# Charities fear reduced income says report

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2009/06/03/charities-fear-reduced-income-says-report/
- Published: 2009-06-03T09:03:18+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Charities fear the impact of reduced income and increased demand for their services,
according to a new survey carried out by the Centre for Nonprofit Management in 
Trinity College Dublin with Irish Charities Tax Research Limited and The Ireland
Funds.

 

The survey, carried out at the beginning of 2009 before the full impact of the economic
downturn became clear, reveals that

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• Three-quarters (74.9%) of 267 responding charities believed demand for their services
would increase this year.

 

• Almost two thirds (64%) expected a decrease in overall income in 2009.

 

• Almost half (46.4%) of those who had volunteers working in their organisation 
stated that volunteer numbers had increased in the past two year.

 

• Despite the Recession only a tiny fraction (6.7%) believed that volunteer numbers
would decrease.

 

• 85% of responding organisations believed their organisations were threatened by
the economic downturn, including the possibility that organisations would “either
downsize or cease to exist as a result of the economic situation.”

 

The majority of organisations are planning to increase their fundraising activities
in 2009, of which running fundraising events is the most popular choice, a case 
of more effort being required in order to stand still, the Report says.

 

“Charities clearly see difficult challenges ahead and whilst some believe that new
opportunities may arise most are concerned that they will be unable to meet the 
new demands facing them in the current economic climate,” the Report states.

 

58% of the income received by charities in 2008 came from State funding (€459,593m.)
while private income totalled €348,055m. (43.9%). Almost 60 per cent of organisations
currently in receipt of State funding expect a decline in funding this year.

 

The survey, to ascertain organisations’ income base, determine the reliance on different
fundraising methods and identify how organisations were adjusting their fundraising
planning in the context of the current economic climate, was carried out during 
the first half of February, 2009.

 

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