Donor-advised funds (or DAFs) currently hold $142 billion in assets, and charitable giving is increasingly channeled through these intermediaries. But despite their growing popularity over the last 30 years, DAFs have directed billions of dollars ...
These days, preachers may be able to avoid the sting of a bad sermon, at least in the short term—as passing the offering plate, once a staple of worship, has largely halted due to the ...
The value of a volunteer hour was estimated at $28.54 in 2020, up $1.34 from $27.20 in 2019, according to assessments by Independent Sector, in partnership with the Do Good Institute at the University of ...
Christian fundraising consultant Westfall Gold releases data
Major donor giving jumped by 21 percent between 2019 and 2020, according to the Major Donor Generosity Report from Atlanta-based donor fundraising consultancy Westfall Gold. That’s not a ceiling.
Individual giving across Florida has been in decline the past decade, except for affluent counties in the southeast and southwest parts of the state, raising concerns about the sustainability of current giving levels as more ...
Nonprofits that are newly eligible for the second draw of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) will have an additional two months to apply for the relief funds.
Only 1 in 10 institutional investors expect this year’s market returns to be greater than the average 10-year return for the S&P 500 Index, according to a recent survey. The majority (58%) of those surveyed ...
Almost 62% of giving decisions by households are made together. That sounds like a lot but it’s down from 73.4% in 2005, according to a new report.
Church coffers lagged slightly, but didn’t suffer too much. When churches were asked if 2020 totals were higher, the same or at least close to 2019’s levels, 83 percent said they were, compared with 87 ...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), along with 46 agencies from 38 states and the District of Columbia D.C., stopped a massive telefunding operation that hit 67 million consumers with 1.3 billion allegedly deceptive charitable fundraising ...