Average UK (and US) charities fundraising experience
Credit
Charities Aid Foundation
www.cafonline.org
Resources & Websites
Resources
World Giving Index - European countries compared
Dec 2013 CAF (Charities Aid Foundation) - Donating money and Volunteering time
Based on Gallup’s World View World Poll in 2012, which asks many questions on life today, where c.1000 questionnaires (telephone or face-to-face) are completed by a representative sample of individuals (aged 15 and above) living across each country, including rural areas.
(2000 questionnaires in some larger countries, 500 or more in some smaller.)
% is the percentage of people who donate money to charity, or who volunteer time, in a typical month.
You find the World Giving Index 2013 on
www.cafonline.org/PDF/WorldGivingIndex2013_1374AWEB.pdf
and the World Giving Index 2014 on
www.cafonline.org/pdf/CAF_WGI2014_Report_1555AWEBFinal.pdf
Community fundraising A-Z
Credit
Ed Nemeshanyi, Fundraising Manager, Book Trust
Find out more on
www.booktrust.org.uk/support-us/fundraise/
Full interviews with our ELINET experts
Dr Jörg F. Maas: Integrate your awareness raising and your fundraising strategy!
Dr Jörg F. Maas, German Reading Foundation
Sue Porto: Find that heart-string tug!
Sue Porto, Beanstalk (UK)
Jonathan Douglas: Corporates are the key funders!
Jonathan Douglas, National Literacy Trust (UK)
Hilal Gencay: Let your sponsors be part of the projects!
Hilal Gencay, Mother Child Education Foundation (Turkey)
Gemma Malley: Engage hearts and minds!
Gemma Malley, Book Trust (UK)
Websites
Germany
- Phineo
Phineo makes recommendations to social investors about non profit organisations and projects that suit their philanthropic plans. To do this, they identify projects with especially strong potential to bring about social change.
www.phineo.org - Deutscher Fundraising Verband
The German Fundraising Association is a non-profit professional body that unites fundraisers, charities, fundraising service provider, scientific representatives and everybody who champions a culture of giving.
http://fundraisingverband.de
The Netherlands
- Fondsenwerving
A huge database with information about any kind of funding in the Netherlands.
www.subsidietotaal.nl
United Kingdom
- NCVO
NCVO champions the voluntary sector and volunteering. They connect, represent and support voluntary organisations.
www.ncvo.org.uk - Charities Aid Foundation
CAF helps people and businesses support their causes, and provides simple and straightforward day-to-day banking and fundraising services for charities.
www.cafonline.org - Directory of Social Change
DSC offers training on fundraising, management, organisational and personal development, communciation, finance and law. The publish a variety of resources for charities, such as the UK fundraising guides, directories and websites.
www.dsc.org.uk - Institute of Fundraising
The Institute of Fundraising is the professional membership body for UK fundraising. It supports fundraisers, through leadership, representation, standards-setting and education, and champions and promotes fundraising as a career choice.
www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk
United States
- Free Library
This free library provides free, easy-to-access, online articles to develop yourself, other individuals, groups and organizations (whether the organization is for-profit or nonprofit).
http://managementhelp.org
