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AFP eWire
June 27, 2005 |
Donors Increasingly Going Online Before Giving A vast majority of U.S. donors are going online to study causes they care about before making a giving decision, according to a new study.   |
AFP eWire
April 17, 2006 |
Giving Money, Not Time, Preferred Method of Giving American adults are more likely to donate money than time to causes they support, according to a national survey. These findings represent a reversal from a 2005 study. |
AFP eWire
October 16, 2004 |
Canadians More Confident in Charities Than Americans According to a recent survey, Canadians remain extremely confident in the charities that serve them, although a large majority feels that a national charity watchdog organization should be created. |
AFP eWire
January 9, 2006 |
Charities in New York, North Carolina Receiving More from Telemarketing Campaigns These states released a report showing that nonprofits there received a greater percentage of income from telemarketing firms soliciting on their behalf than in previous years. |
AFP eWire
May 29, 2006 |
Canadian Executives Support Charity, But Don't Feel Need to Contribute More A new poll of Canadian business leaders shows that a majority has favorable views of charities and their work, but don't believe they need to support them more than they do already. |
AFP eWire
February 19, 2008 |
Majority of Americans Believe Nonprofit Overhead Unreasonable Sixty-two percent of Americans believe the typical nonprofit organization spends more than what is reasonable on overhead expenses such as administration and fundraising. |
AFP eWire
September 25, 2012
Mary Deacon |
Developing Effective Nonprofit -- Corporate Relationships The world is facing challenging economic conditions. Charities are proliferating to meet the needs created by less funding from governments and traditional philanthropic sources and are faced with more competition for seemingly fewer resources. |
AFP eWire
October 16, 2004 |
Corporate Giving Still Robust, New Survey Reports Philanthropic giving by U.S. corporations and corporate foundations increased by 24 percent from 2002 to 2003, according to a new survey. |
AFP eWire
May 29, 2007 |
Fundraising Remains Top Challenge for Charities Despite improved financial situations for many charities, fundraising remains the chief concern for most organizations, according to a new study. |
AFP eWire
December 1, 2009 |
High Fundraising Standards Big Factor in Public Trust Ethical fundraising is the number one reason people come to trust a particular charity, according to a recent survey. |
AFP eWire
May 14, 2007 |
Are Special Events Inefficient? Recent research about special events and their apparent ineffectiveness for charities has already been criticized for both its methodology and its conclusions. |
AFP eWire
July 14, 2009 |
New Report Measures Nonprofit Brands A new study found that several leading nonprofits may not be sufficiently leveraging their brand to further increase their revenue. |
AFP eWire
October 27, 2008 |
Survey Finds Large Majority Tightening Wallets, Reducing Gifts More than 80 percent of respondents to a recent survey indicate they have become more concerned about their finances, leading half to either reduce their giving or stop giving altogether. |
AFP eWire
November 9, 2010 |
The Rise of the Citizen Consumer Nearly two-thirds of Americans feel that it is no longer enough for corporations to simply give money away to good causes, they need to integrate them into their day-to-day business. |
AFP eWire
July 14, 2009 |
Many Donors Not Overwhelmed by Charity Communications Most donors don't feel as if they are receiving too many communications from charities according to a new survey released recently at the Institute of Fundraising National Convention in London. |
AFP eWire
May 1, 2006 |
Older Americans More Generous, More Skeptical A new survey has found that older Americans are not only more likely to donate their time and money to charities, but also more likely to be skeptical that such organizations are honest and ethical. |
AFP eWire
November 13, 2006 |
Majority of Wealthy Unaffected by Tax Incentives, Not Interested in Leaving a Legacy A new study reveals that a strong majority of wealthy donors in the US would maintain or increase their charitable giving if the estate tax was repealed, and only 25% of those donors are motivated to leave a legacy in their giving. |
AFP eWire
May 15, 2006 |
Charities Face Major Challenges in Finding Funds for Capital Projects A new survey has found that while numerous charities have significant investment capital needs, including technology, program development and strategic planning, they face substantial challenges in accessing that capital. |
AFP eWire
June 4, 2007 |
Millionaires Gave More in 2006, but Is Philanthropic Interest Waning? Two recently released studies provide contrasting data about whether millionaires will give more in 2007 than in 2006 and if their interest in charitable giving is on the decline. |
AFP eWire
February 28, 2005 |
New Report Sheds Light on Why People Volunteer While moral values are the primary reason many Americans volunteer, clear differences emerge between age groups, according to a survey. |
AFP eWire
December 19, 2005 |
Consumer Thinking in the Holiday Season Two new surveys provide insight into the mindset of consumers towards charitable contributions during the holiday season. |
AFP eWire
October 17, 2005 |
Public Confidence in Charities Remains Low, Study Says A new survey reveals that nearly one-third of Americans have little or no confidence in charities, while two-thirds believe that charities waste a great deal or fair amount of money. |
| AFP eWire |
Many Charities Behind on Their Fundraising This Holiday Season, but Still Optimistic Less than half of charities across North America are raising more money during the 2007 holiday giving season than they did last year. |
AFP eWire
November 6, 2006 |
Trust in Canadian Charities, Fundraising Remains Strong Nearly four out of five Canadians trust charities, and leaders of charities are some of the most trusted people in the country, according to the Muttart Foundation's survey of public attitudes about the charitable sector. |
AFP eWire
December 10, 2007 |
Nonprofit Sector Sees Significant Increase in Governance Changes Majority of charities have put in place new governance and accounting policies since the implementation of the Sarbanes-Oxley accountability law. |
AFP eWire
August 11, 2008 |
Most Nonprofits Devote Little Resources to Advocacy A recent survey of lobbying and advocacy activity by nonprofits shows that while many organizations are involved in policy advocacy, relatively little time, attention or resources are spent on the activity, hindering deeper policy involvement. |
AFP eWire
August 25, 2008 |
New Market Research Offers Snapshot of Donors More than half of all donors to human and social service organizations volunteered in 2007, and a third would like to play a more active role in the charities to which they contribute |
AFP eWire
December 8, 2008 |
Lapsed Donors Say They Don't Feel 'Connected' The top reason high net-worth donors stopped giving to a charity in 2007 was that they didn't feel connected to the particular organization, reports a new study. |
AFP eWire
February 6, 2006 |
New Report Shows Fundraisers Hopeful About Giving in U.S. In the second half of 2005, fundraisers became slightly more hopeful than they had been six months previously about the climate for philanthropy in the United States, according to a December survey. |
AFP eWire
January 9, 2006 |
Ignore Donor Intent at Your Peril A new survey shows that donors are very concerned with how charities use their contributions and consider it a serious matter if organizations use donations for unauthorized purposes. |
AFP eWire
December 5, 2011 |
Many U.S. Charities Facing Increased Demand, Signs of Fiscal Stress Smaller charities saw disproportionate declines in funds raised and were more likely to report they are planning budget and services cuts in 2012. |
AFP eWire
April 3, 2012 |
New Survey Looks at How Charities Are (And Are Not) Connecting With Donors in Canada Donors may surprise charities in some of the priorities they emphasize in their interactions with charities, according to What Canadian Donors Want, a new survey conducted by AFP of more than 1,000 donors across the country. |
AFP eWire
March 15, 2004 |
AFP Fundraising Survey Shows Giving Rebounded in 2003 Nearly 73 percent of respondents to AFP's third annual State of Fundraising Survey indicated that their organizations raised the same amount of money or more in 2003 than they did in 2002. |
AFP eWire
May 9, 2005 |
New Study Shows Accountability the Norm in the Nonprofit Sector A new study reveals that a large percentage of nonprofits across the U.S. already engage in the kinds of accountability practices currently under consideration by the Senate Finance Committee, bringing into question why nonprofit accountability has become such an issue with Congress. |
AFP eWire
November 7, 2005 |
Study Predicts Charitable Giving Strong This Holiday Season Consumers will be more focused on philanthropic giving than holiday entertaining this year, according to a new study predicting giving trends for U.S. consumers. |
AFP eWire
December 19, 2008 |
Charity Fundraising Efforts Lagging Significantly This Holiday Season More than half of charities across North America are raising less money during the 2008 holiday giving season (October through December) than they did last year, according to a survey conducted by AFP. |
AFP eWire
June 26, 2006 |
Report Provides New Ideas on Arts, Education, Health Fundraising A new report on household giving in the United States identifies several key factors, beyond just wealth and income, as to why people give to arts, education and health charities. |
AFP eWire
February 4, 2015 |
AFP Statement on President Obama's FY 2016 Budget AFP is pleased that the Obama Administration recognizes the importance of charities, and the critical part the charitable deduction plays in our society, in its FY 2016 Budget. |
AFP eWire
October 4, 2004 |
Majority of `Higher Net Worth' Canadians View Need for Private Philanthropy According to a recent survey, 73 percent of `higher net worth' Canadians believe there is an increased need for private philanthropy or public sources of funding. |
AFP eWire
November 29, 2010 |
Charities Seeing Slight Recovery in Giving, But Not Enough to Keep Up With Demand or Budget Cuts The small rebound hasn't been enough to help many nonprofits that are grappling with staff and service cuts even as demand for their services has increased. |
AFP eWire
May 20, 2015
Andrew Watt |
Comments of the Association of Fundraising Professionals on Cancer Charities Charged With Fraud by FTC AFP responded to the recent action by the Federal Trade Commission against three national charities, Cancer Fund of America, Children's Cancer Fund of America, and Breast Cancer Society. |
AFP eWire
February 25, 2008 |
Corporate Giving Increases, But Road Ahead Uncertain A recent report shows that charitable giving by major U.S. corporations and corporate foundations to charities increased, but what do the numbers and trends mean for charities in the near future? |
AFP eWire
October 9, 2012 |
How Well Do You Know Your Planned Giving Prospects? One in five planned giving donors had never made any gift at all to the recipient charity before making a planned gift, according to a new study by The Stelter Company. |
AFP eWire
June 5, 2006 |
Philanthropy Not the Most Important Aspect of CSR, Survey Finds A majority of Americans believe that the most important aspect of corporate social responsibility is treating employees fairly, according to a new survey. |
AFP eWire
February 4, 2014 |
What Canadian Donors Want: Information, Impact and to Help Those in Need More Canadians than ever are knowledgeable about charities and researching before they give, but many are not sure about the impact their gifts are having, according to a new survey. |
Entrepreneur
November 2005
C.J. Prince |
Give and Receive When done right, corporate charitable giving can boost company morale and exposure - as well as your bottom line. |
AFP eWire
September 6, 2005 |
Charity Reform: Overview of Finance Committee Accountability Proposals This month, the committee is expected to finally introduce legislation that will cover a number of areas related to charity accountability and operations. |
AFP eWire
August 6, 2007 |
Giving Priorities Tied to Income Lower- and middle-income donors are far more likely to give to charities that benefit the poor than are upper-income households. |
AFP eWire
May 21, 2004 |
Is Too Much Volunteering Bad for Your Health? Study found that those respondents who volunteered their time to charities and other groups tended to have worse physical health than those who didn't volunteer. |
AFP eWire
November 20, 2006 |
Accountability, Impact Build Trust in Nonprofits for Wealthy Donors Providing evidence of what their contributions have accomplished and abiding by high levels of accountability are the two critical ways that nonprofits can build trust, especially for wealthy donors, according to a new survey. |
