#GivingTuesday Sparks Big Spike in Donations - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

#GivingTuesday Sparks Big Spike in Donations - Prospecting - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: The amount of online donations processed by Blackbaud, a processor of online gifts, shot up 53 percent to $10-million on Tuesday, compared with the same day last year.

Network for Good, another processor of online gifts, also reported a spike. The total number of donations more than doubled, to 113 percent, on #GivingTuesday versus the Tuesday after Thanksgiving 2011. The amount collected Tuesday was also 55 percent more than the amount of donations collected on Monday.

The NonProfit Times - One-Third Of Web Donations Didn’t Go Through

The NonProfit Times - The Leading Business Publication For Nonprofit Management: "Amergent, in Peabody, Mass., decided to contact 30 Catholic organizations and test their responses to $25 online and offline donations sent out this past June. Amergent wanted to analyze the ease of donating, how organizations cultivated and renewed donors, and what were the differences between giving online and offline.

The 30 organizations weren’t informed of the test until after Amergent gathered the responses"

70% of Americans Plan to Give During the Holidays, Survey Finds - Philanthropy.com

70% of Americans Plan to Give During the Holidays, Survey Finds - Philanthropy.com: "70% of Americans Plan to Give During the Holidays, Survey Finds

By Cassie J. Moore

Despite the bad economy, almost seven out of 10 adults plan to donate the same amount online as they did in the 2007 holiday season, according to a study released today."