It’s not too late to create a dynamite compelling appeal letter that will make your donors tear it open and send in a quick gift. How do you get your appeal letter to stand out from the crowd? You areRead more…
10 Innovations in Global Philanthropy
Philanthropy has never been so important to address the complex social and environmental issues we face. In this report, the authors highlight ten exciting innovations from around the world which are helping to grow philanthropy both in scale and byRead more…
Top 10 Year-End Fundraising Strategies for 2014
What kind of appeal and message will make your 2014 donors respond with generosity? Here are the top current fundraising strategies that will help you raise the most in your fall annual fund campaign. These are tested and research provenRead more…
The Age of Global Giving: A practical guide for donors and funding recipients of our time
Gilles Gravelle’s long awaited book on mission giving is finally out. As mentioned on the back page, globalization have created greater complexity for Western missions. Also in the funding of mission. It is therefore time to think a new about missionRead more…
3 Key Fund Raising Practices
It is so easy to get caught up in fund raising and miss some of the best practices. Here are 3 key practices. 1. Do not take the giving decision away from your prospects and donors. In my early daysRead more…
How America gives
Explore American charitable giving throughout the country using this interactive tool. With it, you can see giving by state, major metropolitan area, county, and ZIP code in 2012, including breakdowns by income bracket. Combining data from the Internal Revenue Service,Read more…
How US States Compare in their Rate of Giving
Giving as a percentage of adjusted gross income ranged from under 2 to more than 6 percent in 2012, with residents of Millard County, Utah, giving the most. RankStateRate of givingMost generous countyPresidential vote in 2012 1 Utah 6.56% Millard MittRead more…
How Much People Give in the Largest US Cities
Only two of the 50 biggest metropolitan areas—Salt Lake City and Memphis—gave more than 5 percent of income to charity. The two least-generous were Hartford, Conn., and Providence, R.I., which each gave less than 2 percent of income. RankMetro areaGivingRead more…
As Wealthy Give Smaller Share of Income to Charity, Middle Class Digs Deeper
As the recession lifted, poor and middle class Americans dug deeper into their wallets to give to charity, even though they were earning less. At the same time, according to a new Chronicle analysis of tax data, wealthy Americans earned more, butRead more…
Portraits of young philanthropists: How Generation X and Generation Y are transforming charitable giving
Gen X and Gen Y philanthropists remain united by a combination of factors: an increasingly global mindset, an active engagement in giving and a strong desire to have a measureable, enduring impact. Who are these young, influential philanthropists, and howRead more…