Halcyon Identifies

 

Between 1978 and 2008 – a period in which charities got much more sophisticated, using new fundraising techniques, the average proportion of income given to charity stayed low and barely rose, from 0.3% to 0.4%.

 

A new ranking of the most charitable countries, The World Giving Index is based on three factors - giving money to an organisation, volunteering for an organisation, and helping a stranger.

 

Google Earth Outreach claims to give non-profits the knowledge and resources they need to visualise their cause and tell their story in Google Earth and Maps to hundreds of millions of people.

 

GoodSearch is a search engine which claims to donate 50% of its sponsored search revenue to charities and schools designated by its users.

 

Individuals are finding ever more imaginative ways of using social media to support charities important to them.

• Activism/Charity/Travel - more and more travellers are trying to do good as they globetrot and are conscious of the footprint they leave behind.

Responses - 02/02/08

• Charity - a new non-profit promotes "quality giving and volunteering" through its Quality Model™, working through more than 200 partners and a network of experts worldwide.

Responses - 09/01/08

• Charity - a new foundation helps donors understand how to make the greatest impact by providing independent research and advice on effective and rewarding ways of supporting charities.

Responses - 26/09/07

• Charity/Kindness - a growing number of sometime anonymous groups bring food to the homeless, give them and teach them how to play instruments, give away bikes and generally give their time.

Responses - 16/09/07

• Business - a global foundation aims to bring the "world's biggest brains" together in the hope of solving the world's socio-economic and business problems.
• Charity - some entrepreneurs are making a major commitment to philanthropy, pouring billions into socially responsible projects. Rich donors are now also being encouraged to fund specific projects in developing countries.