Blackbaud Index: Midyear Results Show Overall Charitable Giving, Online Giving Up

The Blackbaud Index reported that overall charitable giving grew 2.2 percent and online giving grew 14 percent for the first half of 2013 as compared to the first half of 2012. In addition, overall charitable giving increased 3.6 percent and online giving increased 13.9 percent for the three months ending June 2013 as compared to the same period in 2012.

As reported in the recently released Charitable Giving Report, overall giving grew approximately 2 percent for the full year 2012 and online giving grew by about 11 percent in 2012 compared to 2011.