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AFP eWire May 10, 2011	More People Donating Online, Say Fundraising Costs a Key Concern A new study shows that more donors from every age group are going online to make a donation, and they are increasingly sensitive to over-solicitation and fundraising costs.
AFP eWire June 29, 2010	Wise Giving? Most Donors Spend Little Time Researching Charities Only about one third of donors surveyed recently said that they did any research before donating to a charity, and those that did looked at overhead ratios above all else.
AFP eWire August 10, 2010	The New Proactive Donor The days when donors would give unconditionally to every charity that knocked on their door are gone for good, says fundraising veteran Penelope Burk.
AFP eWire November 23, 2010	Wealthy Gave in Large Number in Downturn, Though Gift Size Decreased According to a recent study by Bank of America and Merrill Lynch, high net worth households in the U.S. continued to support charitable organizations in 2009 at levels that were remarkably consistent with those seen in 2005 and 2007.
AFP eWire October 19, 2010	Study Shows Direct Mail is a More Important Driver to Online Giving than Online Communications More than twice as many online donors say they were prompted to give an online gift in response to a direct mail appeal compared to when they received an e-appeal.
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.
AFP eWire September 15, 2008	Wealthy Donors Share Motives and Misgivings Wealthy donors want to give, but they don't want to gamble, according to a new report.
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 November 30, 2010	High Hopes for Holiday Giving Convio estimates that U.S. giving during the 2010 holiday season to nonprofit organizations will be more than $48 billion across all giving channels
AFP eWire September 14, 2010	In Canada, Online Giving Reigns Online giving has surpassed traditional modes of transacting gifts among all Canadian donors under the age of 65, reports fundraising consultant Penelope Burk from her recent survey
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 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 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 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	Charities Raising More Money, But Still Losing Donors For the first time in five years, charity respondents to the annual Fundraising Effectiveness Project survey saw positive gains in giving, but still continued to lose donors faster than they gained them.
AFP eWire October 16, 2012	Charities' Fundraising Improves Slightly, But Still Not Retaining Donors While fundraising levels are improving slightly, charities continue to lose more donors than they gain and have a long way to go to recover from the impact of the 2007-9 recession.
AFP eWire January 26, 2010	A Peek at the Philanthropist's Playbook More and more, high net worth donors are not looking for a cause to support (they have that already), they are looking for an organization that does great work.
AFP eWire June 23, 2008	Direct Mail Alive and Well--For Now Whether future generations will respond equally well to direct mail as they get older is yet to be determined.
AFP eWire December 15, 2009	Despite Economy More Consumers Plan to Give Online in '09 than '08 Convio Inc. estimates that U.S. online giving to nonprofit organization will be more than $4 billion during the holiday season of 2009 as increasing numbers of people donate to charities via the web.
AFP eWire December 1, 2009	Top 10 Ways to Boost Online Giving at Year-End Use these tactics to zoom past your year-end goals.
AFP eWire April 6, 2010	Fundraising Tips: A Snapshot of Rural Donors Although people from rural communities are less likely to donate to charity, those that do give donate a higher percentage of their income than urban donors.
AFP eWire May 25, 2009	Women Play Prominent Role in Giving A study of charitable giving patterns shows women have a strong influence on their spouse's giving, while high-income women are using more sophisticated giving methods than men.
AFP eWire July 19, 2004	New Strategies for Bequest Solicitations Charities should not limit their solicitations for bequests (often known as "legacy solicitations") to the traditional group of wealthy donors, a new study advises.
AFP eWire May 18, 2010	Understanding High Net Worth Donors A new study of high net worth individuals in the U.S. and the U.K. found that those that gave the most did so out of a sense of responsibility or duty.
AFP eWire May 5, 2008	Don't Make Email Open Rates Your Canary in the Coal Mine Email tracking indicators may be casting a deceivingly dark shadow on your email campaign.
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 July 20, 2010	Selling Cars and Selling Your Cause Many nonprofits today are still asking for donations as if they were selling a Model T, even as donors have grown far more discerning in the face of a barrage of appeals.
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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.
AFP eWire December 8, 2014 Paul Nazareth	Three Free Tools to Help You Increase Donations This Holiday Season Here are three simple and free tools from the team at CanadaHelps that will help your charity amplify its voice, attract new donors, and raise more this Holiday season.
AFP eWire December 17, 2014	Charitable Giving, Donor Retention Levels Increasing, Reaching Near Pre-Recession Levels For the fourth consecutive year, charitable organizations across the U.S. saw growth in both the level of funds they raised, as well as how well they retained donors from year to year.
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 January 28, 2015	Technology: Fundraisers and Donors Not Yet on the Same Page Give Central, a web-based donation platform, reports on the disconnect between the increasing ability and eagerness of nonprofits to take advantage of rapidly evolving technology -- and the reluctance of donors to take advantage of the same
AFP eWire July 21, 2008	'Isn't Email Just Like Regular Direct Mail--But on Steroids?' A cool $10 billion or so is now being raised annually online. But what is the truth about email?
AFP eWire September 14, 2010	Taming the Fear of Fundraising Costs When asked about fundraising costs in terms of impact, donors clearly favor spending more to make more.
AFP eWire October 1, 2015	New Report: Less Than Half of Donors Give Again to Organizations That They Supported in the Previous Year Just 43 percent of donors who gave to participating survey organizations in 2013 gave to those same organizations in 2014.
AFP eWire October 12, 2004	New Giving Strategy Allows Donors to Control Fund Management The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has approved a new way for donors to give to charity but manage the contributed funds for up to a decade, according to a recent article in The Wall Street Journal.
AFP eWire December 14, 2010	Online Fundraising: More Than a Point and Click Looking at the ways people give online, they found that online giving was most successful when people were brought into a genuine relationship to the nonprofit and its mission.
AFP eWire September 2, 2008	Presidential Campaigns Have Little Impact on Direct Mail Fundraising While charities are facing numerous challenges in the current fundraising environment, the presidential election isn't one of them, according to a new research report.
AFP eWire January 10, 2012	Key Trends for the Nonprofit Sector in 2012 The biggest impact on the nonprofit sector in 2012 will be the maturation of social media and mobile giving, a greater role for peer-to-peer engagement, and a move toward donors dictating the terms of interactions.
AFP eWire January 12, 2009 Chip Grizzard	Industry Outlooks: The New Fundraising Paradigm If you want to survive and thrive, budget for innovation to find what motivates this new generation of donor to support your organization.
AFP eWire July 13, 2010	Tackling the Problem of Asking Too Often Don't ask your donors to give more when they're not yet sure their previous donations have done any good.
CRM August 12, 2015 Gabe Cooper	Why Nonprofits Deserve CRM Innovation With charitable giving exceeding $298 billion in the U.S. alone, it's time that software companies gave nonprofits the attention they deserve by creating technology that truly serves their needs.
AFP eWire May 11, 2010	Face Time: How to Reach Young Donors Although we often associate people ages 20 to 40 with texting, Facebook and other high-tech communications, donors in that age group say that when it comes to requests for their time or money, they put high value on face-to-face communication.
AFP eWire December 18, 2012 Laura Kalick	Wrapping Up 2012: Important Tax Reminders for U.S. Nonprofit Professionals With the country inching ever-closer to the edge of the metaphoric fiscal cliff, policymakers are discussing a number of proposals that are bound to impact nonprofit organizations' ability to raise funds now and in the coming year.
AFP eWire January 3, 2012	Few Donors Consult Charity Watchdog Organizations Only about one in five donors report using charity watchdog websites to inform their giving decisions, according to a recent study.
AFP eWire July 19, 2004	Despite Public Support, FTC Nixes Do-Not-Email List Some charities were preparing for a policy battle to convince the FTC to exempt charities from a do-not-email registry. However, a recent decision has made such preparations moot and left the private sector to address the issue.
AFP eWire November 13, 2011	Study Shows Online Giving Has Become Popular Among Donors 60 or Older Online giving has become a viable option for donors who are 60 years of age or older, according to a recent online study.