Quarterly Fundraising Effectiveness Project (FEP) Press Releases
Updated April 21, 2026
Please enjoy these summaries of current and past FEP Reports.
- Fundraising Effectiveness Project Reports Strongest Revenue Growth in Five Years, Even as Fewer Donors Give (April 21, 2026)
FEP Q3 2025 Data Demonstrates Fundraising Strength and Early Signs of Donor Stabilization (December 18, 2025) - Fundraising Effectiveness Project Data for Q2 2025 Shows Increases in Dollars Raised, Suggesting Potential Donor Growth Stability (October 30, 2025)
- Fundraising Effectiveness Project Data for Q1 2025 Shows Increases in Dollars Raised, but Declining Numbers of Donors (July 29, 2025)
- FEP Data for Q4 2024 Highlights the Growing Role of High-Dollar Donors in Driving Fundraising Performance Across the Sector (April 25, 2025)
- FEP Data for Q3 2024 Shows More Dollars Coming from Fewer Donors in a Continuing Trend (December 19, 2024)
- Continued Consolidation in Q2 2024 as the Sector Sees More Dollars from Fewer Donors (October 30, 2024)
- Cautious Optimism in Q1 2024 but Reliance on Large Donors still a Problem (July 30, 2024)
- Year-End Challenges in Q4 2023 as Fundraising Metrics Decline (April 8, 2024)
- Donor Retention and Acquisition Key Challenges for Social Sector in Q3 2023 (December 22, 2023)
- Early 2023 Fundraising Results Reinforce Diverse Strategy Urgency (August 9, 2023)
- 2022 Fundraising Showed Substantial Weakness Through Q4 (April 16, 2023)
- Continued Consolidation in Q3 2022: Donors Down (-7.1%) But Dollars Up (4.7%) Yet Again (January 12, 2023)
- Fundraising Update - 2nd Quarter 2002 podcast on First Day Podcast from the Fund Raising School (November 6, 2022)
- Donors Drop by 7% but Dollars Up 6.2%, Buoyed by Major Donors (October 13, 2022)
- COVID Era Fundraising Stalls as Donations Soften and Donors, Retention Rates Fall in First Quarter 2022 (July 12, 2022)
- 2021 Fundraising Slightly Ahead of 2020 Figures, Buoyed by New Donor Retention (November 10, 2021)
- First Quarter Fundraising Shows Record Growth in Donors, Retention (June 18, 2021)
- Charitable Giving Continues Significant Growth in Third Quarter Despite Pandemic (Dec. 21, 2020)
- Charities See Uptick in Giving in Second Quarter 2020 (Oct. 6, 2020)
- GivingTuesday and the AFP Foundation for Philanthropy to Offer New Reports to Bring Insights to Fundraisers (June 9, 2020)
- First FEP Canada Report Shows Charitable Giving Up Slightly in 2019 (April 2, 2020)