by Janine Vanderburg, JVA Consulting

Are you up to date on the latest fundraising facts? Is your board?

As JVA’s Development Director Intensive is coming up this month, we always like to make sure that we have the latest data on overall fundraising, who is giving, what is effective and other best practices integrated into our training.

A few weeks ago, I was compiling the same information for a customized training for one of our nonprofit clients on Engaging Your Board in Fundraising, and decided to create a Fundraising Fact BINGO! game as a fun way to get everyone involved in the training session on the same page.

Want to test your knowledge of current fundraising facts?

Print out the Bingo card in this post, and circle your answers to the questions below. We’ll post the answers on JVA’s Facebook page on Friday, July 10.

  1. Number of tax-exempt organizations registered with the IRS in 2012 __________
  2. The total number of nonprofit organizations in Colorado in 2013       __________
  3. Total number of private foundations in Colorado in 2013 __________
  4. Percentage of Americans who volunteered with a nonprofit in 2013       __________
  5. Percent of donors to a nonprofit that volunteer __________
  6. Estimated number of hours volunteers contributed to nonprofits in 2013 __________
  7. Percentage of public charities that have revenues of $500,000 or under __________
  8. Percentage of revenue growth for nonprofits from 2002 to 2012, after adjusting for inflation __________
  9. Total revenues for public charities 2012 __________
  10. Percent of revenue from private fees for services and products __________
  11. Percent of revenue from government contracts and Medicare/Medicaid payments __________
  12. Percent of revenue from government grants __________
  13. Amount of private charitable contributions in 2013 __________
  14. Percentage of private contributions made by individuals       __________
  15. Percentage of private contributions made by foundations __________
  16. Percentage of private contributions made by corporations __________
  17. Percentage that private giving increased from 2009 to 2013       __________
  18. Percent of donors in Burk survey who made at least one online gift in 2013 __________
  19. Percent of donors in Burk survey who made recurring monthly gifts in the last year __________
  20. Percentage increase in peer to peer giving on social media—this is the highest increase of all social media channels __________
  21. Percent of online donations that are made in December __________
  22. Percent of annual online donations that are made in the last 3 days of the year __________
  23. Percent of donors who say they would give more if asked to support a specific program instead of an unrestricted gift  __________
  24. Percent of donors who say they look at measurable results in evaluating a nonprofit __________
  25. Percent of donors who make a gift a first time and then never renew       __________