Fees and charges are biggest income generators

Howard Lake | 18 June 2000 | News

Fees and charges for services are the biggest source of income for charities and non-profits. According to the Johns Hopkns Comparative Nonprofit Sector Project, 49% of all non-profit revenues in the 22 countries it studied come from fees, charges and membership dues, followed by government funding at 40%, with only around 10% as cash income.

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Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale. He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.