitable giving and estimates sources of giving and amounts received by type of organization. Who is Giving.
Everyaction
MAY 21, 2018
Planned Giving is a steadily growing area of focus for nonprofit fundraisers. With such a large group of potential donors waiting to be engaged, more and more nonprofits are devoting time and resources to Planned Giving programs. In the realm of Planned Giving, as is the case for any type of fundraising, you rarely get what you don’t ask for. Asking someone to consider Planned Giving, however, is a more sensitive and complicated task than others.
Everyaction
MAY 9, 2018
One of today’s biggest areas of growth for nonprofit fundraising is Planned Giving. Most nonprofit fundraising databases are able to mark a gift as a bequest, but this only captures a fraction of the entire Planned Giving process. What is Planned Giving?
Connection Cafe
NOVEMBER 7, 2016
The unofficial kickoff of the charitable giving season occurs on Giving Tuesday, which takes place the Tuesday following Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Cyber Monday here in the United States.
Connection Cafe
APRIL 30, 2018
But that’s not the only area where corporations can glean lessons from their nonprofit counterparts – for companies looking to boost their employee workplace giving , it could be worth borrowing some ideas from nonprofit donor engagement best practices. .
Connection Cafe
MARCH 2, 2017
According to the Millennial Impact Report , 72 percent of Millennials are eager to join a nonprofit and a little over 50 percent would like to give monthly to a charitable organization. Why is the ‘Giving Barrier’ so high?
TechImpact
NOVEMBER 1, 2013
Check out these 5 stats we thinks speak volumes about donors and technology: Donors gave an average of $127 in a single gift to charities with a branded giving page. Online giving peaks during December, specifically between 12 and 7 PM on December 31st.
Connection Cafe
OCTOBER 14, 2015
You can imagine how pleased I was when I was introduced to an organization that combined my two loves, #GivingTuesday and teaching kids about giving. They do this by educating kids, giving them the knowledge to engage, and then encouraging action. I love #GivingTuesday.
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