Young Donors Want More Than 'Tweets’ and Texts From Charities, Survey Finds

They may sleep with cellphones by their beds and share details of their lives online in 140-character “tweets,” but people in their 20s and 30s want more from nonprofit groups than a connection via social media, according to a new survey.

Ninety-one percent of respondents in a survey of 2,000 people under 40 said they are at least somewhat likely to respond to a face-to-face request for money from a charity.

Eighty-six percent said they wanted updates on a

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