Stacy Palmer
Stacy Palmer
economy outlook
The outlook for 2006 is shakier, if the economy falters,
economy terms
The economy is always the most important thing in terms of fundraising,
economy giving large people strong
The economy is strong enough that people are giving in a large way.
definitely future giving helped internet online people tsunami
The Internet definitely helped tsunami giving. It may make people more comfortable with online giving in the future.
cross red share
The Red Cross is getting the lion's share of the money,
attention call certainly charities disaster effort expect giving period quite scale waves
The scale of this disaster is so big, that there is certainly going to be a lot of effort by the charities to call attention to long-term needs. So I would expect that giving will go in waves for quite a long period of time.
charitable decisions donations donors giving might time whether wonder year
This is a big giving time of the year when a lot of donors are making decisions about where their charitable donations will go, and now they might wonder whether their contributions were well-used.
figure frustrated gift outpouring people response slowness
People are very frustrated when they see the slowness of the response (to the hurricane). People figure they can give a gift very quickly. The slowness of the response is part of what triggered this outpouring of donations.
motivated people pictures responsibility saw television
After you see the pictures on the television I think that just motivated so many people to give. They just saw they had a responsibility to do something.
amount challenge compared remarkable
a very remarkable outpouring, but compared to the amount of need . . . there's still a fund-raising challenge ahead.
extent giving likely people
As people see the extent of the damage, they're likely to keep giving in big ways.
assume giving socially
I would assume that he would want to do something to demonstrate that he was being socially responsible through his giving ...
charities donor fatigue phenomenal seems
It seems to be a phenomenal year. Donor fatigue is something not many charities are seeing.
aggressive assets letting paying people
A lot of nonprofits have been very aggressive about letting people know that everyone has some assets they can leave. And it's paying off.