What is Driving Nonprofit Sector’s Growth?

December 10, 2014

During the recession, while for-profit businesses struggled with decreased revenues causing significant downsizing, high unemployment rates, and record-breaking home foreclosures, the nonprofit sector continued its pattern of growth, and actually thrived.

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Easterseals

Easterseals is leading the way to full equity, inclusion, and access through life-changing disability and community services. For more than 100 years, we have worked tirelessly with our partners to enhance quality of life and expand local access to healthcare, education, and employment opportunities. And we won’t rest until every one of us is valued, respected, and accepted. Through our national network of affiliates, Easterseals provides essential services and on-the-ground supports to more than 1.5 million people each year — from early childhood programs for the critical first five years, to autism services, to medical rehabilitation and employment programs, to veterans’ services, and more. Our public education, policy, and advocacy initiatives positively shape perceptions and address the urgent and evolving needs of the one in four Americans living with disabilities today.

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19 Future Fundraising Trends and Statistics

Infographic | February 4, 2020

Giving Goes Digital in the Future of Fundraising. It has been discovered that the idea of raising funds online is growing very fast. Over the past decade, fundraising has improved significantly. In the year 2000, fundraising stood at 1.7% while in 2010, online fundraising alone stood at 10.7%. In an economy with GDP of $14.99 trillion, total fundraising contributed 2%. It was discovered that for a GDP of 40%, total fundraising contributed 2%. Nevertheless, the massive rates of online giving represent a small fraction of overall giving. This channel of giving is an opportunity for non-profit organizations to raise funds.

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7 facts every nonprofit fundraiser should know about the path to online donations

Infographic | January 24, 2020

Successful online fundraising involves more than a donation page -it requires creating a complete path from acquisition to cultivation to conversion, with a website as mobile as your donors.

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What We Learned from Social Giving During a Time of Social Distancing [and Looking Forward]

Infographic | November 15, 2021

The 2021 Giving Experience Study explores insights from 1,026 Social Donors who donated through event and peer-to-peer fundraising in the last 12 months.

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Your Year-Round Fundraising Idea Calendar

Infographic | January 4, 2022

Year-round revenue for your nonprofit organization is always the goal. But how do you get there? Our year-round fundraising calendar offers ideas for fundraising events that can be adapted in-person, online, or in a hybrid format.

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Giving Tuesday 2019 Sets New Records

Infographic | December 5, 2019

In its eighth year, Giving Tuesday has grown 27.75% from 2018 to 2019 and raised $511 million in the U.S. alone, setting new records across the social sector. At Classy, we saw the hard work and dedication of our nonprofit customers come to fruition as they raised $19,433,030 million from 153,543 donors.

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Nonprofits leveraging technology achieve greater impact during pandemic

Infographic | December 23, 2021

The 2022 Nonprofit Technology Trends Survey, an annual survey sponsored by Sage Intacct, asked over 900 nonprofit finance leaders about their organizations and how they are using technology to achieve mission success. The results of the report are very encouraging with a direct correlation between a nonprofit’s ability to leverage technology to pivot during the pandemic and their ability to impact their mission during a challenging year.

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Spotlight

Easterseals

Easterseals is leading the way to full equity, inclusion, and access through life-changing disability and community services. For more than 100 years, we have worked tirelessly with our partners to enhance quality of life and expand local access to healthcare, education, and employment opportunities. And we won’t rest until every one of us is valued, respected, and accepted. Through our national network of affiliates, Easterseals provides essential services and on-the-ground supports to more than 1.5 million people each year — from early childhood programs for the critical first five years, to autism services, to medical rehabilitation and employment programs, to veterans’ services, and more. Our public education, policy, and advocacy initiatives positively shape perceptions and address the urgent and evolving needs of the one in four Americans living with disabilities today.

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