Purpose

The 2007 Charitable Giving and Volunteering Survey provided nonprofit organizations with benchmarking information about Kalamazoo County charitable giving and volunteering, compared to the State of Michigan.


Methodology

The 2007 Charitable Giving and Volunteering Survey was a telephone survey of residents in Kalamazoo County and the State of Michigan.  The 2007 Charitable Giving-Volunteering Survey included 43 questions on a variety of topics, including volunteering and charitable giving, type of organizations respondents volunteer for or make contributions to, as well as demographic information.  The questions included various types of formats including yes/no, pre-defined choices and open-ended response. 

A total of 400 completed surveys were obtained from Kalamazoo County residents.  A total of 600 completed surveys were obtained from residents of the State of Michigan.  The sampling method used for this survey was random-digit dialing of telephone numbers with area telephone prefixes. 

The survey interviewing took place in April 2007, between the hours of 6:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. on weekdays. 


Research Issues

The 2007 Charitable Giving and Volunteering Survey addressed four areas including: charitable giving; volunteering; types of organizations respondents support; and impressions on charitable giving and volunteering. In addition, the 2007 Charitable Giving and Volunteering Survey included several questions designed to provide a demographic profile of respondents including: gender, age, education level, years living the same county, and household income.


Outcomes

2007 Charitable Giving and Volunteering Survey - Executive Summary

This report was a summary of the general results of the 2007 Charitable Giving and Volunteering Survey for Kalamazoo County and the State of Michigan.  The report was written in an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand format and included an overview of the research results.  The executive summary report was designed and written for anyone who wanted to use the information from the survey, without requiring a statistical background. 


2007 Charitable Giving and Volunteering Survey – General Report

This report was an overview of the general results of the 2007 Charitable Giving and Volunteering Survey.  The report was written in an easy-to-read, easy-to-understand format and included a description of the survey process, and research results.  The general results report was designed and written for anyone who wanted to use the information from the survey, without requiring a statistical background. 

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2007 Charitable Giving and Volunteering Survey - Statistical Reference Book

This book lists the 2007 Charitable Giving and Volunteering Survey results for Kalamazoo County and the State of Michigan, analyzed by a number of different variables such as age, gender and household income.  This reference book was not intended to be read from cover to cover, but to be used like a dictionary to look up additional information about a certain topic or survey question. 


2007 Charitable Giving and Volunteering Survey – Presentation

Learn about the Charitable Giving and Volunteering survey. View presentation.

Nonprofit leaders throughout Kalamazoo County gathered Wednesday, July 11 at 4 p.m. at Western Michigan University’s Fetzer Center to hear the results of the 2007 Charitable Giving and Volunteering Survey and learn how Kalamazoo County nonprofits can bridge the gap between perception and action.

Read the 2007 press release.