Donor Intent Key to Healthy Charitable Giving Climate, New Poll Finds :: PNNOnline ::

Donor Intent Key to Healthy Charitable Giving Climate, New Poll Finds :: PNNOnline ::: "Donor Intent Key to Healthy Charitable Giving Climate, New Poll Finds
Posted by: jenberk on Monday, December 19, 2005
Topic General Fundraising


With many Americans planning year-end contributions to their favorite charities, a new public opinion survey sends a strong message to officials of nonprofit organizations about the proper use of donations: use contributions for their intended purpose or be prepared to suffer the consequences.



The revealing new survey by Zogby International, commissioned by the plaintiffs in what may be the largest ‘donor intent’ lawsuit in U.S. history (Robertson v. Princeton University), comes at a time of heightened concern about misuse of charitable donations by nonprofit organizations. The results were hailed by William Robertson, lead plaintiff in the lawsuit, as “a sharp rebuke to nonprofit executives who care more about their donors’ contributions than their donors’ intent.”

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