Private donors are giving six billion euros to good causes this year - 200 million euros more than last year. This does not even include large donations over 1,500 euros. This is shown by the new study "Deutscher Spendenmonitor 2024", which was conducted by Bonsai Public for the German Fundraising Association. This good news - which fits in well with the pre-Christmas period - met with a broad media response. The Neue Westfälische (Paid Content), the Frankfurter Neue Presse, the Generalanzeiger and the Braunschweiger Zeitung, among others, reported on it.
Read moreDer Spiegel reports on the German Donation Monitor 2023, which is conducted by Bonsai Research for the German Fundraising Association. Der Spiegel writes: "According to a survey, donation behavior in the country differs according to political preference. According to the survey, supporters of the Greens are the most generous (...). Voters of the AfD are significantly less willing to donate than those of other parties." Just one result of the German Donation Monitor that shows how many interesting details about the donation behavior of the population the study contains.
Read more... and how NGOs are using research results for themselves today. That was the topic of the podcast for which Jörg Schumacher and Andreas Schiemenz of neues stiften interviewed Jan Borcherding, Head of Bonsai Public, on the occasion of the German Fundraising Congress in Berlin.
Read moreIncreasingly precise market research methods enable organizations to get to know the donations market and thus the behavior of their target groups better and better. Jan Borcherding, Head of Bonsai Public, has been in charge of conducting the German Donation Monitor for many years. He highlights current developments in the magazine FUNDStücke of the German Fundraising Association.
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