Finance

Fundratios 2001/2 report 'strong and sustainable growth' in levels of voluntary income, despite lower levels of corporate support.

Fundratios 2001/2, the benchmarking management tool for fundraising professionals reports that levels of overall voluntary income for 2001/02 increased by 10.8%, with a three-year trend of 29% growth.

The sponsors of the Charities' Annual Reports and Accounts Awards are taking

The Charity Finance Directors Group (CFDG) has welcomed the Strategy Unit's long delayed report for including "far reaching and radical proposals."

Dosh Software have announced the release of DO$H Cashbook-Lite, an easy to use bookkeeping system, designed specifically for use by treasurers of UK charities, clubs and societies.

The Charities Buying Group is a new non-profit initiative designed to help charities reduce overheads and lower costs.

The Charities Buying Group has been set up by disability charity Leonard Cheshire. Its free services are available to charitable and not-for-profit organisations irrespective of size.

DSC and NatWest are offering £5000 for innovative approaches to finance solutions to social or environmental issues.

UNICEF will receive $1 million from a new FTSE ethical investment index.

The Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) has announced that it will launch an investment index listing global ethical companies. It will donate all its licence fees, estimated to top $1 million, to Unicef.

Electronic money could result in reduced donations being given to charity, according to a study commissioned by Bull Information Systems.

If you need US charity statistics then the National Center for Charitable Statistics has plenty of them.

The Center, a program of the Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy at the Urban Institute, is publishing a variety of nonprofit statistical information. This includes a database of 164,000 public charities that receive public support, detailing total expenses and total assets.

GuideStar is a free service that aims to be "the donor's guide to the nonprofit universe."