Check out this post over at the Donor Power Blog, written by Stephen Ferrando.  It raises some interesting questions about the sustainability of the 1.5 million charities in the United States.
The pot of charitable dollars that the U.S. population is willing to contribute annually is rapidly approaching its threshold, which means that either charities need to redefine what a successful year means – where growth from one year to the next might not be possible – or larger organizations may need to begin to consider acquiring or absorbing smaller organizations …

A recent study of mobile giving during the Haiti crisis shows how effective “text to donate” campaigns can be. Convio, Edge Research, and Sea Change Strategies collaborated on the project and it is available to download in pdf format.

Facebook’s Causes Exchange is helping nonprofits leverage social media to participate in this year’s America’s Giving Challenge.

YouTube is an inexpensive way to leverage the power of video to reach your audience. Not sure where to start? If you are new to YouTube, watch this video to learn some of the basics. If your nonprofit is already using YouTube, send us a note and we will post your video to Blue Trolley Press.

Facebook Causes has topped $10,000,000 in funds raised in just 2 years. Surprisingly, half of that came in the past 6 months. Despite the lousy economy, people are still giving and an increasing number are giving via Facebook.