Making sense of charitable giving statistics | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional

Making sense of charitable giving statistics | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional: Making sense of charitable giving statistics

When surveys produce contradictory findings about donations, it can be difficult for charities to glean any insight from them

Nonprofit revenue, donor numbers drop � Philanthropy North Carolina

Nonprofit revenue, donor numbers drop � Philanthropy North Carolina: Nonprofit revenue fell slightly in the first nine months of 2012 as nonprofits continued to face the erosion in overall donor numbers they have experienced for most of the past five years, fueled mainly by declines in acquisition of new donors, a new report says.

In the face of those declines, median revenue in the first three quarters of 2012 fell a median 2 percent from the same period in 2011, according to the Target Q3 Index of National Fundraising Performance.

Voluntary sector workforce grew by 10 per cent in the year to September | Third Sector

Voluntary sector workforce grew by 10 per cent in the year to September | Third Sector: Analysis of the Labour Force Survey by the Office for National Statistics reveals there were 793,000 employees in the sector

The number of voluntary sector workers rose by almost 10 per cent in the year to the end of September, according to figures released today.

The figures are based on an analysis carried out by Skills – Third Sector, the Third Sector Research Centre and the National Council for Voluntary Organisations of the Labour Force Survey, a UK-wide study of private households repeated every quarter by the Office for National Statistics.

Finding a single voice for the sector is not easy, says report | Third Sector

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Finding a single voice for the sector is not easy, says report

Finding a single voice for the sector is not easy, says report

By David Ainsworth, Third Sector Online, 11 February 2013
Rob Macmillan

Rob Macmillan
Third Sector Research Centre academics Rob Macmillan and Heather Buckingham point to the complexity of trying to unify a vast sector that is a 'loose and baggy monster'

Leadership bodies will struggle to represent the whole of the voluntary sector in the face of government demands for a single voice to represent charities, a new discussion paper from the Third Sector Research Centre has warned.

Can nonprofit organizations boost a regional economy? - The Washington Post

Can nonprofit organizations boost a regional economy? - The Washington Post: In Montgomery County, at least, a new report concludes that nonprofit groups have indeed played an important role in boosting the labor market and the broader economy, a finding that the study’s sponsors hope will inform policymaking and corporate strategizing in the community.