Report on Professional Solicitations for Charity in 2010

Click to download the report and/or the appendices below.

In 2010, 687 charitable fundraising campaigns, conducted by 97 different professional solicitors, were registered in Massachusetts.  Professional solicitors raised over $367 million. Of this amount nearly $166 million or 45% of the amount raised ended up with charity.  This mean that on average, of every dollar that a professional solicitor raised for a charity in 2010, only 45 cents went to the charity.