Posted by Adrian on 28 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Technology, Charities, Fundraising Technology, Online
On the Non-Profit Marketing blog I read about a report out from Target Analysis and Donor Digital detailing recent research into online giving in the USA.
In analysing 12 large organisations they have come up with some exciting facts. The 3 that struck me were:
1. That the growth in online donors has been 100% over three years.
2. That […]
Posted by Adrian on 22 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Brand, Technology, commoditisation, Charities, Online, Fundraising Campaigns
The Product (RED) campaign is not basking in its own success (over $20M raised worldwide) but continuing to develop and evolve.
Their latest trick is to have created an Impact Calculator where you can feed in the details of the products you have bought, and it will calculate the impact that this will have had on […]
Posted by Adrian on 22 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Government, Charities, Fundraising Campaigns
The NSPCC has announced its Full Stop appeal will exceed its £250M fundraising target.
All the press coverage on this amazing fundraising achievement seems to be missing the point. Everything seems to be about the success of reaching the target sum. What I want to know is the success they have had on the ground in […]
Posted by Adrian on 21 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Celebrity, Philanthropy
Am I alone in my outrage at the shameless abuse of a mentally unstable woman?
I am not a Britney fan, and think she has behaved pretty badly in the past, but you cannot escape the obvious fact that she is struggling at the moment and has the disadvantage of ‘having’ to do it the glare […]
Posted by Adrian on 21 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Smaller charities, Charities
I found out about the Governance Hub’s new Get on Board campaign in an article in the Times. There they report on the findings that four out of five charities still rely on the “old-boy network” to find new trustees, and more than 90 per cent have one or more vacancies on their board.
This new […]
Posted by Adrian on 15 Feb 2007 | Tagged as: Technology, Charities, Fundraising Technology, Online
I have read on UK Fundraising that Guidestar UK has recently introduced a search option to help fundraisers to locate grant-makers who offer grants in a chosen area of activity.
I am yet to try it out, but having recently struggled through the funding application process for Thusanani, a small charity that operates in South Africa, […]