Here are some questions to assess what kind of shape your database is in.

https://www.philanthropydaily.com/hows-your-nonprofits-database-6-questions-you-need-to-ask-yourself

The role of the super-rich in philanthropy is getting larger. In fact, soon the middle class may not have much of a speaking part.

https://www.philanthropydaily.com/is-philanthropy-becoming-the-exclusive-preserve-of-the-very-wealthy

This increase is three times that observed in overall giving.

https://philanthropynewsdigest.org/news/online-giving-increased-12.1-percent-in-2017-report-finds

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Only 17 people on the Forbes 400 list of the wealthiest Americans appear on this year’s Philanthropy 50 list.

https://www.philanthropy.com/article/Forbes-400Giving/242458

Fidelity, which raised more from private sources any other charity in 2015 and 2016, saw its number of new donors increase 83 percent last year.

https://www.philanthropy.com/article/85-Billion-Poured-Into/242546

Campaign fundraising has become an endeavor that is always either ongoing or about to be initiated.

https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2018/2/13/the-new-normal-in-higher-education-endless-fundraising-campaigns

Colleges and universities raised a staggering $43.6 billion in 2017, according to the annual Voluntary Support of Education (VSE) survey.

https://www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/2018/2/22/higher-ed-fundraising-grants-2017-trends

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This report from the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy examines factors that will be affecting philanthropy for the next two years. 

http://philanthropyoutlook.com/pdf/Philanthropy_Outlook_2018_2019.pdf