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Survey finds that many charity Web sites operating

Howard Lake | 14 December 2001 | News

Law firm Nabarro Nathanson has released the results of its survey of charities’ Web sites.

The firm claims that 39% of charities that featured links on their Web sites to commercial participator-run fundraising activities were operating illegally. The charities did not have commercial participator agreements in place with these companies, whose services included running events or donating a percentage of sales to the charity.

The report Online: How Charities Use the Web compiled results from the firm’s 140 charity clients.

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The survey examined online income and found that 67% of charities have not seen any increase in online donations over the past two years. Only 2% had experienced a doubling in online income, with 20% seeing rises of up to 25%.

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