Tuesday, May 20, 2014

The most charitable states in America | Deseret News

The most charitable states in America | Deseret News: A recent Gallup poll has ranked each U.S. state by its charitable giving, listing Utah, Minnesota, and Hawaii as the most generous states.

A minimum of 600 citizens per state were asked whether they had personally donated money to charity, spent time volunteering with an organization, or both over the past month. All 50 states were polled between June and December of 2013.

Ordinary Aristocrats: Philanthropists as Ethical Leaders? | Pro Bono Australia

Ordinary Aristocrats: Philanthropists as Ethical Leaders? | Pro Bono Australia: New research into the way Australian philanthropists are portrayed as ethical leaders in the national media has found that the portrayal reinforces social and economic inequality.

Monday, May 19, 2014

More fundraisers see higher pay; average salaries drop � Philanthropy North Carolina

More fundraisers see higher pay; average salaries drop � Philanthropy North Carolina: More fundraising professionals in the U.S. and Canada got a boost in their average income in 2013, compared to 2012, but average salaries fell nearly eight percent, a new survey says.

And a longstanding and large gap persisted between pay for men and women in fundraising jobs, while the average turnover rate among fundraisers grew slightly, says the 2014 Compensation and Benefits Study from the Association of Fundraising Professionals.

Online Fundraising Goes Mainstream - Online Fundraising - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Online Fundraising Goes Mainstream - Online Fundraising - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: Online giving is still growing, but triple-digit annual increases are a thing of the past.

Internet fundraising grew by roughly 13 percent last year, according to a survey of 100 of the largest nonprofits conducted by The Chronicle.