Thursday, April 04, 2013

Financial Security and Careers in the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector | Independent Sector

Financial Security and Careers in the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector | Independent Sector: Financial Security and Careers in the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector
Key findings from a joint study by the TIAA-CREF Institute and Independent Sector

According to the study - Financial Security and Careers in the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector - about 45 percent of all employees in the sector are not confident with their ability to prepare financially for retirement.

Nearly half of population 'gives to charity at least once a month

Nearly half of population 'gives to charity at least once a month: Poll by the microfinance provider Oikocredit says one in ten gives once a week, but 17 per cent do so less than once a year
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One in 10 people say they give to charity once a week and 47 per cent say they give at least once a month, according to a survey by microfinance provider Oikocredit.

But 17 per cent of people say they give to charity less than once a year.

The survey, which examines the importance of transparent investment to donors, is based on a poll of 2,016 people across the UK.

Wednesday, April 03, 2013

Poorest people give highest proportion of income to charity, says study

Poorest people give highest proportion of income to charity, says study: The percentage of people who donate has fallen in the downturn, but the average amount given has increased slightly, according to analysis by Professor Yaojun Li

The average amount given by donors to charity has increased during the downturn, but the proportion of those giving fell by seven percentage points, according to a new study.

Professor Yaojun Li, from the Institute for Social Change at the University of Manchester, analysed 105,731 replies to the government's annual Citizenship Survey over the 10 years to 2011.

Charity CEOs not coping well with financial climate, says survey

Charity CEOs not coping well with financial climate, says survey: Over half of interim charity managers say future leaders of the charity sector will come from the business or corporate sector, with a third saying current charity chief executives are not coping well with financial pressures.

Tuesday, April 02, 2013

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CEOs Key to Aussie Fundraising - Report | Pro Bono Australia

CEOs Key to Aussie Fundraising - Report | Pro Bono Australia: CEOs are the lynchpin of fundraising, and board members are giving and serving in many ways but few have fundraising as a clear expectation in their governance role or receive any training in it, according to new Australian research.

These are some key findings from an exploratory study aiming to build an evidence base about the role Australian Not for Profit CEOs and boards play in supporting fundraising and development by Alexandra Williamson and Dr Wendy Scaife, from the Australian Centre for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Studies (ACPNS) at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane.

Nonprofit investors expect portfolio growth | Philanthropy North Carolina

Nonprofit investors expect portfolio growth | Philanthropy North Carolina: Nonprofit institutional investors and pension funds expect portfolios to grow in 2013 and over the next three years and five years, a new survey says.

Among 217 institutional investors with combined assets of $123 billion who attended the Commonfund Forum and responded to the third annual Commonfund Investor Outlook Survey, investment in emerging markets also is expected to continue to grow.

Investors’ average forecast for the S&P 500 Index is for growth of 7.9 percent, with a median forecast of 8 percent.

Book Review: Why Philanthropy Matters - WSJ.com

Book Review: Why Philanthropy Matters - WSJ.com: In 2011, a research study conducted by Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy revealed that annual charitable gifts from households whose wealth came from their own business or their family's were no different, on average, from the gifts of those who had inherited their wealth. An earlier version of the study, conducted in 2007, before the onset of the recession, found that current-generation business owners and their relatives were giving three times as much as heirs and heiresses did. Far from holding on to every hard-earned cent, in other words, entreprene