Fundraising
Charitable donations via text messaging are on the rise in the US, with text donors emerging as a new cohort of charitable givers.
Individual giving is often irrational and ruled by emotion and a charity’s ‘cost benefit calculations’ don’t lead to bigger donations, according to a leading UK economist.
The American Red Cross and researchers at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton Business School are undertaking a major study of 500,000 people in an effort to turn one-time donors into long term supporters.
Charities need to work harder to improve their online donation rates, according to new research in the UK.
The South Pole is the place to be this January if you want to raise money for charity.
Homeless related organisations are being offered an opportunity to advance purchase discounted tickets for a new Australian musical production about a homeless “bag lady” to help raise funds for their organisation and homeless initiatives.
What would you do to raise money for your charity? The Chair of a health promotion charity, FARE, the Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, has skied 150 kilometres with a 40 kilogram sled to the South Pole!
In the great tradition of ‘one person’s trash is another person’s treasure’, Vinnies Centres across Victoria are collecting old mobile telephones for recycling to raise funds for local welfare work.
Community service organisation, Mission Australia and and credit card giant, American Express will trial a partnership to reward donor loyalty.
With Christmas only weeks away, Pro Bono Australia again presents its Ethical Christmas Guide, highlighting what charities across the country have on offer and providing a way for Australians to support the Not for Profit sector when making their Christmas purchases.
The latest advance in mobile technology in the form of ‘mobile wallets’ has barely touched down in Australia, but experts suggest they will dramatically transform how consumers purchase goods and services and make instant donations.
As moustaches sprout on men around Australia taking part in Movember, The Conversation contributor Brett Goodin takes a look at the deep political and cultural connotations attached to facial hair in other parts of the world.
The first major study of its kind has examined philanthropic giving in Australia that intentionally targets women and girls.
Charities have been in the media this week, slammed over fundraising costs. Defending the sector, CEO of the Fundraising Institute of Australia, Rob Edwards says that without fundraising many charities would cease to exist.
Sponsored Article | Three Queensland entrepreneurs are hoping to bring CardConnect to Australia - a fundraising initiative aimed at giving organisations the opportunity to add a new revenue stream to their current suite of fundraising initiatives.
In the UK, a new study has found that charities, schools and sports organisations are expected to run a poor second to big business at the London 2012 Olympics - with public opinion pushing for a greater ‘off-track’ Olympic Spirit.
Almost $51,000 has been raised by Australian restaurants for famine relief in East Africa.
Seven high-profile charities “spent more than 40 per cent of donations on the cost of fundraising”, according to a report in Brisbane's Courier Mail on Australian Not for Profit (NFP) organisations that spend large amounts of their donations on administration costs.
New wealth, created by the resources boom or by information technology, is the changing face of philanthropy in Australia according to Australian of the Year Simon McKeon.
Sponsored Article | Many generous Australians donating to medical-related charities are unaware that they may be funding animal experimentation, according to the humane research advocacy group Humane Research Australia.