Author Archives: Ed Duke

Only way to increase long trem giving

Fundraisers in the UK have been told they will collectively have to switch their attention to targeting rich people and encouraging planned giving if they are to increase underlying giving levels over the next 25 years. This is based on the 25th Charity Trends Survey which also stated that things will get tougher over the next 25 years. Is this ...

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Baby Boomers as Volunteers

Baby boomers as volunteers, born between 1946-1964, are reported to have done less in every measure of civic engagement. The Association of Fundraising Professionals reports on how to attract this group to volunteerism. Several strategies for the charitable sector to consider are: Read more at AFP. It is in a report of the Harvard School of Public Health titled Baby ...

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Giving in 2003 was Flat.

What happened to the increasing transfer of wealth that is suppose to occur each year? Legacys can be transfered with less estate taxes. Is this part of the answer? Amercas gave estimated $241 Billion In 2003. When adjusted for inflation that is an increase over 2002 of 0.5%. The second year in a row with growth of under 1%. A ...

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Internet Fund Raising

A Website dedicated to fund raising? Has its time come? Maybe yes and maybe not. Tony Poderis says… Not every breakthrough, to which those first to adopt new technology rush, proves to be a winner. And even if the underlying concept is sound…the Internet has yet to prove that it can deliver substantial rewards…while online fund raising may work for ...

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