First census of women on nonprofit boards gives new insights - Global Business Hub - Boston.com

First census of women on nonprofit boards gives new insights - Global Business Hub - Boston.com: <
By Ellen Keiley

The Boston Club, a premier organization of women executives and professionals promoting the advancement of women to significant and visible leadership roles, has taken notice of the major role nonprofits play in the economy and conducted the first ever Census of Women Directors and Chief Executives of Massachuetts’ Largest Nonprofit Organizations to see how nonprofits stack up. Nonprofits generate $234 billion in revenues and nonprofit jobs represented 16.7% of the total employment in Massachusetts in 2010.

Arts and culture sector has key role in UK economy, finds report

Arts and culture sector has key role in UK economy, finds report: The Arts Council England has today published its first analysis of the value of arts and culture to the national economy, finding that the sector has a turnover of �12.8bn.

The report, which was carried out by the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR), finds that arts and culture make up 0.4 per cent of GDP – with a turnover of �12.8bn per annum.

The arts and culture industry employed, on average, 110,600 full-time employees in the UK from 2008 to 2011, representing about 0.45 per cent of total employment in the UK. Further, the sector pays nearly five per cent more than the UK median salary of �26,095.

Giving grows 7% in 1st quarter � Philanthropy North Carolina

Giving grows 7% in 1st quarter � Philanthropy North Carolina: Charitable giving totaled $97.26 billion in the first three months of 2013, up 7.1 percent from the same period a year earlier, and is expected to total $383.15 billion for the year, up 3.9 percent from 2012, a new report says.

That would mark a decline in growth from 6.7 percent in 2012, says the Atlas of Giving.

How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy — HBS Working Knowledge

How Local Events Shake Up Corporate Philanthropy — HBS Working Knowledge: A recent research paper shows that enormous events like the Olympics lead to a dramatic, albeit relatively short-term increase in otherwise steady charitable-giving patterns among firms that are headquartered in the event's host city. Natural disasters also have a strong effect on firms' giving patterns, according to the study Punctuated Generosity: How Mega-events and Natural Disasters Affect Corporate Philanthropy in US Communities, which was published in the March issue of Administrative Science Quarterly.

Rumors Of Direct Mail’s Death Greatly Exaggerated | The NonProfit Times

Rumors Of Direct Mail’s Death Greatly Exaggerated | The NonProfit Times: Rumors Of Direct Mail’s Death Greatly Exaggerated
By The NonProfit Times - April 29, 2013

With the ever-growing popularity of e-mail and the Internet, it begs the question: Is direct mail dying? Based on information from Direct Marketing Association (DMA), the answer to that question is a resounding “no.”

That was one of the statistics examined in the “DMA 2013 Statistical Fact Book,” an annual publication based on the results of a survey of hundreds of nonprofits and businesses across the United States and covers a variety of direct-mail related topics.

Giving to charities up nearly �1bn but sector barely grows

Giving to charities up nearly �1bn but sector barely grows: Individual giving to charities increased by �945m in 2010/11, but the voluntary sector on the whole barely managed to grow in real terms as inflation ate away at minor improvements.

The NCVO Civil Society Almanac, released today, also shows that while the sector was steady in real terms, charities cut spending for only the second time on record and by the largest margin since 1996. Inflation meant that a �2bn increase in income to �38.3bn was, in real terms, flat; meanwhile charities cut costs by a real terms figure of �800m.

Strategic Communications | Campaigns and Fundraising Specialists

Strategic Communications | Campaigns and Fundraising Specialists: New research shows that charities must be multichannel when targeting younger generations or face a major donation deficit

London (24 April 2013) — UK not-for-profits are facing a generation gap in fundraising, according to a new report launched today by software and services firm Blackbaud and consultancies Xtraordinary Fundraising and Stratcom.

Angie Moore-Survey Results Are In! (The Real Skinny on Nonprofit Data) : FundRaising Success

Angie Moore-Survey Results Are In! (The Real Skinny on Nonprofit Data) : FundRaising Success: Two weeks ago I used my blog and even my colleagues at The AgitatorOpens in a new window blog to get as many nonprofits as possible to take a 10-minute survey. Why? Well, in early April I had a two-part blog on modeling that was the outcome of me asking experts in the industry four questions about modeling and how it can help those in the nonprofit industry be better fundraisers and marketers.

Study examines nonprofits' expenses - News - Citizens' Voice

Study examines nonprofits' expenses - News - Citizens' Voice: HARRISBURG - A new legislative study examining the financial picture for more than 600 nonprofit organizations in Pennsylvania appears as state lawmakers are moving a bill to assert their right to define what a public charity is.

“I Could Make So Much More in the Business Sector!” or Not - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly

“I Could Make So Much More in the Business Sector!” or Not - NPQ - Nonprofit Quarterly: The charge of the study was to look at a variety of expenditures for each nonprofit and for-profit service provider “for intellectual disability consolidated (Medicaid) waiver and community-based programs, community-based mental health, child welfare, and drug and alcohol services.” Among other things, they were to compare the compensation of executives (including the 20 highest-paid employees) and lobbying expenses. The study overall is quite interesting, and we recommend it to you. (The highlights of the report can be found here.)

Giving List value up, but proportion down

Giving List value up, but proportion down: The Sunday Times Giving List reveals a near record level of giving by the UK’s richest in cash terms, but rising levels of wealth mean that on the whole, the proportion of wealth being given away has dropped.

The value of the Sunday Times Giving List of 100 of the UK’s wealthiest people increased by 21 per cent year-on-year to reach �1.77bn.

Health Causes Appeal to Aussie Donors - Charity Index | Pro Bono Australia

Health Causes Appeal to Aussie Donors - Charity Index | Pro Bono Australia: The overall amount donated to charity by Australians grew by 2.6% in the year to February 2013 with health causes pulling hardest at donors heartstrings, according to the National Australia Bank’s Charitable Giving Index.

Philanthropy Study: Major Gifts Mostly Local - Newsroom - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick

Philanthropy Study: Major Gifts Mostly Local - Newsroom - Inside INdiana Business with Gerry Dick: NDIANAPOLIS, Ind. - For donors and charities, there's no place like home when it comes to very large gifts, according to a new study of publicly announced gifts of $1 million or more released today by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

Study details two types of nonprofits - News - The Times-Tribune

Study details two types of nonprofits - News - The Times-Tribune: HARRISBURG - Nearly half of the nonprofit organizations getting state aid to provide human services in Pennsylvania keep compensation for top employees below a $100,000 annual threshold, but that's not always the case for nonprofit hospitals, according to a legislative study released Tuesday.

The study by the Legislative Budget and Finance Committee highlights some wide disparities for levels of executive compensation and size of assets between community organizations and general acute care hospitals, both of which can be classified as nonprofits under state law.

Christianity Today Gleanings: More Evangelicals Donate Money Than 'Born-Again' Christians

Christianity Today Gleanings: More Evangelicals Donate Money Than 'Born-Again' Christians: According to Barna, its research shows that more than 3 in 4 evangelical Christians (79 percent) contributed money to a charity or church last year. Meanwhile, only 1 percent of all evangelicals reported making no charitable contribution at all—much less than the national average (13 percent reported no giving) and the average for non-Christian faiths (27 percent reported no giving).

Nonprofit Finance Fund | Where Money Meets Mission

Nonprofit Finance Fund | Where Money Meets Mission: In this year’s survey, nearly 6000 respondents from nonprofits across the country shared the details of how they are adapting their organizations and finances to economic conditions. The survey, which was supported for the third year in a row by the Bank of America Charitable Foundation, reveals that 2012 was a year in which organizations either made or planned to make significant changes in order to cope with mounting economic stress. As NFF CEO Antony Bugg-Levine put it, “Nonprofits are changing the way they do business because they have to: government funding is not returning to pre-recession levels, philanthropic dollars are limited, and demand for critical services has climbed dramatically. At the same time, 56 percent of nonprofits plan to increase the number of people served. That goal requires systemic change and innovation– both within the sector, and more broadly as a society that values justice, progress and economic opportunity.”

Bristol University | News from the University | School of Economics, Finance and Management

Bristol University | News from the University | School of Economics, Finance and Management: Professor Adrian Sargeant from Indiana University and Professor Jen Shang from the University of Bristol conducted an analysis of the UK’s most successful fundraising programmes to establish what factors differentiate outstanding fundraising from good fundraising and which elements contribute to an organisation doubling, trebling or even quadrupling its income.

The analysis included a survey to define the organisations and programmes perceived as having achieved great fundraising together with a series of detailed case studies of organisations as diverse as Save The Children, the British Heart Foundation, The Royal British Legion and the British Red Cross.

Funds Raised Increased at 58 Percent of US and Canadian Charities in 2012 - Press - AFP

Funds Raised Increased at 58 Percent of US and Canadian Charities in 2012 - Press - AFP: San Diego, CA) Nearly six in 10 charities surveyed (58 percent) raised more in 2012 than they did in 2011 from contributions, marking the first time since 2006 that significantly more than half showed such positive results. Last year at this time, 53 percent had raised more.

The research was released at the annual conference of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, a partner in the six-member Nonprofit Research Collaborative (NRC). This is the third annual report by the NRC and includes response

Adrian Sargeant argues why getting the right data and researchers is key - Institute of Fundraising

Adrian Sargeant argues why getting the right data and researchers is key - Institute of Fundraising: The recent Money for Good / New Philanthropy Capital report, ‘Understanding Donor Motivation and Behaviour’ should be withdrawn. It fails to add in any way to our knowledge of either topic and worse, provides ‘information’ that could be immensely damaging to the very charities they profess to be trying to help.

Live From AFP: Fundraisers Report Improved Results, Hitting Goals | The NonProfit Times

Live From AFP: Fundraisers Report Improved Results, Hitting Goals | The NonProfit Times: A majority of respondents to the annual Nonprofit Research Collaborative (NRC) study reported improved fundraising during 2012 and nearly two-thirds of them met their fundraising goals. Those meeting goal was the largest percentage since 2006.

Some 58 percent of respondents in the United States and Canada reported gains, up from 53 percent in 2011 and 43 percent in 2010. When it came to meeting goal, 63 percent, the highest share since the NRC started surveys, met goal in 2012. This is up from 52 percent in 2010 and 59 percent in 2011.