Welcome to The Blackbaud Index

Economic conditions, natural disasters, and market fluctuations have made it extremely difficult for nonprofits to make fundraising decisions informed by the latest donor behavior. That is why we created the The Blackbaud Index — to provide fundraisers with up-to-date data on fundraising trends and to couple that information with valuable analysis by leaders in the sector.

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The Blackbaud Index Highlights

There are now double the number of organizations and more than $7 billion in charitable gifts represented
The Blackbaud Index is now accessible from within The Raiser’s Edge
The Blackbaud Index will now be published two weeks earlier on the 1st of each month
Charitable giving was up 4.2% for full year 2011 vs. full year 2010 and online giving was up 13% for full year 2011 vs. full year 2010
For the 11th month in a row, overall charitable giving has increased over the prior year, by a modest 2.2% in the three months ending March 2012
For the 12th month in a row, online giving has increased over the prior year, by 9.8% in the three months ending March 2012, a decrease from February 2012

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Index of Charitable Giving

The Index of Charitable Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports overall giving trends of 2,512 nonprofit organizations representing $7.4 billion in yearly overall giving on a monthly basis, both offline and online.

Index of Online Giving

The Index of Online Giving is a broad-based fundraising index that reports online giving trends of 1,832 nonprofit organizations representing $381 million in yearly online giving on a monthly basis.

Blackbaud Index at a Glance:

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving is based on actual giving statistics from nonprofit organizations of all sizes representing arts, culture, and humanities; education; environment and animals; healthcare; human services; international affairs; public and society benefit; and religion sectors. Read more about the methodology.

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving reports that overall giving increased by 2.2 percent for the 3 months ending March 2012 as compared to the same period in 2011.

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The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving

The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving is based on actual giving statistics from nonprofit organizations of all sizes representing arts, culture, and humanities; education; environment and animals; healthcare; human services; international affairs; and public and society benefit sectors.

The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving reports that online giving increased by 9.8 percent for the 3 months ending March 2012 as compared to the same period in 2011.

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