Fundraising Dips In First Quarter Of 2009 - frogloop Home~Care2's blog for nonprofits - frogloop

Fundraising Dips In First Quarter Of 2009 - frogloop Home~Care2's blog for nonprofits - frogloop: "The struggling economy hit nonprofits hard in the first quarter of 2009. According to the latest Target Analytics Index of National Fundraising Performance, the number of new donors dropped by almost 13%, as compared to 2008. The study analyzed 79 nonprofit organizations and their fundraising campaigns via direct mail, online fundraising, telemarketing, and canvassing."

Charities Feeling The Pinch This Holiday, Economic Downturn Has Made It A Tough Time To Be In Business Of Receiving - CBS News

Charities Feeling The Pinch This Holiday, Economic Downturn Has Made It A Tough Time To Be In Business Of Receiving - CBS News: "CBS) Retailers aren't the only ones vying for your holiday dollars, since it's also the season of giving to charity. But as CBS News correspondent Priya David found, the economic downturn has made it a tough time to be in the business of receiving.

Several charities say their donations are down, so while there are more people in need, resources to help them are thinner than in years past."

Philanthropy: How the Economy Is Hurting Donations | Newsweek Voices - Daniel Gross | Newsweek.com

Philanthropy: How the Economy Is Hurting Donations | Newsweek Voices - Daniel Gross | Newsweek.com: "The latest victims of the sagging economy: charities. In May the annual gala of the Robin Hood Foundation, an event at which a few thousand hedge fund magnates and leveraged buyout titans conspicuously display their wealth and commitment to social justice while rocking out to A-list musical guests (Shakira, John Legend, Sheryl Crow), raised $56.5 million, down 21.5 percent from $72 million the year before. (Tom Wolfe profiled the 2006 gala in Portfolio.) No surprise here. Many of the regulars have seen their net worths crushed in the past year."

Weakness in Economy Isn’t Hurting Charities - New York Times

Weakness in Economy Isn’t Hurting Charities - New York Times: "Our surveys tell us fund-raising has been holding steady,” said Paulette V. Maehara, the association’s president and chief executive, who emphasized that the findings for 2007 were preliminary and that in any case the environment could change over the course of 2008."