Reports

2018 Reports

Each year, Nonprofit Marketing Guide President Kivi Leroux Miller and her team release the Nonprofit Communications Trends Report. The 2018 report has more than a few interesting findings, e.g., “When we look at the most effective nonprofits, about 2/3rds are using editorial best practices like editorial calendars and meetings and repurposing their content, while only 1/3 of less effective nonprofits are.” Get the report.

Diversity in Giving, The Changing Landscape of American Philanthropy: Based on a survey of more than 1,000 U.S. donors, our first-ever Diversity in Giving study provides an in-depth analysis of the priorities, values, and attitudes of African-American, Asian, and Hispanic donors. By understanding each group’s giving attitudes and preferences, this study serves as a strong foundation to guide your organization toward a more inclusive—and effective—fundraising approach. Download the eBook.

DonorDrive® Peer-To-Peer Fundraising Software has released their free State of Peer-To-Peer Fundraising Report 2018., Learn how to retain previous participants, recruit new fundraisers, and lever… Download here.

Care2, hjc, and NTEN bring you the 2018 Digital Outlook Report. With in-depth guides and expert advice, they walk you through three areas that may be uncharted terrain for your organization: mobile optimization, tracking web conversion, and email deliverability. Get the report.

The 2018 CCS Snapshot of Today’s Philanthropic Landscape is intended to serve as a guidebook for navigating the philanthropic terrain in the United States. Topics include: reports on different giving sources (an bequests), recessions and philanthropy, potential impact of tax reform and general nonprofit sector data Download the report.

The Winter 2018 Nonprofit Fundraising Study: Covering Charitable Receipts at Nonprofit Organizations in the United States and Canada in 2018, View here.

Nonprofit Times: 2018 Best Places to Work, View here.

Charities Aid Foundation has published their World Giving Index 2017, Explore how people around the world give, with unique insight into charitable behaviour and generosity across the globe. Download here.

Now in its third year, the 2018 Global Trends in Giving Report , is based upon the survey results of 5,352 NGOs from 164 countries. The report is groundbreaking in that it is the only annual research project dedicated to studying how NGOs worldwide use web and email communications, online fundraising tools, social media, mobile technology, and data management and security software. Download here.

Achieve’s research team is investigating what influence, if any, the 2016 presidential election has had on millennial cause engagement for the 2017 Millennial Impact Report.: Download the multiple reports.

Powered by a booming stock market and a strong economy, charitable giving by American individuals, bequests, foundations and corporations to U.S. charities surged to an estimated $410.02 billion in 2017, according to Giving USA 2018: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2017.: Look for the free highlights.

Nov: According to the new edition of Foundation Center’s Key Facts on U.S. Foundations, the country’s 86,192 foundations held $715 billion in assets and distributed a record $52 billion in 2012. This annual research study estimates 2013 giving at $54.7 billion and the outlook for 2014 is for growth to continue ahead of inflation, with independent and family foundations growing at a higher rate than other types of foundations. Go to the report.

Oct: 2014 Fundraising Technology Trends Study. In our “2014 Fundraising Technology Trends Study,” we surveyed 142 fundraisers about their use of technology. Each of the fundraisers shared with us how successful they’ve been growing contributions. They also described their software management platforms, communication channels, and payment acceptance methods. To go to the report and download.

Oct: The 2014 NPT Top 100: Is Recovery Here? Revenue for the nation’s largest nonprofits has continued to recover since the recession, backed by a slow but steady return for donations last year and buoyed by more gains in investment income and continued growth of program service revenue. For the report

June: Giving USA 2014 Report Highlights: The Giving USA 2014 report Highlights provides an overview of key 2013 data. The Giving USA 2014 report Highlights is instantly downloadable. Upon purchase ($0.00), go to your account and click on the grey receipt for your download. Download

June: Key Facts on U.S. Foundations, Foundation Center. Estimated foundation giving reached nearly $55 billion last year, a record. That was close to $8 billion more than in 2008 — the peak year for foundation giving before the economic downturn. Even after adjusting for inflation, the country’s independent, corporate, community, and operating foundations gave $3.5 billion more in 2013 than they did in 2008.Press Release with short report.

May: D5’s “Vision and Voice: New Report from Philanthropy Northwest” The first of three research reports commissioned by D5 has just come online: “Vision and Voice: The Role of Leadership and Dialogue in Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.” Produced by Philanthropy Northwest, in partnership with the Seattle University Nonprofit Leadership Program, the report is an analysis of a peer-learning group of 10 foundation CEOs in the Pacific Northwest and interviews with 23 philanthropic leaders that offers insights and practical lessons for creating an organizational culture supportive of diversity, equity, and inclusion. D5 Report

April: What Donors Value: How Community Foundations Can Increase Donor Satisfaction, Referrals, and Future Giving. To better understand how community foundations can best respond to the current environment, CEP asked donors about how satisfied they are with the community foundations with which they work. What matters most to them? What do these donors want from their community foundations? CEP Report

Feb: Charitable Giving Report: How Nonprofit Fundraising Performed in 2013 (based on the Blackbaud Index) Request Report

Philanthropy and the Social Economy: Blueprint 2014 – is an annual industry forecast written by leading philanthropy scholar Lucy Bernholz about the social economy — private capital used for public good. Report

2013 Reports

September: Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy – Giving in Numbers: 2013 Edition, Trends in Corporate Giving. This report not only presents a profile of corporate philanthropy in 2012, but also pinpoints how corporate giving is evolving and becoming more focused since before the recession of 2008 and 2009. Report, Press Release, etc.

September: Center for Effective Philanthropy- Nonprofit Challenges: What Foundations Can Do Report

August: Guidestar – One Web Site Enables Nonprofits to Tell Their Stories, Commit to Transparency, and Define Their Impact Article

June: Giving USA- The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2012 Executive Summary

May: D5’s “State of the Work” Report Features Efforts by Foundations to Increase Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion D5 Report

May: “Foundation Transparency: What Nonprofits Want”: in a report released by the Center for Effective Philanthropy (based on a survey of 138 nonprofit leaders), nonprofit organizations call for greater transparency from the foundations that fund them. CEP Report

April: Clayton Burnett Report – “What Makes Fundraising Truly Great?” – a unique year-long study to answer the question ‘What are the factors that allow an organization to double, treble or even quadruple its income?’ CB Report

Philanthropy and the Social Economy: Blueprint 2013 – is an annual industry forecast written by leading philanthropy scholar Lucy Bernholz about the social economy — private capital used for public good. Register for free downloads

January: The newly released study UnderDeveloped: A National Study of Challenges Facing Nonprofit Fundraising reveals that many nonprofits are stuck in a vicious cycle that threatens their ability to raise the resources they need to succeed. A joint project of CompassPoint and the Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund, the report found high levels of turnover and lengthy vacancies in development director positions throughout the sector. More significantly, the study reveals deeper issues that contribute to instability in the development director role, including a lack of basic fundraising systems and inadequate attention to fund development among key board and staff leaders. Download the full report

2012 Reports

November – Bank of America Study of High Net Worth Philanthropy Summary and Full Study

October – The Nonprofit Research Collaborative publishes semi-annually. This issue focuses on – Charitable Receipts at U.S. and Canadian Nonprofit Organizations in the First Six Months of 2012 and Donor Retention: Article and the Full Report

June: Giving USA – The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2011 Executive Summary

2011 Reports

2011 March – The Million Dollar Gift List, Center on Philanthropy – Indiana University. The list is the only public and free record of publicly reported gifts of $1 million or more since 2000. It provides a clearer picture of this level of giving per philanthropic landscape, revealing patterns and trends. Literature Review on High Net Worth Philanthropy

Resources about Nonprofit Organizations

The Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) goal is to help grow philanthropy’s share of the GDP. It pursues this goal by providing nonprofits with tools for tracking and evaluating their annual growth in giving. Fundraising Effectiveness Survey Reports from 2008 – 2013

Data and performance of 501c3 charitable organizations at Charity Navigator

Guidestar gathers and publicizes information about nonprofit organizations… one of the best go-to sites for information on foundations and their 990PF tax forms.

The Better Business Bureau for Charities and Donors provides a critical review of nonprofits with its BBB Accredited Charity Directory.

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