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ECFA has announced their 2016 State of Giving Report. Based on data from 1,816 member organizations, cash contributions in 2015 grew 2.2% year over year. Noncash giving grew by 7.5%.
Illustrating the diversity of the nonprofit community, the changes for 27 different sectors are listed separately. A few highlights for the 2015 and 2014 change:
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The 2016 State of the Plate report, provided by Maximum Generosity and several charities, surveyed 1,596 leaders in local churches to look at giving trends in 2015. Their survey was last conducted in 2013.
You can find the report and download it here.
A few highlights:
Giving trends in 2015:
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Superb infograph shows percentage of churches whose income is greater than their expenses.
Lesson I draw from the graph: Recovery from the Great Recession has been slow for churches. Many churches are still struggling. Those are the results I would expect to see.
Visit Church Law & Tax extract from their March 2015 edition of Church Finance Today: Percentage of Churches with Income Exceeding Expenses – their analysis is broken out into nine different regions of the United States.
A few pieces of information:
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Church Law & Tax reports responses from 1,151 churches to describe Church Giving Trends over the Last Year (2014). Great info graphic at the link. Check it out.
Here’s the summary: Read the rest of this entry »
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Indiana University’s report estimates overall charitable giving was up 5.4% in 2014. Total giving has recovered since the recession and has now has surpassed the previous high points in 2007 and 2005.
Chronicle of Philanthropy has more: Philanthropy Surges 5.4% to Record $358 Billion, Says “Giving USA”.
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ECFA has announced preliminary results of their 2015 State of the Giving Report. First indications are based on 600 member organizations who have renewed through January 31st.
Cash contributions grew 5.9% year over year. Total revenue grew by 4.2%.
Final results expected in October.
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Here is the millions of square feet of new construction and additions for religious buildings (approximated):
Those are my estimates from a graph in the Wall Street Journal article, Decline in Church-Building Reflects Changed Tastes and Times.
Article says the estimated 10.3M square feet in 2014 is down 6% for the year and down 80% from the peak in 2002.
Several factors are cited in the article for the drop in construction. Read the rest of this entry »
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