Charitable Fundraising Hit New Low in 2008 - FOXBusiness.com

Charitable Fundraising Hit New Low in 2008 - FOXBusiness.com: "AFP's eighth annual State of Fundraising Survey asked charities to compare their fundraising totals in 2008 to their figures in 2007. Overall, just 46 percent of organizations raised more funds in 2008, a new low in the eight-year history of the survey. In a typical year, about 60 percent of respondents raise more money than compared to the previous year. The previous low was reported in 2002 when just 49 percent of organizations raised more money that year than compared to 2001."