Charities must build confidence to unlock £1.7bn text donation opportunity » Charity Digital News

Charities must build confidence to unlock £1.7bn text donation opportunity » Charity Digital News: "Only 17 per cent of UK adults prefer to use their smartphone to make a charity donation according to new research released today by Fonix and One Poll, "



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11% of people will volunteer for New Year’s resolution, says Barnardo’s research » Charity Digital News

11% of people will volunteer for New Year’s resolution, says Barnardo’s research » Charity Digital News: "The research shows we’re a caring bunch with just one person wanting to enter the XFactor spotlight, while (14 per cent) fancy volunteering, (11 per cent) fundraising and (six per cent) donating money to charity."



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America’s Billionaire Entrepreneurs Give Nearly US$180 Million In Lifetime, More Than Other UHNW Donor Groups | Wealth-X

America’s Billionaire Entrepreneurs Give Nearly US$180 Million In Lifetime, More Than Other UHNW Donor Groups | Wealth-X: "Here are some other key findings from the report:
Global philanthropic giving among the world’s ultra wealthy totaled US$112 billion in 2014, equivalent to the GDP of Morocco.
The typical UHNW philanthropist donates $28.7 million in his or her lifetime.
UHNW individuals each contributed, on average, US$530,100 last year in the form of donations and pledges to philanthropy.
America’s ultra wealthy women who inherited their wealth give nearly 19% of their fortune to charitable causes, more than any other UHNW donor group.
73.2% of UHNW philanthropists are self-made.
65% of UHNW individuals donate over $1 million throughout their lifetimes.
Based on total donations, India has the most generous donors, followed by the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.
Based on total donations as a percentage of net worth, the United Kingdom has the most generous donors, followed by the United States and Hong Kong.
Education remains the most popular cause that UHNW individuals donate to, followed by health."



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Abila Highlights Key Nonprofit Fundraising Trends to Watch in 2016 | Abila

Abila Highlights Key Nonprofit Fundraising Trends to Watch in 2016 | Abila: " In a recent survey of Association of Fundraising Professionals (AFP) members, more than 80 percent said integration between their fundraising and accounting software was important. Integration hubs will play a role as technology is used to break down friction between departments, and between organizations and their donors."



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Charity in the Checkout Line | CAF America

Charity in the Checkout Line | CAF America: "A recent study conducted by the Good Scout Group found that 71% of consumers surveyed have participated in a charity at checkout program. This success rate has ensured that, despite the fact that 66% of donors give less than $2, such programs can still raise an incredibly impactful amount of money. In their most recent exploration of point of sale donations, the Cause Marketing Forum found that the 63 largest corporations who participated in these campaigns raised $358 million in 2012. There are promising signs in the Good Scout Group’s study that this figure can continue to grow. Of respondents who recall the last charity they supported at the register 79% felt more positively about that charity, a strong indication that they would be likely to support that organization again in the future. Additionally, 60% of consumers felt more positively about retailers who participated in such programs, making them more likely to remain loyal to those brands moving forward. Charity in the checkout line presents itself as a win-win for both charities and retail corporations."



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6 Major Shifts in Corporate Philanthropy, New Report Finds

6 Major Shifts in Corporate Philanthropy, New Report Finds:



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Nonprofits Can’t Keep Ignoring Talent Development

Nonprofits Can’t Keep Ignoring Talent Development:



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Are We There Yet? A Conversation on Performance Measures in the Third Sector | Nonprofit Quarterly

Are We There Yet? A Conversation on Performance Measures in the Third Sector | Nonprofit Quarterly: "What’s on the horizon for nonprofit accountability? How can scholars help practitioners make sense of these changes? Last month, 1,000 researchers and pracademics gathered in Chicago to discuss these and other questions at the annual meeting of the Association for Research on Nonprofit Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA)."



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Mental-Health Groups Miss Opportunities to Build Support - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Mental-Health Groups Miss Opportunities to Build Support - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "In the aftermath of tragic events perpetrated by people who are mentally ill, such as mass shootings, 88 percent of charities focused on mental-health issues did not alter their fundraising efforts, according to a new study."



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Inside 3 ‘Big Bets’ for Social Change - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Inside 3 ‘Big Bets’ for Social Change - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "That, in simple terms, is the question at the heart of new research by Bridgespan, the nonprofit consultant that works with both philanthropists and charities. Bridgespan’s data confirms the conventional wisdom that few big gifts go to social change; reviewing publicly announced commitments of $10 million or more from 2000 to 2012, it found only a fifth of the total dollars each year went to charities working in education, the environment, health, social services, or similar fields."



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SFPL’s Branch Library Improvement Program Generates Significant Return on Investment and Benefit to Local Economy | SFPL News Releases

SFPL’s Branch Library Improvement Program Generates Significant Return on Investment and Benefit to Local Economy | SFPL News Releases: "For every $1 invested in the San Francisco Branch Library Improvement Program, the city realized a return of between $5.19 and $9.11, according to a new impact study released by the San Francisco Controller’s Office.

The report, Reinvesting and Renewing for the 21st Century: A Community and Economic Benefits Study of San Francisco’s Branch Library Improvement Program, takes both a qualitative and quantitative analysis of the 14-year library project that resulted in the building or renovating of 24 of San Francisco’s 27 neighborhood branch libraries."



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Facts and Figures - Baby Boomers, Charities, and an Ageing Population | nfpSynergy

Facts and Figures - Baby Boomers, Charities, and an Ageing Population | nfpSynergy: "Those aged 50 and over hold 80% of the UK’s wealth and those over 60 contribute more than half of all charitable donations (Pudelek: 2014).
Those born before 1945, give 34% more than the baby boomer generation (born between 1946 and 1964) (Pudelek: 2013).
40% of older people have shopped online (ONS: 2014), but only 17.4% of older donors give online (Xtraordinary Fundraising et al.: 2014)."



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Nonprofit news roundup, 11.20.15 « Philanthropy North Carolina

Nonprofit news roundup, 11.20.15 « Philanthropy North Carolina: "Giving by donor-advised funds surges

Charitable giving from donor-advised funds grew 27 percent in 2014 to $12.49 billion, while contributions from donors to donor-advised funds grew 14.1 percent to $19.66 billion, and grantmaking assets of donor-advised funds grew $23.9 percent to $70.7 billion, a new report says."



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Charity Commission report shows ‘charities often overstate governance costs’

Charity Commission report shows ‘charities often overstate governance costs’: "A report published by the Charity Commission has shown that many charities may “often overstate governance costs” in their public annual returns or accounts.
The report, published today by the Charity Commission as part of its Accounts Monitoring Review, identified 76 charities with incomes of over £500,000 that appeared to have high governance costs of more than 20 per cent of total expenditure."



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Matching nonprofit and for-profit missions- The Nonprofit TimesThe NonProfit Times

Matching nonprofit and for-profit missions- The Nonprofit TimesThe NonProfit Times: "The most common element of a successful corporate philanthropy partnership — cited by 77 percent of firms in a survey — was that an organization’s mission is aligned with the company’s philanthropic focus.

Xiaonan (Coco) Kou presented the findings during a session titled, “Giving Beyond Borders: A Study of Global Giving by U.S. Corporations” during a symposium at Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy."



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Key Findings | Center for Disaster Philanthropy

Key Findings | Center for Disaster Philanthropy: "Jointly produced by Foundation Center and the Center for Disaster Philanthropy, Measuring the State of Disaster Philanthropy 2015: Data to Drive Decisions analyzes funding trends for disasters and humanitarian crises in 2013. In addition to examining U.S. foundation funding, this second annual report integrates other disaster-related funding data, including bilateral and multilateral aid, corporate giving, and online giving, to paint a more detailed picture of how institutional philanthropy is situated within the broader disaster funding landscape."



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New Data Reveals A Shift in Perception of Veterans Among Nation’s Top Nonprofits - ServiceNation

New Data Reveals A Shift in Perception of Veterans Among Nation’s Top Nonprofits - ServiceNation: "ServiceNation released a new poll today — in conjunction with Greenberg Quinlan Rosner Research, Be The Change, Inc. and Got Your 6 — revealing that nonprofits leaders see veterans as leaders and assets, and are eager to hire veterans for national service. The survey — which was conducted with support from the Robert R. McCormick Foundation — shows that a majority of nonprofit leaders believe that veterans’ military service provides them with unique skills and training, and makes them particularly valuable assets to nonprofits and national service organizations."



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Parents of Only Daughters and 1st-Born Sons Are More Generous Donors - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Parents of Only Daughters and 1st-Born Sons Are More Generous Donors - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: "Households with more than one child are more likely to give — and donate a bigger share of their income — if the eldest is a son, a new study finds. But parents with only one child are more likely to give and to donate generously if that child is a daughter.

The report from the Women's Philanthropy Institute at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy is based on giving data from more than 13,000 people and is the first to study the effects child gender and birth order have on parents' charitable giving, researchers say."



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Majority of mergers driven by financial distress, according to research

Majority of mergers driven by financial distress, according to research: "Less than 0.01 per cent of charities merged last year but the majority of those that did were driven by financial distress, the 2015 Good Mergers Index has revealed.
Some 53 per cent of merging organisations made losses in the year before their merger, while charities that were subject to the biggest local authority cuts were “merger hotspots”, according to the report by Eastside Primetimers, a consultancy which specialises in sector mergers. They included health and social care charities, which acocunted for 43 per cent of all deals."



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Study: Atheist kids more generous than religious ones | Fusion

Study: Atheist kids more generous than religious ones | Fusion: "A study published today in Current Biology has some bad news for religious parents: bringing children up in faith-filled homes could make them more selfish."



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