Award Winning Blog - Agitator

Online Use By Generations

Here is a fairly detailed examination of online activity by age, prepared by Pew Internet Research. What I like about this slide presentation is that a wide range of internet activities (25 in all) is parsed against six different age cohorts, from Gen Y to GI Generation. What I don’t like is that, once again, […]

Learn More January 21, 2010

A Living Case Study On Dealing With Disasters

Frankly, I’m sick and tired of the dismissive comments with which many in our trade dismiss the money raising accomplishments of the American Red Cross in this Haiti disaster. Sure it’s a ‘big brand … sure it gets top media attention … sure the President and First Lady added to the media attention with their […]

Learn More January 20, 2010

Gift Receiving vs Fundraising

Yesterday the Chronicle of Philanthropy was reporting $210 million raised in the first six days after the Haiti earthquake (for comparison, $457 million was raised in the same timeframe after Katrina). The lead sentence of their story caught my eye: "Contributions continue to pour in for relief efforts in Haiti." Then they referred to the […]

Learn More January 19, 2010

Haiti Fundraising Update

The Chronicle of Fundraising is doing an excellent job of monitoring giving response to the Haiti disaster. Here is their report as of January 16: "So far, donors have contributed more than $150-million to major U.S. relief groups, a Chronicle tally finds. By comparison, such charities had raised a quarter that amount — $30-million — […]

Learn More January 18, 2010

Online Giving Surges For Haiti

We’re departing from our pre-announced “schedule” today to express our own concern for the people of Haiti … and our gratitude to the millions of people — including, we suspect, our readers — who have responded to this disaster with financial aid. The initial reports we’ve seen indicate that humanitarian organizations are receiving record amounts […]

Learn More January 15, 2010

2009 Online Fundraising Trends

Blackbaud’s Steve MacLaughlin recently published this slide show reporting the 2009 online fundraising figures for 2,335 nonprofits (all transactions processed by Blackbaud). The report also provides year-over-year comparisons based upon returns for 1,703 organizations. It’s a "must view" presentation. Some highlights: 65% of nonprofits enjoyed year-over-year (YOY) growth in online revenue comparing 2009 to 2008; […]

Learn More January 14, 2010