There are now 529,871 registered .org domains, suggesting that there is a very large number of non-profit and voluntary organisations using the Internet.
The figure has been published by domainstats.com and is part of a series of statistics for domain names registered with InterNIC.
The Directory of Social Change has released a report into the success rates of charities' applications for grants to the National Lottery Charities Board. Success rates for the two ongoing funding programmes have dropped from over 50% in early 1999 to about 40%.
Are charities spending too much on fundraising? The eternal question for fundraisers is given a new spin by a report from Directory of Social Change published today.
Internet shopping is to be included for the first time in measuring the retail price index. Mail order is already included in the calculation, so the inclusion of online shopping is a clear indication that it is regarded as a mainstream method of shopping.
At last fundraisers can get their hands on some research into Internet users' support of charities. The research is US-based, but it is still valuable for fundraisers in the UK.
The Future Foundation is finding out about public awareness of charity messages and advertising and about patterns of giving of charity supporters. It is running a quarterly telephone survey of a representative sample of 1000 adults each quarter in mainland Britain on behalf of 15 charities.
The British Epilepsy Association says that it is getting an average of 28,000 "hits" per week, according to .net magazine. It is not clear if this figure is "hits" or page views. The latter measurement is of course the more meaningful.
