The Blackbaud Index Canada, which tracks charitable giving to the Canadian nonprofit sector, shows that overall charitable giving decreased 6.8 per cent and online giving increased 4.8 per cent for the three months ending May 2014. The Canadian Index draws its data from 285 organizations that raise more than $700 million a year and can be accessed at www.blackbaud.ca/blackbaudindex.
The Blackbaud Index, which tracks charitable giving in the US, shows that overall charitable giving to nonprofits increased 1.6 per cent and online giving increased 8.0 per cent for the first half of 2014 as compared to the first half of 2013. In addition, overall charitable giving grew 1.5 per cent and online giving grew 8.7 pert cent for the three months ending June 2014 as compared to the same period in 2013.
As reported in the recently released Charitable Giving Report, overall charitable giving grew 4.9 per cent and online giving grew 13.5 per cent for the full year 2013 compared to the full year 2012. Visit the interactive infographic to view highlights from the report.
The Blackbaud Index provides up-to-date information on charitable giving. Tracking more than $13 billion in US-based charitable giving, the Index is updated on the first of each month (or the next business day) and is based on a three-month moving average of year-over-year percent change. Featuring overall and online giving, the Index can be viewed by size and subsets of the nonprofit industry via an interactive online chart. The Index now features a fundraising benchmark calculator that allows users to easily chart their own results against the Index and historical data to provide a fuller view of charitable giving.
To access The Blackbaud Index, subscribe to monthly email or text alerts, read about the methodology, or access special reports, visit www.blackbaud.com/blackbaudindex.
Michelle Jondreau is a communications professional with an avid interest in all things HR. On top of that, she hails from the nonprofit world and as such has a keen understanding of sector trends and issues. Follow her @majondreau.
