Annual Donor Advised Fund Report | NPTrust

Annual Donor Advised Fund Report | NPTrust: NPT's Donor-Advised Fund Report

Every year, we provide an up-to-date analysis of the donor-advised fund market, based on data we collect from charitable organizations that administer donor-advised funds. The majority of data is taken from public tax returns (IRS Form 990), audited financial statements, an

Fighting Fundraiser Turnover: What Charities Can Do - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Fighting Fundraiser Turnover: What Charities Can Do - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: As turnover among fundraisers becomes a bigger and bigger cost for charities, two nonprofits are joining forces to figure out what they can do to about it.

What Gives in Maine? And Who?

What Gives in Maine? And Who?: PORTLAND, Maine - The slow economic recovery has presented challenges to both individual and foundation-based philanthropy - and it shows in a new report on giving in Maine in 2010.

New Study Finds Men are More Charitable than Women - Press Release - Digital Journal

New Study Finds Men are More Charitable than Women - Press Release - Digital Journal: CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The results of a national survey released today by BiddingForGood, a marketplace that connects consumers and marketers to nonprofits and schools by hosting online and mobile charity auctions, found that men give more money, more frequently to charitable causes than women. According to the results, 52 percent of men who donate to charity say they do so every week or month compared to 42 percent of women. Also male respondents were more likely to give larger contributions, with 62 percent of men giving more than $500 a year to charity compared to 46 percent of wome

Spontaneous donations to UK charities likely to fall by about �150m this year, says survey | Third Sector

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Stephen Dilworth of the financial services group Foresters says a fall would be 'unsurprising' given the economic situation
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Almost a third of people expect to give less to charity in spontaneous donations this year, a new survey suggests.

The poll of more than 2,000 UK adults, carried out by Wriglesworth Research for the financial services group Foresters, found that 29 per cent of respondents said they would have to reduce the amount they give because they were worse off than last year.

Oh, The Humanities!: Does a donation really count if no one sees you giving? | News | National Post

Oh, The Humanities!: Does a donation really count if no one sees you giving? | News | National Post: Donating money to charity has become highly fashionable, a status symbol that has been dubbed “conspicious giving,” and comes with the burden of social expectation and manipulation, according to a paper to be presented at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences conference on Wednesday.

University of Alberta instructor Margrit Talpalaru coined the “conspicious giving” term to describe the way corporations, charities and society at large have latched onto North Americans’ desire for the visibility that comes with donating time or money.

Charities 'streamlined due to cuts' - UK News - News - WalesOnline

Charities 'streamlined due to cuts' - UK News - News - WalesOnline: A study of more than 100 charities in England and Wales showed that two thirds were cutting frontline services and three out of four were making staff redundant.

One in 10 said they risked closing down next year, said the report by the New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) think tank and insurance firm Zurich.