eHartsook on Philanthropy
MARCH 2010

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image Consider This
image Client Victories
image Kudos
image Welcome Aboard!
image Giving Back
image Giving in Kansas City
image National Growing Philanthropy Conference
image International Conference on Fundraising
image Between the Lines
image From the Podium
image New Clients and Extensions


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"In this time of economic uncertainty, Hartsook Companies is pleased to announce yet another successful quarter in our company's history. Nonprofit institutions are understanding their heightened responsibility to focus their fundraising priorities and resources on experienced talent who can implement strategies that are research-based and proven. This is why we continue to lead the field."

Bob Hartsook,
Founder and CEO

Giving in Kansas City

The Greater Kansas City Community Foundation recently commissioned a report on the state of philanthropy in Greater Kansas City. The report, "Giving in Kansas City," outlines findings of a study completed by researchers at the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University which serves as the epicenter of fundraising research.

Outlining statistics, patterns, and unique characteristics of philanthropy in Greater Kansas City, the report is an invaluable tool for local fundraisers intent on increasing philanthropy for their organizations. The study examines four different sources of funding and nine different types of recipient charities. Some highlights follow:

  • Of the $2.15 billion contributed in 2007 by all Kansas City-area donors, an estimated 69 percent of dollars ($1.47 billion) remained in the Greater Kansas City region.
  • About three-quarters (72.4 percent) of Kansas City-area households made charitable donations in 2007. With an average donation of $3,375 per donor household, Kansas City exceeds the national average of $2,247 (as estimated for 2007) by 50 percent.
  • A large share of charitable giving in Kansas City is directed through foundations. In this region, 18 percent of all contributed dollars are paid in grants, compared to less than 13 percent nationally.
  • Religion received the largest share of the donated dollars from Kansas City-area donors in 2007, at 42 percent of the total estimated giving in the region.
  • After religion, the next highest shares of donations went to human service charities (16 percent), public-society benefit (14 percent) and education (13 percent). Public-society benefit includes United Way, Jewish Federation, and other combined funds.

Hartsook Companies sponsored a webinar based on the report commissioned by GCKCF and compiled by the Center on Philanthropy and focused the discussion on how fundraisers could use the findings in their own practices. Joining Hartsook leaders Bob Hartsook and Matt Beem in the webinar were: philanthropist and community leader - and Mayor of Leawood, Kansas - the Honorable Peggy Dunn; Executive Director of the Greater Kansas City Community Foundation, Laura McKnight; and businessman, philanthropist and civic leader Bob Regnier.

More than 200 Greater Kansas City area nonprofit professionals participated.

To access the full report, an executive summary or the webinar audio track, please visit Hartsook Companies' website at www.hartsookcompanies.com.

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