Young donors: donation deficit or an engagement deficit? - Institute of Fundraising

Young donors: donation deficit or an engagement deficit? - Institute of Fundraising: The recent University of Bristol/CAF report ‘Mind the Gap’ suggests 18-30 year olds are giving significantly less likely to give to charity than previous generations. But are we are actually facing a ‘donation deficit’? Catherine Miles is not convinced…

Typical Twitter user is a young woman with an iPhone & 208 followers — Tech News and Analysis

Typical Twitter user is a young woman with an iPhone & 208 followers — Tech News and Analysis: witter’s endless funnel of data is producing an equally endless series of studies — including on Twitter itself. The latest study offers fun tidbits about who is using Twitter and why.

In “An Exhaustive Study of Twitter Users Around the World,” analytics firm Beevolve claims to have crunched data from 36 million Twitter profiles. What they found probably corresponds to what you suspected: most Twitter users are young iPhone users from English speaking countries.

Charities’ Fundraising Improves Slightly, But Still Not Retaining Donors - The Paramus Post - Greater Paramus News and Lifestyle Webzine

Charities’ Fundraising Improves Slightly, But Still Not Retaining Donors - The Paramus Post - Greater Paramus News and Lifestyle Webzine: While we’ve seen some positive movement in the FEP survey numbers compared to previous years, the sector cannot become complacent when it comes to donor retention,” said Andrew Watt, president and CEO of AFP. “We’re still losing more donors than we gain, and that puts such a financial strain on our organizations because of inflation and the fact that it’s more expensive to find new donors than keep existing ones.”

Senior Fundraisers and CEO's Don't See Eye to Eye - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Senior Fundraisers and CEO's Don't See Eye to Eye - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Senior Fundraisers and CEO’s Don’t See Eye to Eye

October 11, 2012, 10:58 am

By Holly Hall

As turnover among fundraisers becomes a growing problem for nonprofits, a new study suggests that the revolving door in development offices may be due to a big gap in how chief executives and development officers see the process of attracting donations.

The study, conducted by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, questioned 70 community-college leaders and 137 chief fundraisers at such institutions.

Welsh voluntary sector is pleased with itself

Welsh voluntary sector is pleased with itself: Ninety per cent of Welsh trustees judged themselves ‘extremely’ or ‘very’ good at managing their charities in a Charity Commission survey.

The Commission regulates charities in England and Wales, and this is the first survey conducted amongst Welsh charities looking at how well trustees think they are running their organisation.

The survey was completed by trustees of over 500 charities with an income over �100,000 in Wales. There are more than 8,000 charities registered in the country in total, with a joint income of �1.9bn.

Philanthropy Management: China Strives to Adopt Another U.S. Practice: Strategic Philanthropy - San Diego, California News Station - KFMB Channel 8 - cbs8.com

Philanthropy Management: China Strives to Adopt Another U.S. Practice: Strategic Philanthropy - San Diego, California News Station - KFMB Channel 8 - cbs8.com: According to a UBS-Insead study, the earliest Chinese foundations were established barely 30 years ago but Chinese philanthropic initiatives are growing rapidly, with more than 70% formed since 2000. "While family giving is an established practice in much of Asia, China lacks a longstanding culture of structured philanthropy, though there is increasing social pressure on China's newly wealthy to give more generously," said Schwartz. In 2011, Chinese entrepreneur Cao Dewang gave $700 million in donations. Although this is dwarfed by Margaret A. Cargill's $6 billion bequest last year, it would have placed Dewang at number two in the US.

How charities can make the most of their reserves | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional

How charities can make the most of their reserves | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional: How charities can make the most of their reserves

Many charities do not keep a close enough eye on whether they have too much or too little in reserves, says Andy Rich

Stamps $33 Million, Alpert $6 Million Mark Rise in Giving - Businessweek

Stamps $33 Million, Alpert $6 Million Mark Rise in Giving - Businessweek: Nonprofits can expect to see more giving from wealthy donors, according to the 2012 Bank of America “Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy,” published last week.

About 24 percent of the 700 donors surveyed will increase their giving in the next three to five years. About 52.4 percent said their giving will remain at current levels, and 9.4 percent say they’ll give less.

Lasa report showcases top digital tips from sector leaders

Lasa report showcases top digital tips from sector leaders: Lasa has launched an online report exploring the potential of technologies for the sector and urged others to share their thoughts.

Titled Digital: What Every Charity Leader Should Know, the report asked 31 relevant parties to summarise their top five digital insights using one digital presentation slide. The report includes contributions from Martha Lane Fox (chair, Go On UK and the UK's digital champion), Nigel Lewis (CEO, AbilityNet), and Karl Wilding (head of foresight, NCVO).