 The U.S. spends $81 billion a year on mass #incarceration, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, and that figure might be an underestimate. In 2017, the #Prison #Policy Initiative estimated the actual cost on state and federal governments and impacted families is roughly $182 billion. Those dollars go to staffing the #criminaljustice system and meeting the basic needs of the more than 2 million #Americans who are incarcerated.
But when those people leave #prison or #jail and reintegrate into their communities, the question of where support comes from gets complicated. #Government funding for parole and other reentry services is minimal in comparison to the amount spent to incarcerate people, and organizations struggle to apply and reapply for the funds. #Reentry organizations, most of which are #nonprofits, run on small budgets. When they aren't competing for #grants, they're trying to #fundraise against causes that many donors see as more compelling, they say. Read More
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There’s More Room For Big Gifts In 2021 | Non-Profit Times | by: Richard H. Levey | April 6, 2021 |4/7/2021  Major donor giving jumped by 21% between 2019 and 2020, according to the Major Donor Generosity Report from Atlanta-based donor #fundraising consultancy Westfall Gold. That’s not a ceiling. The report’s authors believe there are more potential major contributors within #nonprofits’ donor files.
The jump in major #donations was spurred, in part, by a robust stock market and strength in certain sectors of the U.S. economy despite higher #unemployment and slowdowns due to the #coronavirus #pandemic. At #fundraising events tracked by Westfall Gold, average major #gift amounts jumped from $132,975 in 2019 to $162,437 in 2020. 👇 Read More #fundraising #onlinefundraising #nonprofits #foundations |
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