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In a world swept by natural disaster, social ills, poverty and credibility problems in the nonprofit sector, a new report shows that typical Americans are still willing and enthusiastic to donate.

But when charities ask for money, they should take care not to turn off today’s marketing-savvy public.

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Missy Ryan of Atlanta-based FundraisingINFO.com gives her analysis of “The Charitable Impulse” and offers tips to nonprofits who want to use the study to inform their fund raising.

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Article
How Charitable Giving Fared After National Crises. Washington, DC: The Chronicle of Philanthropy.

Book
Light, Paul C. Sustaining Nonprofit Performance: The Case for Capacity Building and the Evidence to Support It. Washington, DC: Brookings Institution Press.

Reports
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Keeping the Trust: Confidence in Charitable Organizations in an Age of Scrutiny. (PDF) Washington, DC: Independent Sector.

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“Organizations should look at this study and see that there seem to be some misperceptions about the nonprofit sector as a whole, and ask how we as an organization can address that issue internally.”


—Missy Ryan, Regional Director, FundraisingINFO.com




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