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AFP eWire
December 21, 2010 |
How the Young Give A new report suggests that "Millennial" donors (adults born since 1981) have different approaches to giving, and suggests ways to adapt to a more connected and global-minded generation.   |
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
October 9, 2013 |
Top Ten Things: #GivingTuesday Goes Global, Partners From Around the Globe Join the 60-Day Countdown to December 3, 2013 (Oct. 9, 2013) Younger Donors/Gen Y/Millennials... Fundraising Strategy/Approach: Friendraising, what's in it for you?... Online/Social Media: 5 Ways to Use Web Forms for Your NPO... |
AFP eWire
May 19, 2008 |
Millennials Are No Less Generous than Other Generations Young donors in the Millennial generation (born after 1981) are less likely to give and tend to give in smaller amounts than other generations. |
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 16, 2013 |
Surprises abound in 2013 Next Generation of Canadian Giving Study The 2013 Next Generation of Canadian Giving Study reveals the charitable giving and communication preferences of four generations of Canadian donors: Gen Y, Gen X, Baby Boomers and Civics. |
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
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. |
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
February 7, 2012 |
Giving Data Show Boomers Poised for Record Giving Capacity Data and historical trends show that there is great capacity among older Americans, boomers and the next generation of donors to give more than ever. |
AFP eWire
January 14, 2008 |
Direct-Mail Donors Still Dwindling The number of donors responding to direct mail has continued to dwindle, even as overall revenue growth has increased slightly. |
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
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
September 24, 2007 |
Ten Necessities for Raising Money in the 21st Century A new report examines public attitudes towards giving and changes in society that are affecting philanthropy, and details the characteristics that charities must have to raise money successfully in the future. |
| AFP eWire |
Funds Raised Increased at 58 Percent of US and Canadian Charities in 2012 Nearly six in 10 charities surveyed (58 percent) raised more in 2012 than they did in 2011 from contributions, marking the first time since 2006 that significantly more than half showed such positive results. Last year at this time, 53 percent had raised more. |
AFP eWire
February 5, 2007 |
Philanthropy Journal Offers Special Report on Engaging Diverse Donors The special report includes three articles and two informative columns about how charities and fundraisers can reach out to diverse groups of donors to better broaden their funding base and prepare for the future. |
Investment Advisor
April 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Retirement Planning: All God's Children Still Not Saving Enough Baby boomers are still not saving enough. |
CRM
November 2006
Colin Beasty |
Wild & Crazy Companies see green in this graying generation's attitudes and outlook on life. |
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
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. |
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
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
March 31, 2009 |
Charitable Fundraising Hit New Low in 2008 Less than half of charities raised more money in 2008 than in 2007, and fundraising gains dropped significantly across the board. |
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. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2013
Bob Veres |
Boomers vs. Gen X & Y: Mind the Gap Friction between the generations has been around forever. But does it actually matter in the workplace? |
| AFP eWire |
53 Percent of U.S. Charitable Organizations Surveyed Say Contributions Rose in 2011 A new report shows first signs of increase in contributions in four years. |
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
August 28, 2012 |
Good News, Bad News on Donor Perceptions of Fundraising Costs The average American believes that it's reasonable for charities to spend 23 cents out of every dollar raised on fundraising and administrative costs. Unfortunately, the average American also believes that charities actually spend 37 cents out of every dollar raised on such costs. |
AFP eWire
July 14, 2008 |
In Weak Economy Loyalty is Stable Currency Fundraising revenues and donor counts are both down for the first quarter of 2008 compared to the same time last year, according to a new report. |
On Wall Street
December 1, 2012
Denise Federer |
Communicating with Various Generations With four different generations in the workplace, communication is an essential skill for working with high-net-worth families. |
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
September 10, 2013 |
Top Ten Things: CNN's Anderson Cooper Pops Off about the Nonprofit Sector: He Has a Point Fundraising Strategies/Approach: Wise Words About Charities And Branding... Technology: Top Nonprofit Software... Younger Donors/Gen Y/Millennials: `Next Gen' Has No Monopoly On Wise, Caring Givers... |
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. |
The Motley Fool
August 26, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Baby Boomers: The Biggest Threat to Your Investments? Don't count on it. According to a recent Federal Reserve paper, retiring baby boomers could sink the stock market over the coming decades. |
AFP eWire
July 2, 2004 |
New Strategies to Attract Baby Boomer Volunteers Baby boomers have the promise of becoming a social resource of unparalleled proportions, but charities face special challenges in trying to reach them. |
AFP eWire
December 4, 2012 |
Fundraising Results Overall Stall Mid-Year In its semi-annual survey, the Nonprofit Research Collaborative finds that funds raised at organizations studied were largely unchanged from a year ago. |
AFP eWire
July 21, 2014 |
Fundraising Professional Hail New York Case Settlement, Encourage Donors to Take Wise Giving Steps The Association of Fundraising Professionals applauds the recent investigation by the New York State Attorney's General Office into the Disabled Veterans National Foundation, calling it a victory for ethical charities and fundraisers. |
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 26, 2008 |
Big Gift Donors: Crafting the Right Online Experience A recent study of online giving preferences among wealthy donors reveals wide differences in the type and amount of contact donors wish to have with nonprofits after donating. |
AFP eWire
November 20, 2013 |
Top Ten: A Playbook To Kickstart Your Nonprofit's #GivingTuesday Campaign (November 20, 2013) Fundraising Research: Why Women Thrive in Political Fundraising... Volunteer Management: Narrow the Focus... Donors: Why Asking and Thanking Donors is All Wrong... |
AFP eWire
June 14, 2004 |
Letters Needed on New Postal Service Regs---Write Now! The proposed USPS rule would change the guidelines for sending charitable solicitations and would no longer permit charities to distribute letters with dual purposes (education and fundraising). Deadline for letters to refute the exclusive purpose regulations is June 18, 2004. |
CRM
February 2012 |
What's Age Got to Do With It? The Great Recession has taken its toll on Generation Y, Generation X, and Baby Boomers in different ways. |
| AFP eWire |
54 Percent of Canadian Charitable Organizations Surveyed Say Contributions Rose in 2011 More than half of surveyed Canadian charitable organizations saw growth in charitable giving lase year. |
Registered Rep.
April 28, 2015
Robert F. Sharpe, Jr. |
The Philanthropic Age Divide The key to advising philanthropic donors now is to recognize that as circumstances change near the end of life, new possibilities may open for serving clients in ways that may not have been possible at earlier stages of life. |
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
January 12, 2010 |
Six Types of Wealthy Donors A new study identifies six types of high net worth donors and explains what motivates them to give. |
AFP eWire
December 3, 2007 |
2007 Donations Good So Far, But What About the Holidays? A new survey shows that giving in the first nine months of 2007 was strong. However, will the U.S. housing crisis and overall economic conditions across North America affect giving in the last quarter of the year? |
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
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. |
On Wall Street
September 1, 2010
Bill Willis |
Talking 'Bout The Generations As the traditionalists face the sunset and boomers embrace retirement, it seems essential that brokerage firms and their advisors turn their focus to Generations X and Y. |
