# Top charities' income not matching inflation

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2001/01/12/top-charities039-income-not-matching-inflation/
- Published: 2001-01-12T00:00:00+00:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Charity income is failing to keep up with the rate of inflation according to the latest research from Charities Aid Foundation.Charity income is failing to keep up with the rate of inflation according to the latest research from Charities Aid Foundation. The combined total income of CAF’s top 500 fundraising charities exceeded £5 billion in 1999, generating an absolute increase of £70 million on the previous year. However, in real terms, this represented a decrease of 1.7%, compared to a rise of 9% in 1998. Find out more from Charities Aid Foundation and read Charity income on the decline by Nicola Hill at SocietyGuardian. Advertisement Cleveland Community Foundation's star quality (12 January 2001) New business ethics sites to launch (12 January 2001) Nonprofitlearning.com offers online courses for non-profits (15 January 2001)