Blog Posts: Annual Reports

Posted January 21, 2014 by Chasity Cooper (Introduced by Paul Penley) 0 comments

#GivingTuesday analysis represents our first-ever guest blog. Chasity Cooper, from the MPA@UNC program at UNC School of Government, explores how 2013 #GivingTuesday results compare to 2012. I, Paul Penley, have yet to find any analysis of how increased donations on #GivingTuesday may produce decreased giving at year-end (and therefore no net gain in giving), but Chasity highlights valuable year-over-year trend lines. Check out below how the new “Giving Day” has rapidly grown in just one year. Thanks for this contribution Chasity…

Tags: Annual Reports, Generosity, Online Giving Contests

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Posted August 23, 2012 by Al Mueller 0 comments

What if the once-a-year “reveals” of a charity’s impact had the hype of the iPhone 5? What if millions of people spent time guessing about program upgrades and the higher performance that the most dynamic charity in the world had developed in the past year? What if people were making viral videos and sketching out projections for a charity’s outcomes and functions before real pictures and numbers were revealed? I could only wish that charities Excellence in Giving clients support stirred such anticipation to see their latest performance. I would love to receive a mysterious invite (like Apple is about to send to tech media writers) to attend a dramatic presentation of new charitable program designs and their increased productivity. Maybe one day the presentation of a charity’s annual report would warrant that hype.

Tags: Annual Reports, Grant Impact Reports, Impact

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