The Blackbaud Index: Overall Charitable Giving up 5% in February and Online Giving up 13.8%
April 16, 2012
DANIEL ISLAND, CS – April 16, 2012 – The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving, a broad-based fundraisingindex that reports overall giving trends of 2,515 US-based nonprofitorganizations representing $7.4 billion in yearly giving on a monthlybasis, today reported that charitable giving rose 5% for the threemonths ending February 2012 as compared to the same period in 2011. TheBlackbaud Index of Online Giving, comprised of actual revenue data from1889 nonprofits representing $424 million in yearly online giving,reported that online giving rose 13.8% for the three months endingFebruary 2012 as compared to the same period in 2011.
The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving and The Blackbaud Index ofOnline Giving are currently updated on the 15th of each month (or thenext business day) and are based on a three-month moving average ofyear-over-year percent changes in US-based charitable giving. Theyrepresent the most comprehensive and timely sources of charitable givingavailable.
New! The Blackbaud Index to be reported two weeks earlier
In an effort to provide even more timely data for the sector, startingMay 1, The Blackbaud Index will be released on the 1st of each month. Aspecial report will also be released that day featuring a closer look atthe expansion of the Index and the year-over-year performance for 2011.
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Serving the nonprofit and education sectors for 30 years, Blackbaud(NASDAQ: BLKB) combines technology and expertise to help organizationsachieve their missions. Blackbaud works with more than 26,000 customersin over 60 countries that support higher education, healthcare, humanservices, arts and culture, faith, the environment, independent K-12education, animal welfare, and other charitable causes. The companyoffers a full spectrum of cloud-based and on-premise software solutionsand related services for organizations of all sizes including:fundraising, eMarketing, social media, advocacy, constituentrelationship management (CRM), analytics, financial management, andvertical-specific solutions. Using Blackbaud technology, theseorganizations raise more than $100 billion each year. Recognized as atop company by Forbes, InformationWeek, and Software Magazine andhonored by Best Places to Work, Blackbaud is headquartered inCharleston, South Carolina and has employees throughout the US, and inAustralia, Canada, Hong Kong, Mexico, the Netherlands, and the UnitedKingdom. For more information, visit www.blackbaud.com.
