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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!
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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
Did you miss the Giving in Kansas City episode on KCUR?
Posted by JBA in Giving USA, JBA News & Notes, Uncategorized on July 15th, 2009
During the week leading up to the Kansas City presentation of Giving USA, JBA’s Jennifer Furla joined in a discussion about philanthropy in Kansas City on KCUR’s news talk show, Up to Date.
Here is the program summary, as described on the KCUR online archives:
There’s no debate that times are tough with foreclosures and lay-offs everywhere you turn. However, even though this year witnessed the first decline of charitable giving in decades, people still manage to give to charitable causes. In fact, Kansas City is one of the most giving cities in the nation.
Steve Kraske talks with Patrick Rooney, the executive director of the Center on Philanthropy, Jennifer Furla, the executive vice president of Jeffrey Byrne & Associates, and Jaclyn Steiner, the Assistant Vice President of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation. They examine how although national giving has declined slightly, things may be on the upswing in Kansas City as the city’s average high-income individual giving is twice the national average.
Listen to the program here: Up to Date – A discussion about philanthropic giving in Kansas City and the nation [Source: archive.kcur.org]
Kansas Citians Among Most Generous
Posted by JBA in Capacity Building, Fundraising in a Recession, Giving USA, JBA News & Notes on July 14th, 2009
Giving in Kansas City report
Released July 9 to an audience of more than 300 Kansas City-area nonprofit professionals, and in special sessions with grantmakers, board volunteers and philanthropists, Giving in Kansas City 2008 gives us statistical support for what many of us have suspected all along: Kansas Citians are a very generous lot.
So much so that household giving outpaces national averages by a range of 50% to as much as two times greater for various demographics. And, across all income levels, Kansas Citians give more per household than others across the nation.
Benchmarked against Giving USA, the authoritative source for tracking philanthropic giving in America for more than half a century, and researched by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, Giving in Kansas City received tremendous attention in local media. Visit our site, as well as the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation and Kansas City’s Nonprofit Connect to download a copy of the report, the July 9 presentation on Giving in Kansas City and Giving USA, and to connect to links to KCUR’s coverage on Up to Date with Steve Kraske and front-page coverage in The Kansas City Star.
Starting July 15, the Kansas City nonprofit community can register to attend one of six sessions co-sponsored by JB&A and Nonprofit Connect, along with the Community Foundation, this Fall to look at specific sector data and to share our collective experience with fundraising and how we are reponding to challenges in the current economy.
Giving USA Released
Posted by JBA in Giving USA on June 11th, 2009
Giving USA numbers are out and very interesting. Every nonprofit should really take the time to look at the research in a strategic manner and plan accordingly. Trends are important to understand.
The good news…. Americans continue to give even in these economic times.
See the press release on the JBA website home page. www.FundraisingJBA.com