Highest useage is for communications with other organizations, while just 13 per cent use it to communicate with donors, and only 6 per cent send e-mail to members or donors. The trend of fewer donors giving more money continued in 1999, according to new charitable giving statistics released last week. Statistics Canada found that about 2,000 fewer people claimed donations on their returns last year than in 1998. While these figures do give some indication of trends, readers should note that not all donors claim charitable gifts on their returns, some people claim both their donations and those made by their spouses, and some use the carry forward option of accumulating gifts over several years. Although most Canadians give, the bulk of charitable dollars are contributed by a very small percentage of the population.
Older donors are also most likely to make larger donations.
Gift in kind is the giving of something other than cash to a charity. Under prescribed conditions in the Income Tax Act, a gift in kind may qualify for an income tax receipt. Together, they volunteered 1.11 billion hours, with an average annual contribution of 149 hours, according to results from the National Survey on Giving, Volunteering and Participating . As with giving, the largest number of volunteer hours are contributed by a fairly small percentage of the population. CharityVillage Ltd. All rights reserved.