Research / statistics

One in four professional advisors report an increase in clients enquiring about philanthropy, according to a survey conducted by the Community Foundation for Ireland.
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Online recycling store Greenmetropolis.com has collected and recycled one million used books and made a donation for each one to conservation charity the Woodland Trust.
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The University of Limerick (UL) Foundation received donations of more than €4.6 million last year, more than double the figure of the previous year.
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Research for the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association (PFRA) has found that average levels of attrition have improved across both street and door-to-door fundraising activity from 2004 to 2006.
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Fundraising resource site fResource is asking its readers for their views on the Directory of Social Change's Trustfunding.org.uk online service.
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Fifty six per cent of respondents to the ongoing Relationship Marketing Stewardship Survey think that there should be a "common, accepted definition" of fundraising stewardship, according to interim a
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Irish people are facing more requests than ever for donations even while the amount of donations qualifying for tax refunds decreased in the last year, according to figures released by the Revenue Com
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On 14 June over 40,000 children across the UK gave up their beds at home to sleep out at over 1,200 Giant Sleepover venues to raise money for Save the Children's Emergency Fund.
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TV and newspaper coverage is still the main driver of public donations in response to disaster appeals, according to research by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).
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What kind of research do fundraisers really need?
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