May 1, 2011

How The Chronicle Compiled Its Survey of Online Giving to Big Charities

By Noelle Barton

The Chronicle of Philanthropy’s 12th annual survey of online fund raising collected data from 143 of the largest nonprofit organizations in the United States.

Groups that were surveyed appear on The Chronicle’s Philanthropy 400 ranking of organizations that raise the most from private sources.

In 2010, 140 charities that provided data for the past two years raised $1.35-billion online, an increase of 52 percent from the $887-million those groups