Fundraising

Philanthropy Journal The ailing economy is giving charities a needed shot in the arm.

Okay. Now it’s official. WIRED magazine’s cover story for February is about offshoring, so it must be for real. The article, “The New Face of the Silicon Age,” is pretty interesting with interviews of IT types in both India and the US. But the author, Daniel Pink, emphasizes this is about the global economy, not just IT. Eventually Pink gets ...

Study: Donors Are Giving Large Gifts Online :: PNNOnline :: “This new study clearly shows that people are willing to make large donations online,” reports Dr. Ephraim Feig, Kintera’s chief technology officer and chief marketing officer. “The growing importance of a nonprofit’s targeted and personalized website, combined with web-based advocacy and other community building tools, are motivating donors to give ...

More Americans volunteered in 2003 than in 2002, in part because of a rise in teen volunteers, a new report says. Nearly 29 percent of the U.S. population volunteered between September 2002 and September 2003, up from 27.4 percent the prior year, says the report by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. For more…