Last chance to enroll for upcoming workshop.
Posted by JBA in Campaign Planning & Management, Capacity Building, Strategic Planning, Workshops & Learning Opportunities on August 16th, 2010
Don’t miss the August 20th workshop, Don’t Just Survive, Prosper! I must-attend for anyone considering a capital campaign in the near future.
Giving USA event in Kansas City July 22
Posted by JBA in Giving USA, Workshops & Learning Opportunities on June 15th, 2010
Hear more about the latest Giving USA findings
from one of the report’s lead collaborators!
from one of the report’s lead collaborators!
Brought to you by
July 22, 2010
8:30 – 11:00 a.m.
UMKC Pierson Auditorium
Presentedy by
Patrick M. Rooney, Ph.D., Executive Director, Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University
Admission is free, but space is limited.
Giving USA Foundation and its research partner, the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, recently announced that estimated charitable contributions in 2009 fell to $303.75 billion, down from $315.08 billion for 2008 – a 3.2 percent drop in current dollars.
- Why are these numbers encouraging?
- How are donors changing the way they view their role?
- What lessons can Kansas City nonprofits draw from the report?
Get answers to these questions and more from Giving USA Foundation members Jeffrey Byrne & Associates at this FREE workshop. Learn what’s behind Giving USA 2010 report highlights and how to use this information to strengthen your fundraising in 2010 and beyond.
- The inflation-adjusted drop of 3.2 percent is not as severe as the decline in 1974-75, when giving fell by 5.5 percent or in 2008 when the drop was 5.7 percent.
- Corporate giving rose to an estimated $14.1 billion, up 5.5 percent adjusted for inflation, taking corporate giving to within 1 percent of pre-recession levels.
- While overall giving declined, many donors made special efforts in 2009 to respond to humanitarian needs.
“Given that 2009 represented the worst recession since the Great Depression, the stock market’s biggest drop in many years, 10 percent unemployment, two wars, the housing market bottoming out and the political uncertainty of healthcare reform, the fact that giving fell only a few percentage points is very strong testament to Americans’ willingness to give.
When you serve a mission and that mission has a need, you simply can’t wait for better times.Successful fundraising continues under all economic conditions.”
~Jeffrey Byrne, President
Jeffrey Byrne & Associates
Giving USA 2010 Report Findings Released Today
Posted by JBA in Giving USA on June 9th, 2010
Findings from Giving USA, the annual report on philanthropy in the United States researched and released each year by the Giving USA Foundation™ and its research partner, the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University today, were announced today for the year 2009.
The top finding was that estimated total charitable contributions from American individuals, corporations and foundations fell to $303.75 billion in 2009, down from a revised total of $315.08 billion for 2008. The 2009 drop represents a fall of 3.6 percent in current dollars. In 2009 the overall economy saw slight price deflation, which makes the adjusted change in giving year-over-year a decline of 3.2 percent.
While a fall in total giving may be disheartening news to some, 2009 did represent the third year that giving exceeded $300 billion. And amid a year notorious for economic trouble and job loss, the level of giving could have been much lower. But, it seems, people responded to a perceived increase in need among social services organizations.
You can read the entire Giving USA release and more key findings at our website.
If you are in the Kansas City area, or just interested in local perspective on giving in 2009, the Kansas City Star interviewed JBA’s Jennifer Furla and other area nonprofit leaders for a local angle on the the report, which was officially released today.
The full report is available for purchase at GivingUSA2010.org
New IRS deadline has come & gone, but you can make the most of all that data
Posted by khuhmann in Uncategorized on May 19th, 2010
On May 17, the IRS began revoking tax-exempt status from nonprofits that failed to file three consecutive annual returns (Form 990-N, 990-EZ, 990, or 990-PF). The Kansas City Star wrote in Tuesdays’ Business section that many small nonprofits were scurrying on Monday to meet the deadline, but encountered a backup on the IRS electronic submission system due to heavy use.
For more information about the new IRS rules, GuideStar offers an overview and reminds nonprofits to update their GuideStar profiles. For those nonprofits that have not created a profile at GuideStar – why not give it a try? GuideStar is one of the first places many potential donors look to learn more about a nonprofit organization.
GuideStar describes its nonprofit reports as including information from the IRS Business Master File; IRS Forms 990, 990-EZ, and 990-PF, as well as from the nonprofit itself. Any nonprofit can update their GuideStar report for free to ensure site visitors get the most complete data about their organization.
You’ve gone to all that work to fill out your IRS forms; now put it to work for your organization! Learn more about GuideStar profiles.
Photos from the Erie, PA workshop
Posted by JBA in JBA News & Notes, Uncategorized on April 28th, 2010
JBA held another fundraising workshop, this time in Erie, PA at the Penn state Behrend campus, where Tom Murray, Gary Rick, and Jeffrey Byrne presented to 23 participants. Thanks to all who attended!
Want to attend one near you? Visit our website for a list of upcoming workshops.
