Atlas of Giving Forecast: Charitable Giving Decline in 2016 - Top Nonprofits

Atlas of Giving Forecast: Charitable Giving Decline in 2016 - Top Nonprofits: "For fundraisers, it always helps to start a new year at full speed.



Instead, donors have moved into 2016 by hitting the brakes.



Our just-released Atlas of Giving forecast predicts a charitable giving decline in 2016. The downturn is already underway, with giving through February down 1.4% compared to the same period in 2015.



These early results were driven in large part by January giving numbers, which recorded the first monthly decline since the nation’s deep recession ended in June 2009. January’s decrease of 0.6% from December snapped a 63-month streak during which giving consistently rose on a monthly basis as the country experienced economic recovery."



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In our opinion: Utah continues its tradition of charitable giving | Deseret News

In our opinion: Utah continues its tradition of charitable giving | Deseret News: "The propensity of Utahns to be generous with their money was reinforced again this year as thousands of people donated a total of nearly $1.3 million to various charitable causes as part of the annual “Love Utah Give Utah” campaign. Interestingly, the donations were made only days after news broke of a settlement in one of the largest fraud cases involving charitable contributions in U.S. history."



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Transformational Giving: A Different Approach to the Fundraising Case For Support - Resource Center - AFP

Transformational Giving: A Different Approach to the Fundraising Case For Support - Resource Center - AFP: "Transformational Giving: A Different Approach to the Fundraising Case For Support"



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42% Of Americans Say They Can't Afford To DonateThe NonProfit Times

42% Of Americans Say They Can't Afford To DonateThe NonProfit Times: "Among the biggest obstacles to giving is affordability. Some 42 percent said they can’t afford to give. Almost 1 in 4 said they already give enough to nonprofits. About 1 in 8 said they it’s because they “can’t give enough to make a difference.”"



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2015 Mid Year Report on U.S. Charitable Giving | Atlas of Giving - Fundraising Forecasting

2015 Mid Year Report on U.S. Charitable Giving | Atlas of Giving - Fundraising Forecasting: "015 first half U.S. charitable giving has been exceptionally (and unexpectedly) strong – up a total of 7.6% to $238.88 Billion from $222.03 Billion for the same period in 2014. Most of this strong giving performance is attributed to the continually good news of improving employment rates. Individual donors, who account for 74% of all U.S. giving, are finding jobs, less fearful of losing their jobs, and enjoying some splendid economic conditions like low interest rates, low gas prices, and little inflation. This leaves them with more disposable income that can be applied to charitable giving."



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Millennials Give The Least, Want Money Used Wisely - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times

Millennials Give The Least, Want Money Used Wisely - The NonProfit TimesThe NonProfit Times: "You might want to put down the phone, or delay that mailing by a month or two. Nonprofits are 10 times more likely than donors to think the organization is not communicating enough with donors. For its first donor engagement study, Austin, Texas-based fundraising and software firm Abila surveyed more than 1,200 donors across four generational cohorts, as well as managers at 206 nonprofits with revenues ranging from $1 million to $49 million."



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Year-End Charitable Giving Bonanza is a Myth | Atlas of Giving - Fundraising Forecasting

Year-End Charitable Giving Bonanza is a Myth | Atlas of Giving - Fundraising Forecasting: "Posted on December 22, 2014
There is an assumption in the U.S. that the best charitable giving season is October, November, and December each year (Year-End). The facts do not support this myth.

Most believe that there are two reasons that year-end giving is good. First, they assume that donors are in the giving mood as they engage in all types of holiday gifting. The second theory is that donors are anxious to make gifts that they can deduct on their upcoming 2014 tax returns. Facts don’t support these assumptions. People give because they are asked…not because they are feeling the ‘giving spirit’. Only 36% of Americans itemize their taxes and about 80% of those take a charitable deduction. This means that fewer than 30% of all Americans could even possibly be motivated by tax benefits in their giving. And, many of those donors made their gifts at other times of the year. In fact, the 10 largest gifts made in 2014 were NOT made in the 4th quarter."



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World Giving Index 2014 | CAF America

World Giving Index 2014 | CAF America: "The 2014 World Giving Index

a publication of Charities Aid Foundation, our partner office in the UK

Click here to download the report.

Gain insight into the nature of giving around the world

The World Giving Index is designed to provide evidence-based insight into the scope and nature of giving around the world. In order to reflect a culturally diverse planet, the report looks at three aspects of giving behavior. The questions that feed the report are"



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MCF | Charitable Giving in Minnesota Increases

MCF | Charitable Giving in Minnesota Increases: "The Minnesota Council on Foundations (MCF) today released its Giving in Minnesota, 2014 Edition research, the most comprehensive analysis of charitable giving in the state.
The research shows that individuals, foundations and corporations gave $5.7 billion in 2012, a 2-percent increase in total giving over 2011.
Individual giving went up to $4.1 billion in 2012, while grantmaking by foundations and corporations in Minnesota declined by 6 percent to $1.6 billion."



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Reality Check: US Charity Upturn Builds, Driven by Wealthy | MNI

Reality Check: US Charity Upturn Builds, Driven by Wealthy | MNI: "Andrew Watt, chief executive of the Association of Fundraising Professionals, which represents about 30,000 U.S. fundraisers.

Watt said overall giving during the first three quarters of 2014 increased by 1.5% to 2% compared with a year earlier, indicating a return to a sustainable level of growth after a double-digit decline during the recession, and annual gains of 8% to 10% in the early 2000s."



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Charities in Minnesota explain plunge in donations | Minnesota Public Radio News

Charities in Minnesota explain plunge in donations | Minnesota Public Radio News: "Minnesota's charitable organizations and experts on giving say the plunge happened as donors of modest were squeezed by the recession while wealthy donors didn't keep pace with their income growth."



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Poorest in Mass. Give to Charity at Highest Proportion of Income ::

massnonprofit news ::: "Poorest in Mass. Give to Charity at Highest Proportion of Income

October 6, 2014 — Poor and middle class Massachusetts residents give more to charity as a share of their income than wealthier people—and, for those who give, at more than twice the rate of the very wealthiest—while the state as a whole ranks 46 out of the 50 states and District of Columbia in terms of charitable giving, according to a newly completed analysis."



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As Wealthy Give Smaller Share of Income to Charity, Middle Class Digs Deeper - How America Gives - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

As Wealthy Give Smaller Share of Income to Charity, Middle Class Digs Deeper - How America Gives - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: "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, but the portion of the income they gave to charity declined.

Using the IRS data, The Chronicle was able to track gifts to charity at the state, county, metropolitan-area, and ZIP code levels. "



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Overall Charitable Giving to Nonprofits Increased in April | Blackbaud News

Overall Charitable Giving to Nonprofits Increased in April | Blackbaud News: – Providing the most up-to-date information on charitable giving, Blackbaud, Inc. (NASDAQ: BLKB) today updated The Blackbaud Index with charitable giving trends through April 2014 as well as announced the launch of a new higher education specialty index that tracks fundraising revenue for colleges and universities.

Based on data from 4,138 organizations that raised more than $13 billion in the prior 12 months, The Blackbaud Index reported that overall charitable giving grew 1.3 percent for the three months ending April 2014, as compared to the same period in 2013.

Among 3,281 charities that raised $1.8 billion online in the prior 12 months, online giving grew 7.9 percent in the same three-month period, as compared to the same period in 2013.

The most charitable states in America | Deseret News

The most charitable states in America | Deseret News: A recent Gallup poll has ranked each U.S. state by its charitable giving, listing Utah, Minnesota, and Hawaii as the most generous states.

A minimum of 600 citizens per state were asked whether they had personally donated money to charity, spent time volunteering with an organization, or both over the past month. All 50 states were polled between June and December of 2013.

2013 Charitable Giving Report [Infographic]

Great Infographic and Report from Blackbaud

2013 Charitable Giving Report [Infographic 

Charitable Donation Trends for K-12: Secondary Schools Lag Behind Primary -- THE Journal

Charitable Donation Trends for K-12: Secondary Schools Lag Behind Primary -- THE Journal: DonorsChoose.org is an online charity to help schools raise money. The group enlisted the help of Looker, a data discovery and business intelligence company, to analyze its data. The results of the analysis are called the Giving Index, which includes information about $60.2 million in donations made by 340,000 donors to 130,000 school projects during 2013.

The Giving Index revealed that donors gave more money to lower grades than higher grades.

Atlas of Giving Estimates U.S. Charity Jumped 13% in 2013 – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Atlas of Giving Estimates U.S. Charity Jumped 13% in 2013 – Philanthropy Today - Blogs - The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Preliminary numbers from philanthropy tracker Atlas of Giving indicate Americans gave away $416.5-billion last year, a 12.9-percent increase from 2012, reports the Los Angeles Times.

GoLocalProv | News | The Most Charitable Communities in Rhode Island

GoLocalProv | News | The Most Charitable Communities in Rhode Island: Most generous community is one of poorest

The most generous community in the state also is among one of its poorest: it is comprised of portions of the West End, Elmwood, the Reservoir Avenue area, and even a slice of Upper South Providence—all of which belong to the 02907 ZIP Code. Median discretionary income in this area is just $36,029, but the typical resident donates $1,270 of this—nearly 5 percent—to charity.

Charitable giving should be higher -- Paul Stauffacher : Wsj

Charitable giving should be higher -- Paul Stauffacher : Wsj: The Econ Quiz in Friday's Business section indicated that Wisconsin ranks 44th among the states in charitable giving.

What does that say about the philanthropic soul of it's citizens? We're cheap and non-caring. There's no other way to say it.

Ranking 44 out of 50 in charitable giving at 3.7 percent per household says we have a low tolerance for the needs of our fellow man. And this in a state that touts itself as caring for the downtrodden.