Benchmarking provides a snapshot of the performance of a charity and helps provide an understanding of where it is in relation to others.
Civil Society conducts a range of benchmarking surveys, including:
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A British initiative has come second in a league table of international aid schemes which aims to find the best opportunities for donors to accomplish good with their donation.
Legacies: Sluggish growth over the last ten years
Benchmark analysis shows that there is very little progress in growth of legacies bequeathed to charities.
The growth of medical research charities over 15 years
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month so in this edition we have decided to take a look at the top-ranking medical research charities in the Charity 100 and Charity 250 Indexes and examine how their income levels have fared over the last 15 years.
A website or guide that rates charities could be a useful addition to the sector, ministers said yesterday.
Civil Society Media has launched a new online application allowing charities to compare their income data with the financial performance of other charities.
Volunteering England has launched its second version of the Volunteering Impact Assessment Toolkit as a web resource with further features and step-by-step instructions.
Martin Brookes, chief executive of think-tank New Philanthropy Capital, will suggest that charities should be ranked according to their societal benefit, in a speech at the Royal Society for the encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce tonight.
Charities often misdirect their lobbying energies at politicians, a new poll has found. The Charity Parliamentary Monitor, a survey of MPs and peers by nfpSynergy, has questioned the value of lobbying at party conferences next month, as only 13 per cent of sitting politicians rate the events as effective places to lobby.
Brits are the most charitable people in the world, according to a new survey of 10,500 people in 16 countries. The study, by social enterprise charity UnLtd, took place over three months and aimed to produce a view of international attitudes to global concerns. Amongst the countries that participated were Spain, France, Switzerland, USA, Canada, Germany, and India.
Where is the charity market headed?
Spotting trends in major charities is a good indicator of what may be happening elsewhere. Using the latest Charity Market Monitor report, Cathy Pharoah assesses the current state of play.
The changing face of Dorothy Donor
Today’s Dorothy Donor will soon be replaced by Debbie, a younger and more demanding model, says Paul Handley.
Children's Society uses community to target baby boomers
Targeting baby boomers made perfect sense to the Children’s Society – after all, it is the boomers who hold 80 per cent of the nation’s wealth. Carolyne Coupel reports on the charity’s carefully calculated campaign.
Partnership deals - PF corporate partnership survey results
Corporate partnerships are a vital element of many charities’ fundraising portfolios, but businesses often keep their cards close to their chest about the different types of union they will support, and the benefits they offer.
Charities are being offered a free confidential fundraising ‘healthcheck’ to assess the impact of the recession on income. The online diagnostic tool, a collaboration between the Institute of Fundraising and Think Consulting Solutions, will provide a picture of a charity’s fundraising practice as well as recommendations for developing fundraising programmes and investment strategies.
Maybe not, but that's the spin that I briefly took from a recent Economist article about retailers such as K-mart and Sears moving towards - or back to - offering layaway (or lay-by) payment schemes. For those not familiar with how a layaway or lay-by scheme works, it’s simple. When you purchase something, instead of paying cash or credit, you make regular (maybe monthly) contributions towards the goods until you pay it off.
In a recent posting I took aim at the awful food dished up at most fundraising conferences.Kimberley Mackenzie was quick to point out that I would be pleasantly surprised at the food served up at the AFP Congress in Toronto. And she was right, the food was particularly pleasant, in fact the nicest I have had at any fundraising event to date.
Being Pareto Fundraising's International Woman of Mystery is a tough job. Just the other week I was in Toronto at the AFP's Congress where the sessions were full of the debates and questions I'm part of wherever I go in the fundraising world at the moment.What is the impact of the recession on giving? What should we be asking our donors to do right now?
It pains me to say this, but at the time of writing it looks as if Great Britain will beat their long time foes and my nation, Australia in the medal race at the Beijing Olympics. As a result, I’m looking for excuses because like any Aussie I don’t like being beaten by the Brits! And in my quest to delve deeper into this unfathomable scenario, I did discover something which seems to be at the root of the Australian’s problems: complacency.
The first ever benchmarking survey for face-to-face (F2F) attrition has been launched through the Public Fundraising Regulatory Association.
The debate about acceptable levels of attrition was reignited last month after charities were accused of handing over too much control to agencies.
Details of the long-awaited Centre of Excellence for Charitable Giving were announced by the minister for the third sector Ed Miliband last night.
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