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In ’00 TV Ministries used 11% of their airtime to raise funds, down from 19% in ’88. Feed he Children led by using 50% of its time asking for donations while Day of Discovery didn’t use any ...read more
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Churches account for nearly 25% of all nonprofit organizations in the U.S. (Foster Letter ...read more
Your Church magazine reports staff compensation accounts for more than 40% of an average church’s budget. Churches with budgets over $500,000 spend 40% while smaller budget churches spend closer to 46% on compensation. Church facilities expenses account for 20%, Missions receives 16%, church ...read more
The Rich Are Stingy & The Poor Are Generous: In recent years the rich have become a lot richer, but are giving less. Business Week (1/24/00) reports that poor households (incomes of under $10,000) average gifts to charities was 5.2% of their income in ’98, nearly double the 2.3% they gave in ’93. ...read more
The nonprofit sector generated direct/interactive donations and sales of $102.5 billion says Direct Marketing Association. That represents 7% of all ’99 direct/interactive sales in the U.S. The total is comprised of $80.8 billion in donations, $17.6 billion in mail ...read more
Donor Decision Making Campell Research has discovered that the top 3 action steps a donor takes in making their decision about giving to a non-profit organization are, (1) Determine their giving budget, (2) determining their specific areas of interest [Am I passionate about the area of ministry of ...read more
Between 1990 & 2010, baby boomers will inherit an estimated $16 trillion from the builder generation. (Foster ...read more
43.6% ($76.1 billion) of all donated funds in ’97 were received by faith-based non-profit organizations. (Foster ...read more
Charity Chill: Donor-financed organizations report flat or declining giving year-to-date. Reasons are economy jitters, stock market gloom, lower consumer confidence and election uncertainty. Wealthy donors are waiting to see if the estate tax is rolled back¾a Bush promise. ...read more
Affinity Affirmed Cone Inc., a Boston marketing & media firm, reports that 61% of Americans say they are likely to consider a company’s reputation for supporting causes when making purchases, up from 52% in ’97. Also 74% of retailers have increased their ...read more
Last year, the Barna survey estimates that about 6 out of every 10 dollars given to any non-profit entity went to churches. ...read more
Campus Crusade raised $2.5 million of its $350 million private support budget online in fiscal ’00, more than any other charity poled by The Chronicle of ...read more
Donors Want to Know: Most donors would like to receive more financial information about the ministries they support, plus information on what their past gift ...read more
70% of American adults favor allowing religious organizations applying for federal funding to provide social services. ...read more
Among adults who say they had given 10% or more of their income to churches and related ministries in the past year, 63% lied about their ...read more
Charitable Fundraising Hazards: While its laudable to donate a portion of sales to a charity, otherwise known as “cause marketing,” it’s a highly regulated and complex practice that poses numerous traps for the unwary. Prudent businesses will seek ...read more
Private Help: A yearlong study finds that more Americans now depend on private food kitchens and pantries than use the federal food stamp program. The survey, paid for by America’s Second Harvest, a network of food banks, shows food pantries, kitchens and emergency shelters provided for more than ...read more
Wealth & Generosity: The 400 taxpayers with the highest reported incomes gave away more than 14% of their incomes to charity. ...read more
Nearly $1 of every $10 spent in retail purchases is for a gift. (Foster Letter ...read more
Record Donation: Joan Kroc, the wife of the McDonald’s restaurant chain founder, has left roughly $1.5 billion to the Salvation Army. The gift is the largest single donation that anyone in the worlds of philanthropy and fund-raising could recall — and more than the ...read more
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