This update includes trends and analysis on over $30 million in donations to more than 20,000 charities through the Network for Good platform in the second quarter (Q2) of 2012. The platform includes donations to Network for Good’s nonprofit customers through their own websites; other nonprofits through more than 40 corporate partner websites; and Network for Good’s giving portals, NetworkforGood.org and SixDegrees.org.

How well are large charities governed? | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional

How well are large charities governed? | Voluntary Sector Network | Guardian Professional: Detailed research by Compass Partnership and Cass Centre for Charity Effectiveness has revealed key findings in the effective governance of charities. Over the last 20 years, great effort has been put into reviewing governance and making improvements. We wanted to discover how successful large charities have been in doing so and, crucially, which characteristics of governance are associated with high performance.

Number of women FDs at top-100 charities continues to fall - Charity finance news - News - Civil Society

Number of women FDs at top-100 charities continues to fall - Charity finance news - News - Civil Society: Fewer women occupy the top finance jobs at the UK’s largest 100 charities than six years ago, exclusive new research by Charity Finance magazine has revealed.

Behaviour is key to successful governance, survey finds - Charity governance and trustee news - News - Civil Society

Behaviour is key to successful governance, survey finds - Charity governance and trustee news - News - Civil Society: A survey of the 500 largest charities has revealed that their governance would be improved by focusing on their leaders’ behaviour, rather than structures and processes.

Survey says: Most noprofiteers blend their personal/professional brands | Big Duck

Survey says: Most noprofiteers blend their personal/professional brands | Big Duck: Last week I had the joy of presenting a workshop with the fabulous Danielle Brigida of the National Wildlife Federation at the 7th Annual Bridge to Integrated Marketing & Fundraising Conference in Washington, DC. To gear up for our session on "Mixing Business and Pleasure: Managing Your Personal Brand in Social Media," we asked nonprofiteers (readers like you!) to respond to a quick survey about their own behaviors.

We heard from 209 nonprofit staff, consultants, and the people who love us--and some of the results suprised us. While not scientific, the survey offers some interesting insights and we highlighted the key findings in our presentation (included in the slides below and online here). Here are some of those insights:

Boomer women bigger donors, study says � Philanthropy North Carolina

Boomer women bigger donors, study says � Philanthropy North Carolina: At all income levels, and no matter what share of permanent income they give, Boomer and older women give 89 percent more to charity than their male counterparts, says Women Give 2012, a study from the Women’s Philanthropy Institute at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University.

Among women in the top 25 percent of permanent income who give at the highest level, or 3 percent or more of income, Boomer and older women give 156 percent more than men the same circumstances.

Grey Matter - Non-profit Overhead

Grey Matter - Non-profit Overhead: The average American adult believes it is reasonable for non-profit organizations to spend 23 cents out of every dollar on overhead expenses such as fundraising and administration. The problem is, that same average adult believes non-profits actually spend 37 cents out of every dollar on overhead – in other words, 60% more than they should.



These figures come from a new study conducted by Grey Matter Research (Phoenix, Arizona) among a demographically representative sample of 1,011 American adults. The study is titled Where’d My Money Go?, and is a follow-up to a 2008 study of the same name.

Study Reveals The Geography of Charitable Giving : NPR

Study Reveals The Geography of Charitable Giving : NPR: Ever wonder how charitable the people are who live in your state or community? It turns out that lower-income people tend to donate a much bigger share of their discretionary incomes than wealthier people do. And rich people are more generous when they live among those who aren't so rich.

How America Gives - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

How America Gives - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

Local infrastructure organisations to lose 19 per cent of income this year, poll finds | Third Sector

Local infrastructure organisations to lose 19 per cent of income this year, poll finds | Third Sector: Findings of a Navca survey paint a worrying picture of the state of the sector, says Joe Irvin, its chief executive

Local infrastructure organisations are expected to see an average 19 per cent drop in their income over the next year, according to a report published by Navca today.

A survey carried out by the local infrastructure umbrella body among 90 of its 350 members in April and May showed that average income was expected to fall from �477,500 in 2011/12 to �385,000 in 2012/13.

Local nonprofits look for new ways to navigate tough economic times - St. Louis Beacon

Local nonprofits look for new ways to navigate tough economic times - St. Louis Beacon: Nonprofit organizations are experiencing a tectonic shift in the way they function, requiring many organizations to experiment with new practices, said Rob Reich at the annual Philanthropic Landscape event on Thursday. The event presented the results of the organization's survey of more than 500 St. Louis area nonprofits, grant makers and community representatives.

New Study: Donations Grow at Slow�Pace - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media -

New Study: Donations Grow at Slow�Pace - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media -: Nonprofits raised $298.4 billion in 2011, according Giving USA, one of the largest studies conducted in the nonprofit sector. While $298.4 billion might seem like a lot of money, it’s only about 2% of the GDP. The study also shows how much charities are still struggling to raise money in a bad economy. Charitable giving only grew by 0.9%. At this rate, philanthropic giving would not recover until 2022, said Patrick Rooney, Executive Director of the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy, which coordinates the Giving USA study.

Pro-bono work tops nonprofits’ volunteer needs � Philanthropy North Carolina

Pro-bono work tops nonprofits’ volunteer needs � Philanthropy North Carolina: Still, nonprofits face challenges making productive use of volunters, says the Pro Bono Readiness Survey conducted by LBG Research Institute for a collaborative convened by Capital One Financial Corporation and including Common Impact, Points of Light and the Taproot Found

Women bring a new approach to philanthropy - CSMonitor.com

Women bring a new approach to philanthropy - CSMonitor.com: Women are taking ownership," said Andrea Pactor, associate director of the Women's Philanthropy Institute at Indiana University, which has found that female-headed households are more likely to give to charity than male-headed households, and that in nearly all income groups women give more than men.

Sonoma Valley Sun | Sonoma nonprofit executive directors earn about $95,000 a year � Nonprofit Matters

Sonoma Valley Sun | Sonoma nonprofit executive directors earn about $95,000 a year � Nonprofit Matters: The results of the 2012 “Fair Pay for Northern California Nonprofits Compensation and Benefits Survey” are in and things are looking up for the employees of our local nonprofits. Nonprofit Compensation Associates has produced an annual survey among the 48 counties in Northern California for the past 33 years and was generous enough to provide a customized report summarizing the results regarding the 29 nonprofit organizations in Sonoma County that were included in the study. The study reports that salaries are up two to two-and-a-half percent over the prior year.

Donors trust charities, non-donors far less, says FRSB research | UK Fundraising

Donors trust charities, non-donors far less, says FRSB research | UK Fundraising: People who give to charity are much more likely to trust charities than those who do not give. This was confirmed by research commissioned by the Fundraising Standards Board (FRSB).

North Jersey non-profits still see giving suffering from recession - NorthJersey.com

North Jersey non-profits still see giving suffering from recession - NorthJersey.com: Economists tell us the recession has officially been over for three years.

They should try telling that to charity officials.

Or to the people who make donations.

A recent survey of more than 2,500 non-profits found contributions are down across the country so far this year. That comes on the heels of the nation’s largest study of charitable giving, which found that donations in 2011 were virtually unchanged from the recession-depressed levels of the year before, after adjusting for inflation.

Consumers, i.e., Donors, Starting To Like Tumblr - TheNonProfitTimes

Consumers, i.e., Donors, Starting To Like Tumblr - TheNonProfitTimes: Tumblr, to me, is a great platform to reach a new, young audience,” said Rochee Jeffrey, FB’s social media coordinator. FB’s Tumblr has between 25,000 and 30,000 (number of Tumblr followers are not made public), compared to 22,000 Facebook fans and 20,000 Twitter followers. “The virality factor is fairly high. We’ve had more success spreading messages on Tumblr than Twitter or Facebook,” said Jeffrey.

The Blackbaud Index: Overall Charitable Giving down 1.1% in May and Online Giving up 6.9% - Press Release - Digital Journal

Press Release

The Blackbaud Index: Overall Charitable Giving down 1.1% in May and Online Giving up 6.9% - Press Release - Digital Journal: Charleston, South Carolina (PRWEB) July 02, 2012

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving, a broad-based fundraising index that reports overall giving trends of 2,564 US-based nonprofit organizations representing $7.1 billion in yearly giving on a monthly basis, today reported that charitable giving decreased 1.1% for the three months ending May 2012 as compared to the same period in 2011. The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving, comprised of actual revenue data from 2,026 nonprofits representing $387 million in yearly online giving, reported that online giving rose 6.9% for the three months ending May 2012 as compared to the same period in 2011.

Number of women trustees at the largest UK charities rises - Civil Society - Governance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits

Number of women trustees at the largest UK charities rises - Civil Society - Governance - News - providing news and in-depth coverage of charities, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits: Charity 100 Index boards include increasing numbers of women, but they are falling short in other areas of diversity, according to the Trustee Leadership of the Largest 100 Charities survey published this month.

The survey, which is in its third year, is a biennial look into the make-up of trustee boards on the Charity 100 Index, which tracks income levels of the largest 100 charities in the UK.