So Where Are We?

Tony Elischer

The financial meltdown of September 2008 seems like a lifetime ago, but the media have managed to maintain a healthy focus on how dire the world situation continues to be, constantly bombarding us with stories and insights of gloom. Of course much of this is real, but three years of these stories has definitely cemented [...]

General Fundraising, Recession

Global Corporate Engagement Report

Fiona Duncan

In late 2010, THINK Consulting carried out a research assignment into corporate engagement: we reviewed the history, the trends, the emerging theories (and there are a few), numerous practices, tools and models (there are even more than we mention!) and a selection of papers that have been produced. Plus, we interviewed not-for-profits – global and [...]

Corporate Fundraising, Recession

Charitable giving is on the up according to new research

Think Intelligence

Donations made by the UK public to charity rose by £400 million last year to a total of £10.6 billion, according to the latest research into charitable giving habits from NCVO, in partnership with the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).
Their report, UK Giving 2010, also found the number of people giving has risen to 56%, an [...]

Charity Trends, General Fundraising, Individual Giving, Recession

Giving in Switzerland unaffected by economic crisis

Della Weight

Figures recently published by Swiss charity quality mark ZEWO this month, suggest that the economic crisis did not affect giving in Switzerland in 2009 as heavily as expected, as income to its members is holding steady.
Around CHF 2.83 billion (£1.84 billion/$2.87 billion) was donated to the 457 ZEWO member charities in 2009, an 8% increase on [...]

Charity Trends, Corporate Fundraising, General Fundraising, Individual Giving, Recession

State of the Sector survey results published

Matt Ide

Third Sector has started publishing the results of nfpSynergy’s State of the Sector survey, and according the authors there’s some interesting and unexpected findings to be had amongst the data, including:

What effect has the recession had on charities? – 67% say that income has fallen.
How well do charities work with their stakeholders? – just 25% say [...]

Charities, Charity Trends, General Fundraising, Recession

Video: Interview with Margaret Bennett on Fundraising in a Recession

Margaret Bennett

At the 29th International Fundraising Congress in The Netherlands last month a series of Masterclasses were offered to attendees to provide insights into the latest thinking in fundraising from around the world.
With the effects of the recession still very much a big issue in the not for profit sector, Howard Lake from UK Fundraising interviewed [...]

Charities, Community Fundraising, Recession, Top Tips

Fundraising in an Unpredictable Market

Margaret Bennett

During a recession the one thing we can be sure of is that we will be fundraising in an unpredictable market. In the 1980s and 1990s, fundraisers had few reference points to enable them to look back at and learn from the past, but today we have a wealth of quite recent experience to draw [...]

Charities, Charity Trends, Community Fundraising, Recession

Recession fatigue

Fiona Duncan

According to the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, and despite many economists’ predictions, the UK economy did not grow in the third quarter of 2009 so we have not yet seen the signal that officially ends the UK recession. The third quarter gross domestic product figures (to be released on 23 [...]

Charities, Recession

Opening the door to outside influence

Della Weight

I’ve often wondered why there’s so little exchange between the for profit and not for profit world? As an industry we are often good at exchanging ideas and sometimes even results – at national and international fundraising conferences, in seminars, training courses and other get-togethers of fundraisers and marketers.  But its fairly rare that you’ll see [...]

Charities, Charity Trends, Corporate Fundraising, Digital, Higher Education, Individual Giving, Recession

How do trusts & foundations react in a recession?

Matt Ide

There’s been a lot of speculation in recent months about the effect the recession will have on trust and foundation giving, both now and in the near future. As many trusts and foundations distribute money earned on their invested capital, it is thought the negative impact will take some time to filter through. The extent [...]

Recession, Trusts & Foundations