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Protest Oregon’s Proposed New Fundraising Law

From Harvard Business Review Blogger Dan Pallotta Oregon’s Attorney General John Kroger has introduced a bill that would strip the tax-deductible status from donations made to charities that spend less than 30% of their annual budget on services over the course...

Value of A Volunteer’s Time Per Hour Jumped 2.3%

The 2010 estimate for the value of a volunteer hour reached $21.36, an increase from $20.85 per hour in 2009, according to Independent Sector, a national nonprofit advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. “While the value of volunteers can be measured, we know that...

Online Giving Grew Significantly in 2010

By Staff of Philanthropy Journal Online fundraising grew 34.5 percent in 2010, compared to the previous year, and accounted for 7.6 percent of total fundraising, a new report says. Large organizations posted 55.6 percent growth in online fundraising, compared to 22...

How the Young Give

A new report from Giving USA Foundation and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University suggests that “Millennial” donors (adults born since 1981) have different approaches to giving, and suggests ways to adapt to a more connected and global-minded...