Well-run charities in the U.S. use their own staff to raise funds, and spend most of the donations on easily verifiable activities. Experts say a charity should spend less than 35 cents on the dollar for fundraising.

Large companies increased both cash and noncash giving since 2007, with a higher percentage of noncash contributions in 2012 defining the post-recession giving era, according to a report from the Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy released Tuesday.

All-in-one payment solutions provider BluePay is partnering with AccuFund, the award-winning software solutions provider for nonprofits and government organizations. Through this new partnership, clients of AccuFund’s user-friendly fundraising product, AccuFund CRM, are now able to capture internal processing and external donations securely through BluePay, while being fully supported on the Salesforce platform.

Indiana-based Updentity is proving to be a key element in the success of community foundations and nonprofits alike. Updentity has compiled and actively maintains more than 12 years of nationwide data on hundreds of millions of individuals and businesses. Utilizing online resources and third-party sources, this contact and demographic information is regularly refreshed.