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The AFP Blog: "A lot of great news came out of the conference—so much so I’m having trouble getting to it all! Some of the best news was the results from the Nonprofit Research Collaborative’s 2014 Year-End Fundraising Survey.

The Nonprofit Research Collaborative (NRC) is a group of nonprofits, associations and for-profits serving the sector who are putting their efforts together in creating and supporting one common fundraising survey to support fundraising and philanthropy."



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Arts and Culture Contribute $100 Million to the Ann Arbor Economy - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

Arts and Culture Contribute $100 Million to the Ann Arbor Economy - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly:



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Déjà Vu All Over Again: Nonprofit Survey Results - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

Déjà Vu All Over Again: Nonprofit Survey Results - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

Staff wellbeing in the voluntary and public sectors - take our survey | Society Professionals | The Guardian

Staff wellbeing in the voluntary and public sectors - take our survey | Society Professionals | The Guardian: "Research shows that – on average – the annual absence from work in the public sector was 9.6 days, 8.3 days in the not-for-profit sector and 6.6 days in the private sector. This is costly for the sectors – with the median annual cost of public-sector absence being £899 per employee, which is nearly £300 more than other sector."



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Half of Colleges and Private Schools Use Social Media to Raise Money - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Half of Colleges and Private Schools Use Social Media to Raise Money - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "More than half of the colleges and private schools that participated in a new survey are using social media to raise money. Fifty-seven percent of the 551 survey participants who answered a question regarding online donations said they knew their institutions were using social media for this purpose."



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The Blackbaud Index: Overall Charitable Giving Increased 1.7 Percent | Blackbaud News

The Blackbaud Index: Overall Charitable Giving Increased 1.7 Percent | Blackbaud News: "The Blackbaud Index today reported that overall charitable giving to nonprofits increased 1.7% and online giving increased 9.9% for the three months ending March 2015 as compared to the same period in 2014.
As reported in the 2014 Charitable Giving Report, overall giving grew 2.1% while online giving grew 8.9% for the full year 2014 compared to the full year 2013. Learn more about charitable giving trends in 2014 and gain additional insight from nonprofit industry experts by downloading the report at www.blackbaud.com/charitablegiving."



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Survey Says Diversity in Giving Changing Landscape American Philanthropy : Page 1 of 1 : FundRaising Success

Survey Says Diversity in Giving Changing Landscape American Philanthropy : Page 1 of 1 : FundRaising Success: "In order to take a look at the current fundraising landscape, nonprofit software provider Blackbaud recently released its latest study, Diversity in Giving: The Changing Landscape of American Philanthropy. The study, conducted in October 2014, surveyed 1,096 U.S. adults who say they have donated to a nonprofit in the past 12 months. What it found is that "nearly three-fourths of donors today are non-Hispanic whites, despite the fact that whites make up only 64 percent of the population. "



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