This information is provided as a service to give the context needed in interpreting the annual report about fundraising by professional solicitors in North Carolina. These are charitable, educational, cultural, religious, scientific, and literary organizations. Fifty three percent had served as a volunteer in the past 12 months, and 79 percent had made voluntary contributions of money, property, or other items to private nonprofits.
Funds raised by professional solicitors are a tiny slice of charitable giving in North Carolina.
While this is a significant amount, it represents less than 5 percent of the total funds donated to nonprofits by North Carolina taxpayers who itemize their contributions. Most charitable giving is in response to requests from staff and volunteers who are committed to the nonprofit in which they serve. Most nonprofits spend less than 20 percent of their resources on fundraising. Most fundraising in North Carolina is done by nonprofit staff and volunteers who believe in their organizations' missions and who put every penny possible to that end. Most nonprofits find imaginative, effective, and frugal ways to raise funds.