by Isaac Shalev With major funders and foundations seeking to make structural impacts on the Jewish nonprofit sector, the explosive growth of online giving offers a significant opportunity for a bold new effort. As of 2010, online giving represented about 7.6% of total giving, according to Blackbaud Inc.’s 2010 Online Giving Report. In 2011, online giving was up 13% from 2010, as the 2011 report showed that online giving is continuing to make a huge impact on the fundraising landscape. For some time, nonprofits have been resistant to online giving because those gifts, made by credit card, were subject to the various fees associated with processing credit card transactions - fees that could amount to as much as 5% of the total gift. As online giving has increased in popularity, nonprofit … Continue Reading
Online Fundraising Continues to Grow
The 2012 eNonprofit Benchmarks Study - a comprehensive new analysis of various U.S. nonprofits - showed nonprofit online fundraising grew for a second year in a row, driven largely by an increase in gifts to rights-based nonprofits. While the response rates to fundraising email messages stayed fairly consistent for nonprofits in 2011, the average rates of new Facebook fans, mobile subscribers, and people who took action from an advocacy email soared. Key Findings include: Overall fundraising revenue saw extensive gains with an average increase of 19% from 2010 to 2011. International sector organizations - which saw a spike in fundraising due to high profile aid needs in 2010 - represent the only sector that saw a decrease in online revenue from 2010 to 2011. While one-time gifts remained … Continue Reading
Virgin Money Giving Hits £100m in Donations
Just two and a half years after launch, the U.K.'s Virgin Money Giving has broken the £100 million donation barrier and boosted the online giving market by 59%. As Virgin Money Giving is not for profit, an extra £3.4million has gone to charities. Over 85% of donations were also boosted through Gift Aid. Over 2.7 million donations have been received to the various fundraisers and charities with over 4,000 charities registered. … Continue Reading
Causes Reinvents Itself as a Campaign Center
In late February, I noticed that things looked different on Causes.com. The Nonprofit Technology Network (NTEN) began running a campaign to send 50 nonprofits to the Nonprofit Technology Conference, and the new layout and actions within Causes caught my eye. Causes features videos, commenting, sharing, and of course full Facebook integration with the new Timeline. Causes looks and feels different from its previous iteration; it feels like a campaign center and no longer a Facebook add-on or a stand-alone online fundraising website. Raising funds for a cause isn’t just about asking for money; successful fundraising campaigns include storytelling elements, peer to peer fundraising, and a campaign center. Causes has all of these elements built into its new platform, including video integration, … Continue Reading
U.S. Charitable Giving Officially On the Rise
2011 is now history and the good news appears to be that U.S. charitable giving is on the upswing. While many organizations are remaining silent as to their individual successes, or failures, industry service providers are announcing solid gains and general optimism about the state of giving. Both Blackbaud and Convio - two of the largest providers to the industry - are among the many announcing a strong finish to 2011. Blackbaud went even further, saying "... fundraising has returned to pre-recession levels. Through the first 11 months of 2011, overall giving is up 3.4% over 2010, and is now officially above the level of giving last seen in 2007." Online giving continues to grow, though perhaps not as strongly as was predicted a few years back. According to Blackbaud, for the three … Continue Reading
2011 Marks Banner Year for Online Donation to Israeli Organizations
by Abigail Pickus When it comes to supporting Israeli-based nonprofits and charities, more people are turning to the Internet to make their donations. According to IsraelGives, a provider of online donation solutions for nonprofits in Israel, 2011 was a watershed year for online donations to Israeli-based organizations. An analysis of the 853 Israeli organizations using IsraelGives for online fundraising in 2011 shows a 273% increase compared to the amount raised online in 2010. From January 1 through December 31, 2011, nonprofit organizations used IsraelGives to raise $2.3 million online (8.2 million NIS) with IsraelGives processing over 33,000 donations, a rise of 400% over 2010. The number of organizations using IsraelGives for fundraising rose from 588 organizations in 2010 to 853 in … Continue Reading
Blackbaud Index Shows Modest Upward Tick in Giving
The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving, a broad-based fundraising index that reports overall giving trends of 1,264 US-based nonprofit organizations representing $2.56 billion in yearly giving on a monthly basis, today reported that charitable giving rose 2.2% for the three months ending October 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving, comprised of actual revenue data from 1748 nonprofits representing $424 million in yearly online giving, reported that online giving rose 10.6% for the three months ending October 2011 as compared to the same period in 2010. The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving are updated on the 15th of each month (or the next business day) and are based on a three-month moving average of … Continue Reading
UK Credit Card Transactions Need Certificates
from ThirdSector: Charities without credit card transaction certificates risk fines Charities in the UK are at risk of being fined or banned from processing credit card transactions if they do not have a certificate that is being introduced by credit card companies, delegates at the International Fundraising Congress were warned yesterday. Jamie Jackson, chief executive of the consultancy Fundraising Initiatives North America, said credit card companies such as Mastercard and Visa had come together in 2005 to formulate collective security guidelines for tackling credit card fraud. He said any organisation that stored or processed credit card details would need a Payment Card Industry Certificate to show it was compliant with these standards. The credit card companies had so far been … Continue Reading
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