Utah lost 38 percent of nonprofits, charities since 2009 | Deseret News: Nonprofits in Utah dropped by 38 percent to 3,568 since 2009 as many are struggling to find finances for already struggling budgets, according to a study by the Community Foundation of Utah.
Four out of every five nonprofit organizations in Utah work with budgets of less than $100,000 while employing more than 5 percent of the state’s work force.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Generation gap in giving needs urgent attention, warns CAF
Generation gap in giving needs urgent attention, warns CAF: Charities Aid Foundation has produced new research indicating that younger people today are much less likely to give to charity than those of the same age a generation ago – and that people in their sixties are now six times more generous than those under 30.
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Nonprofits Need a Strong, Unified Voice to Lobby Government, Report Says - Government - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas
Nonprofits Need a Strong, Unified Voice to Lobby Government, Report Says - Government - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: A two-year study involving more than 100 interviews with experts and studies of 500 advocacy efforts was released Wednesday by Independent Sector, a coalition of charities and foundations. The report estimated that it would cost $20-million over four years to establish a national organization to push a nonprofit agenda.
Tax Hikes a Threat to Charitable Giving, Say Billionaires - U.S. Business News - CNBC
Tax Hikes a Threat to Charitable Giving, Say Billionaires - U.S. Business News - CNBC: But there is another incentive for the rich to give: lowering their taxes.
According to a poll of the 150 attendees of the Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy, sponsored by Credit Suisse, 56 percent of the billionaires present said that “taxes impact our philanthropic giving.” (Read more: Rich Give Less to Charity Than Middle Class)
According to a poll of the 150 attendees of the Forbes 400 Summit on Philanthropy, sponsored by Credit Suisse, 56 percent of the billionaires present said that “taxes impact our philanthropic giving.” (Read more: Rich Give Less to Charity Than Middle Class)
Wednesday, September 19, 2012
Affluent Donors Prefer Restricted Gifts - Donors - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas
Affluent Donors Prefer Restricted Gifts - Donors - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: The richer a donor is, the less likely he or she is to make unrestricted gifts, a new study of the world’s wealthiest donors has found. Nearly 70 percent of donors with $1-million to $5-million in investable assets say they prefer to give unrestricted gifts to charity, while among those with assets of $50-million or more, just 45 percent say they prefer to make unrestricted gifts.
The study, conducted by Forbes magazine and Credit Suisse, polled 264 donors with investable assets of at least $1-million.
The study, conducted by Forbes magazine and Credit Suisse, polled 264 donors with investable assets of at least $1-million.
Micro-finance can make the poorest poorer, study warns
Micro-finance can make the poorest poorer, study warns: The Institute of Education has praised micro-finance as a means of reducing poverty, but warns that caution must be used when lending to the very poorest.
In a Department for International Development-commissioned report that compiles worldwide data, researchers from the EPPI-Centre at the Institute of Education, University of London have concluded that micro-credit can end up making people poorer as well as better off – and in fact the poorer the borrower is, the more in danger he or she is of suffering in the long term.
Micro-credit – giving minor loans for establishing a small business, such as a market stall – is designed to be a stable way to help people out of poverty.
In a Department for International Development-commissioned report that compiles worldwide data, researchers from the EPPI-Centre at the Institute of Education, University of London have concluded that micro-credit can end up making people poorer as well as better off – and in fact the poorer the borrower is, the more in danger he or she is of suffering in the long term.
Micro-credit – giving minor loans for establishing a small business, such as a market stall – is designed to be a stable way to help people out of poverty.
Nonprofit Leaders: Foundations Don’t Support Assessment
massnonprofit.org ::: According to the study conducted by Cambridge-based Center for Effective Philanthropy (CEP), a nonprofit that helps philanthropic funders assess and improve their effectiveness, 81% of nonprofit leaders surveyed believe that nonprofits should demonstrate the effectiveness of their work by using performance measures, but 71% report receiving no foundation support, monetary or nonmonetary, for their organization’s assessment efforts.
“Nonprofits are routinely castigated for their unwillingness to make a hard-nosed assessment of their impact,” says CEP President Phil Buchanan. “Some even suggest that what we need are hybrid businesses that combine a for-profit focus on the bottom line with a mission. But when we actually stop and listen to nonprofits a very different picture emerges. The 177 nonprofit leaders we surveyed overwhelmingly care about measuring their impact. What they need is help – financial and practical help from their funders.”
“Nonprofits are routinely castigated for their unwillingness to make a hard-nosed assessment of their impact,” says CEP President Phil Buchanan. “Some even suggest that what we need are hybrid businesses that combine a for-profit focus on the bottom line with a mission. But when we actually stop and listen to nonprofits a very different picture emerges. The 177 nonprofit leaders we surveyed overwhelmingly care about measuring their impact. What they need is help – financial and practical help from their funders.”
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