by Melanie Eversley | Nov 29, 2011 | News
(RNS) Charitable giving is trickling back up as the economy heals, but it could take years to return to pre-recession levels, nonprofit leaders say. Giving totaled $291 billion in 2010, according to the 2011 annual report by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana...
by Piet Levy | Oct 14, 2011 | News
(RNS) Tithing to mainline Protestant churches as a percentage of income is at its lowest level in at least 41 years, according to a new report, and churches are keeping a greater share of those donations for their own needs. Parishioners gave about 2.38 percent of...
by Lilly Fowler | Aug 11, 2011 | News
(RNS) Shopping for a flat screen TV typically isn’t that controversial. Arguments may ensue over the best size, brand or price, but those quarrels are usually short-lived. The Charity Give Back Group, or CGBG, is changing that. CGBG, formerly known as the Christian...
by Adelle M. Banks | Feb 15, 2011 | News
(RNS) Houses of worship and other charities often aren’t in competition for dollars but instead tend to reap donations from similar donors, a new study shows. Slightly more than 50 percent of people who financially supported congregations also gave to at least one...
by Adelle M. Banks | Oct 19, 2010 | News
(RNS) Several of the nation’s largest religious charities reported increases in private support as nonprofits overall saw decreases in donations last year, The Chronicle of Philanthropy reported. Feed the Children, which ranked fifth in the annual Philanthropy 400,...
