"British foundations seem to be locked in a time warp, increasingly lagging
behind modern developments," said Lord Trevor Smith in the Foreword to a report by the LSE's Centre for Civil Society published last year.
Lord Smith is one of the speakers at a special conference being held at Charityfair in London this week.
New Media Age reports on the success of Barnardo's 2001 E-baby viral marketing campaign.
The E-baby was an animated and interactive character that Barnardo's launched in September 2001. The baby crawled across the PC screen and demanded some kind of response designed to test one's parenting skills.
E-mail is the most effective means for building community among non-profits' constituents, according to an online survey by online service provider Kintera Inc.
E-mail was regarded as the most effective community building tool by 41% of poll respondents, compared to 25% who ranked 'phone outreach as most effective.
A survey for the Legacy Promotion Campaign (LPC) has found that more people than ever will not leave a charitable bequest in their will.
NOP carried out the research for the LPC and found that 40% of 50-65 year olds were not likely to include a charity in their will. Fifty four per cent felt leaving charitable legacies were of "little importance".
Charities are depending on a tiny number of trusts for the majority of their grant income, according to new research from Bill Bruty of trust fundraising company Fundraising Training.
Flora London Marathon runners have already raised more than £1 million for charity online.
One in ten runners have chosen to raise money through charity giving Web site Justgiving, an official partner of the Flora London Marathon for the second year running.
Trust fundraising consultant and trainer Bill Bruty has shared some "startling results" from his analysis of some trust income figures.
Bruty shared his figures on the trust-fundraising e-mail discussion list. He reported that the majority of trust income will come from a small number of trusts.
Tax-effective donations to charity through Gift Aid and covenants now total £2 billion, according to a report out today from Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).
Based on figures from the Inland Revenue, CAF has calculated that giving through these methods grew by 13% between 2000 and 2002. The Gift Aid system was radically simplified in the 2000 Budget.
