Overall Charitable Giving and Online Giving Up in November, Index Shows

The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving, which reports overall giving trends of 3,039 U.S.-based nonprofit organizations representing $7.9 billion in yearly giving on a monthly basis, reported that charitable giving increased 1.7 percent for the three months ending November 2012 compared to the same period in 2011. The Blackbaud Index of Online Giving, comprised of actual revenue data from 1,984 nonprofits representing $373 million in yearly online giving, reported that online giving rose 13.3 percent for the same period.