Fund Raisers Not Optimistic About Giving, Say Researchers

Confidence in the fund-raising climate continues to be low, according to the latest biannual survey of fund raisers conducted by Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy.

The Summer 2009 Philanthropic Giving Index­­ — based on the average of two measures in which fund raisers rate today's giving climate and how confident they feel about the next six months — is 65.4.

That is virtually unchanged from six months ago, when the index was 64.8.

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