D.C. Trends emerged through in-home interviews conducted by the Gallup Organization in the spring of 1994 with a representative sample of 1,509 adult Americans. Respondents were asked a series of questions about their total household giving and, as individuals, their attitudes and practices of volunteering. The value of a strong volunteer base for financial contributions was emphasized throughout the report. Those who give, give. Start with the basics.
People are four times as likely to volunteer if asked.
Contributors and volunteers are also frequent attenders of religious services. Three out of four respondents contribute to mail solicitations from an organization they regularly support. In terms of phone solicitations , over half of the respondents said they would contribute if the call came from a volunteer or an employee from an organization they regularly supported. But 7 out of 10 said they would not contribute if the call came from a hired fundraiser. In contrast, only 1 out of 2 respondents who did not list these activities contributed, and 1 out of 4 volunteered.