6 Things Data Tells Us About Giving Tuesday
Large charities collect the most money on the annual giving day, though smaller organizations are claiming a bigger slice of the pie.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Corporate Giving Rises, Especially for Disaster Relief, Study Shows
Median giving increased 14 percent over the last three years. Giving among the 252 companies that participated in the survey of giving in 2017 totaled $23.8 billion.
By Julian Wyllie
Contributor
Russian Operative Looked at U.S. Nonprofits’ Cyberdefenses in Graduate School: Daily News Roundup
As a student at American University, Maria Butina gathered information on media-freedom and human-rights groups. In other articles, people who live in politically divided counties give less to charity; Fifth Third Bancorp commits $2 billion more to greater Chicago; tech billionaires continue their fight over raising taxes to help the homeless; Rajiv Shah talks about the Rockefeller Foundation’s new areas of focus and strategies. Plus, more news and articles on innovation.
Training Yields Big Payoff in Giving
Getting local chapters up to speed on how to raise big gifts produced huge gains in only five years.
By Timothy Sandoval
Contributor
Members of the sprawling organization have made big gains by sharpening their message, narrowing the areas where they provide services, and cultivating the next generation of donors.
By Heather Joslyn
Contributor
Snapshots of Fundraising Performance at 8 of America’s Favorite Charities
We take a closer look at the fundraising performance of Doctors Without Borders and Rotary, where giving soared in the past decade. Others struggled to escape the recession’s grip.
By Heather Joslyn and Drew Lindsay
Behind Our Newest Charity Rankings
Our exclusive list of the 100 U.S. charities that raise the most in cash and stocks is the most direct way to assess the public’s support for specific charities.
Who’s Raising the Most: The 100 Charities That Are America’s Favorites
The country’s 100 top charities — United Way, Red Cross, Obama Foundation, and Harvard, among them — raised 11 percent of all cash and stock donated to charitable causes.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects
How the 2018 America’s Favorite Charities Ranking Was Compiled
The goal: identify cause-driven organizations that most successfully earn direct financial support from individuals, foundations, and corporations.
By Tyler Davis and Drew Lindsay
Use our interactive table to see a breakdown of the private support, revenue, and more — including historical fundraising trends — for each of the 100 top nonprofits.
By Drew Lindsay
Senior Editor, Special Projects