In early June, musician Kanye West made the news for something unexpected: his political contributions and philanthropy. As a result of recent events, West donated $2 million to the families of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor.
This report looks at how gender impacts how men and women use the Internet and social networks and the impact on giving by looking at case studies of platforms, apps and movements. The data came from four datasets from online donation platforms and apps—Charity Navigator, GlobalGiving, Givelify, Global Impact’s Growfund tool—that total 3.7M+gift transactions over at least two years.
Companies are trying to respond to the devastation that coronavirus has had on people’s lives, whether personally or professional. Recently, at least 20 companies have expanded their matching gift programs in response to the pandemic. For example, companies like AbbVie and Apple are upping the match from 1:1 to 1:2. Nonprofits can gently remind their donors who work at these companies about the increased opportunities to double or triple their gift.
The report looks at 2017 fundraising results for 2,421 organizations in 11 arts and culture sectors in the US. There’s also data about 1,888 organizations from 2014-2017.
While capacity ratings are the typical researcher’s bread and butter, we asked our panelists about the use of capacity ratings when it comes to corporate prospects
By looking at 138,019 accounts (which is a snapshot since the number fluctuated during the year), Fidelity Charitable reported on the demographics of donors to DAFs, causes supported, and other metrics.
Religion still remains the number one category of giving in the US, however it has been declining in recent years. Most studies have focused on individual givers but the institutions themselves have not been studied. This report tries to correct this gap with a study of how congregations work. The report looks at how they handle their finances as well as where they receive their funding.
The report focuses on the philanthropic interests and inclinations of Ultra High Net Worth (UHNW) Individuals around the globe. It looks at their giving patterns, areas of philanthropic focus, as well as other trends.
So, we decided to turn the lens to prospect research and fundraising in general over the past ten years. What has changed in the field? What has stayed the same? This is list is no means definitive, but a contemplation of some of the big changes in the last ten years.
Many times the cause of data breaches is as simple as an unchanged password. The Washington Post reported that the Dropbox breach that revealed the emails and passwords of over 68 million Dropbox users was the result of an employee using the same password from another website that had been hacked. Other stories tell of people using “Password” or “12345678” or similarly easy to guess passwords.