The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving, a broad-based fundraising index that reports overall giving trends of 2,515 US-based nonprofit organizations representing $7.4 billion in yearly giving on a monthly basis, today reported that charitable giving rose 5% for the three months ending February 2012 as compared to the same period in 2011.
The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving, comprised of actual revenue data from 1889 nonprofits representing $424 million in yearly online giving, also reported that online giving rose 13.8% for the three months ending February 2012 as compared to the same period in 2011.