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Ministry Watch.com, part of NC based Wall Watchers, has launched a non-profit rating system of more than 400 faith-based organizations. The ratings are designed to help donors make better-informed ...read more
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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
CBA Contribution CBA’s Sunday worship offering totaled $24,149.12, which was presented in total to the Marietta Project Outreach. In addition, thousands of dollars worth of Christian merchandise were also donated to the inner city ministry. This is one of the largest ...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
Generous Christians: The average amount of charitable gifts donated in ‘00 by households in which people regularly attend religious services was $2,151, according to the Chronicle of Philanthropy. The average donated by those who do not ...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
Fundraisers in New York state kept 69% of funds raised via telemarketing in ’02 Overall, charities kept less than half the money raised in 78% of campaigns reports the Better ...read more
A Good Gift: The key attribute that distinguishes a good gift is something that the recipients will like, but is unlikely to buy for themselves. Because most gifters look for something that is more emotional, rather than practical, they turn first to entertainment and recreation goods, such as ...read more
The average American gift giver spends $2,062 a year on gifts. (Foster Letter ...read more
Close To Home Campbell Research reports that 73% of donors prefer to give to local organizations while 13% prefer to give nationally and 3% ...read more
Cautious Optimism is the forecast of non-profit fundraising pro, Chip Grizzard, Grizzard Agency. He expects to see total giving increase 2%-3% in ’04 and 5%-6% in ’05. Although the debate continues over what percentage of donations should go toward administrative expenses vs. actual disbursements ...read more
Donor Age Recent studies conducted by Campbell Research show that the median age of U.S. donors is 57, well above the national median age of 35. Depending on the charitable sector, median donor age varies from 49 to 64 years. Aging donors ...read more
Charitable Misgivings: The Senate Finance Committee is calling for more oversight of the nations 3 million U.S. tax exempt organizations. One likely outcome is regular review of tax-exempt status. “Charities ought to periodically justify that they are doing the job they said they were doing when ...read more
Donations To Charities have increased 2.3% over last year according to The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s recent poll of the 400 largest nonprofit organizations in the U.S. (The ...read more
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