Wednesday, September 28, 2005

Kintera/Luth Nonprofit Trend Report Wins International ePhilanthropy Award; Report Shows Online Donations in the U.S. Surpassed $3 Billion in 2004

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Kintera/Luth Nonprofit Trend Report Wins International ePhilanthropy Award; Report Shows Online Donations in the U.S. Surpassed $3 Billion in 2004: "Kintera/Luth Nonprofit Trend Report Wins International ePhilanthropy Award; Report Shows Online Donations in the U.S. Surpassed $3 Billion in 2004

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 28, 2005--Kintera(R), Inc. (Nasdaq:KNTA), the leading provider of software as a service to the nonprofit and government sectors, today announced the company's 2005 Kintera/Luth Nonprofit Trend Report was named the winner of the 'Best ePhilanthropy Research Project' in the first International ePhilanthropy Awards. The report, which was released in June 2005, was recognized for its research regarding online philanthropy behavior, including benchmark findings about online donation habits of the U.S. population.

According to the study by Kintera and Luth Research, Inc., a veteran online market research firm, online donations in the U.S. in 2004 exceeded $3 billion -- up 58 percent from $1.9 billion in 2003. The survey results also indicate that more than 8.6 million U.S. households gave online donations in 2004 and more than 65 percent of all donors visit at least one of the websites of the nonprofit organizations to which they give.

The complete Kintera/Luth Nonprofit Trend Report can be downloaded by visiting www.kintera.org/Kintera-LuthReport2005."

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