Leading Study In Corporate Societal Engagement Shows Considerable Growth Since 2007 - WSJ.com

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Leading Study In Corporate Societal Engagement Shows Considerable Growth Since 2007 - WSJ.com: While economic recovery is taking its time, companies have not waited to rebound with their giving programs; the majority of companies increased giving since 2007 after adjusting for inflation, despite a slow recovery of corporate profits since the economic downturn. Both cash and non-cash giving increased during this timeframe, with a higher percentage of non-cash contributions in 2012 defining the post-recession giving era. In addition, companies offered more paid-release time and outside-company time volunteer programs to engage employees in their giving programs, and the largest percentage of a typical company's giving budget went to support K-12 and higher education programs. CECP, where Fortune 500 CEOs turn to achieve societal progress and sustainable business performance, released at the CECP Summit the first analysis of 2012 corporate giving data drawn from its Corporate Giving Standard (CGS) survey, conducted in association with The Conference Board.

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massnonprofit.org ::: Program-related investments (PRIs) are tools such as low-interest loans or equity investments that provide opportunities for foundations to go beyond grant making to allocate a greater share of their resources to support and assist nonprofits and achieve the foundation’s philanthropic goals while maintaining or growing its assets. In turn, this allows foundations to recycle their funds and leverage them for greater impact. Private foundations can count PRIs as part of their annual minimum payout.

The report from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy finds, sponsored by Mission Throttle, analyzes key trends in foundations’ use of program-related investing between 2000 and 2010, the latest year for which data are available.

22 major donors share their giving motives and values | UK Fundraising

22 major donors share their giving motives and values | UK Fundraising: 22 major donors share their giving motives and values
Published on 4 June 2013, by howardlake

The Institute for Philanthropy has published details of the values and beliefs which motivate 22 major donors to give to charity.

The paper, "After The Giving Pledge: Giving Behaviour of 22 Wealthy Donors", was written in the year that the Giving Pledge, founded by Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates in 2010, was extended to wealthy donors outside the US. Eight signatories from non-US countries have brought the total number of those who have taken the Pledge to 105.

The donors interviewed by the Institute for Philanthropy come from the UK, the US, Brazil, Canada, Lebanon and Mexico. Their foundations have an average endowment of $79 million and they give away each year an average of $2.1m.

The Blackbaud Index Debuts Fundraising Benchmark Calculator | Blackbaud News

The Blackbaud Index Debuts Fundraising Benchmark Calculator | Blackbaud News: Charleston, S.C. (June 3, 2013) – Blackbaud, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLKB) today announced the launch of new features and specialty indices in The Blackbaud Index, a free charitable giving index, to make it easier for nonprofits to benchmark their fundraising results.

The Index now features a fundraising benchmark calculator that will allow users to easily chart their own results against the Index, historical data to provide a fuller view of charitable giving, and new specialty indices focused on healthcare and medical research organizations.

Promotion as important as donation for philanthropy, research finds | Campden FB

Promotion as important as donation for philanthropy, research finds | Campden FB: Wealthy philanthropists who are discreet about their giving could be undermining their charitable efforts, a new study examining cultural trends in philanthropy reveals.

The first Individual Philanthropy Index, conducted by Forbes Insights and French bank BNP Paribas and examining philanthropic giving in Asia, Europe and the Middle East, also found that motivating factors for giving varied across the regions studied.

Closing the gender gap in nonprofits - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Closing the gender gap in nonprofits - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The Bayer Center is conducting ongoing research through a foundation-funded project, "74 Percent: Exploring the Lives of Women Leaders in Nonprofit Organizations."

The project takes its name from Bayer Center research that found that while 225,000 or about 74 percent of the 300,000 people employed in nonprofits in the Pittsburgh region are women, men consistently out-earn their female counterparts.

Few funders make loans, equity investments � Philanthropy North Carolina

Few funders make loans, equity investments � Philanthropy North Carolina: Total investment by foundations in program-related investments such as low-interest loans and equity investments grew to $701 million in 2009 from $139 million in 1990, while the average size of those investments grew steadily to more than $1.5 million in 2009 from just over $660,000 in 2000, says the study by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, which cited IRS data.

Yet over the past 20 years, only about 1 percent of U.S. foundations each year made program-related investments, or PRIs, the report, Leveraging the Power of Foundations, which was sponsored by Mission Throttle.

Study quantifies impact of nonprofits in Stonington - The Westerly Sun: News

Study quantifies impact of nonprofits in Stonington - The Westerly Sun: News: STONINGTON — A recent study of the town’s nonprofit agencies shows that these organizations are a valuable resource not only in improving the lives of local residents but also as an economic driver in the community.

Bristol University | News from the University | Centre for Market and Public Organisation

Bristol University | News from the University | Centre for Market and Public Organisation: Charities could benefit from an additional �40 million per year if a new intervention designed to automatically enroll donors to a scheme that increases their donations by three per cent a year is implemented. This is just one of the findings from a new report, published today by the Cabinet Office, which aimed to explore new and innovative ways of increasing charitable giving.

The study, led by Michael Sanders, a member of the Cabinet Office’s Behavioural Insights Team (BIT) and a researcher at the University’s Centre for Market and Public Organisation, was carried out in partnership with the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).

BizTimes: Milwaukee and Southeastern Wisconsin Business News | BizTimes

BizTimes: Milwaukee and Southeastern Wisconsin Business News | BizTimes: The majority of nonprofit organizations in southeastern Wisconsin have recovered from the Great Recession and most expect more donations in 2013 than they received in 2012, according to a new report.

The first BizTimes Nonprofit Survey was conducted by a class of advanced journalism students at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (see accompanying story). The survey asked the top executives at organizations listed in the BizTimes Nonprofit Directory to assess their charities' financial health and document their ongoing needs.

Executives from 79 nonprofit organizations responded to the survey.

�4bn could be generated in charitable legacies if solicitors just asked

�4bn could be generated in charitable legacies if solicitors just asked: A potential �4bn of funding could be unlocked for the charity sector if solicitors were to remind those writing a will to consider giving to charity, according to a study conducted by the Cabinet Office’s behavioural insights team.

The study is one of five trials informing a report, released today by the team, to uncover ways the sector could potentially boost its income. It found that encouraging people to consider leaving a gift to charity in their will could double the number of legacy donations. It further found that creating a personal connection, by asking if there were any charities the individual is passionate about, could lead to triple the number of legacy gifts.

Ethical Behavior in the Workplace: Women Less Likely to Compromise: Associations Now

Ethical Behavior in the Workplace: Women Less Likely to Compromise: Associations Now: Study: Women Less Likely to Compromise on Ethics in Business

Reasonable Compensation: A Section 4958 Primer | Planned Giving Design Center

Reasonable Compensation: A Section 4958 Primer | Planned Giving Design Center: Summary

Last month the Internal Revenue Service published its final Colleges and Universities Compliance Project report, which included an examination of executive compensation in connection with the excess benefit transaction rules under IRC section 4958. In this article, PGDC contributing author Dennis Walsh, CPA examines the findings of the report and suggests actions to be taken and questions to be asked by nonprofits when setting executive compensation.

Is Hosting The Olympics Good For Local Charities? The Psychology Of Philanthropy

Is Hosting The Olympics Good For Local Charities? The Psychology Of Philanthropy: It is often believed that mega-events like the Olympics are good for a city but though many of the benefits are implied they get a monetary value attached; 'leadership','world-stage', etc. The hangover that occurs economically afterward often leave countries wondering who did the math.

New Studies on Philanthropic Giving Trends Show Hopeful Signs for Nonprofits and Communities in Need - PR Newswire - The Sacramento Bee

New Studies on Philanthropic Giving Trends Show Hopeful Signs for Nonprofits and Communities in Need - PR Newswire - The Sacramento Bee

Nonprofits lag on investment policies � Philanthropy North Carolina

Nonprofits lag on investment policies � Philanthropy North Carolina: Among over 150 finance executives at trade associations, public charities and other nonprofits participating in a survey conducted in February for a third-party research firm and analyzed by Raffa Wealth Management, 38 percent lack guidelines that require sufficient levels of diversification and 43 percent neglect to indicate the degree of discretion given to outside advisers.

Leadership and skills review calls for graduate training scheme for the voluntary sector | Third Sector

Leadership and skills review calls for graduate training scheme for the voluntary sector | Third Sector: One recommendation of the working group, led by Dame Mary Marsh, says a programme similar to Teach First should be developed to attract young talent

The voluntary sector should develop a graduate training scheme to create clearer career pathways for young people, a review led by Dame Mary Marsh has concluded.

The review, commissioned by the Cabinet Office, looked at skills and leadership in the voluntary sector and has today published its findings on a new website, www.leadingsocial.org.

Corporate philanthropy: good for the soul — and your bottom line | VentureBeat

Corporate philanthropy: good for the soul — and your bottom line | VentureBeat: A recent study from the Reputation Institute shows that increasing local community engagement is one of the most effective means by which a company can improve its overall reputation and, ultimately, bottom line. For those of us in the field of corporate philanthropy this research comes as no surprise. We see a myriad of examples of how companies do well by doing good. It is high time for people to stop thinking of these values (philanthropy versus profit) as competing or mutually exclusive. In fact, they are often symbiotic.

Volunteer centres' income has fallen 'substantially', NCVO survey finds

Volunteer centres' income has fallen 'substantially', NCVO survey finds: Volunteer centres are struggling to pull in funding, according to NCVO, with 63 per cent of those that responded to an annual survey reporting a fall in income last year.

Forty per cent reported that the drop in income was 25 per cent or more. Just over a quarter saw an increase in funding in 2011/12 compared to the previous year and 11 per cent saw their income stay within 1 per cent of the 2010/11 levels, according to NCVO’s Annual Return for Volunteer Centres.

The AFP Blog: Growth in Salaries: A Good Sign for Future Fundraising

The AFP Blog: Growth in Salaries: A Good Sign for Future Fundraising: So we can take heart in the latest results of AFP’s Compensation and Benefits Survey Report, which looks at salaries from 2012. The average fundraising salary in the U.S. increased by nine percent from 2011, and in Canada the growth was even stronger: 13 percent.