Kintera Reveals What's Hot, What's Not in Charitable Giving This Season According to Recent Survey Results

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--What do Africa, secure online transactions and $1,000 have in common? They've all made the list of "What's Hot" in charitable giving this holiday season, according to Kintera's Year-End Charitable Giving Survey 2006.

The Kintera® Inc. (NASDAQ:KNTA - News) report, which surveyed 660 consumers with household income of more than $100,000, identified the following trends in year-end and holiday charitable giving:

What's Hot:

Making a year-end or holiday donation of up to $1,000
Giving the same or more in 2006 compared to 2005
Donating to Africa-related causes
Mission-driven giving
Secure online transactions
High availability of nonprofit Web sites
What's Not:

Donating more due to extra money from lower gas prices
Volunteering this December
Charitable gifts in excess of $1,000
Donations driven by tax advantages
Web site downtime during holiday giving crunch
"Consumers will be donating this year-end giving season and it's up to nonprofits to use the best technology, communications and practices to ensure they're reaching out to the right donors in the right ways," said Harry E. Gruber, M.D., CEO for Kintera Inc. "Trends indicate that issues of importance to donors this season include online transaction security, availability of nonprofit Web sites and the organization's mission. Effectively communicating their security standards and successful work toward their mission - as well as providing a reliable Web presence - are all ways that nonprofits can learn from donor trends in order to have a successful year-end."

Key survey findings from Kintera's survey include:

Nearly 60 percent of consumers are not motivated by tax advantages to make charitable contributions this December. In contrast, only 13 percent of respondents are very motivated by tax advantages.
Of consumers who plan to donate this year for holiday or year-end giving, 75 percent plan to donate up to $100. An additional 21 percent plan to donate up to $1,000.
Six in 10 consumers will not be making more charitable contributions this season despite lower gas prices. In fact, less than 15 percent of respondents indicated they would make more charitable contributions because of lower gas prices.
Africa and other human services issues are prompting charitable giving for 9.2 percent of consumers this holiday season.
More than two out of three people will not volunteer this December.
For a copy of the complete survey report, please e-mail communications@kintera.com.

About Kintera, Inc.

Kintera®, Inc. (NASDAQ:KNTA - News) provides an online solution to help nonprofit organizations deliver The Giving Experience(TM) to donors - providing giving convenience, financial transparency, feedback about the social impact of their gifts, and a sense of belonging and appreciation.

More than 15,000 accounts in the nonprofit, government and corporate sectors use Kintera's "software as a service" innovations, including Kintera Sphere(TM), an enterprise-grade software platform that provides a secure, scalable and reliable system for contact relationship management (CRM), a Web content management system (CMS), eMarketing and directed giving applications. Additionally, Kintera FundWare® provides award-winning financial management software developed for nonprofit organizations and governments.

For more information about Kintera's software and services, visit www.kintera.com.

Kintera, Kintera Sphere, Friends Asking Friends, The Giving Experience, GivingFund, and FundWare are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Kintera, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.

Forward-Looking Statements

In addition to historical information, this press release contains forward-looking statements (including, without limitation, express or implied statements regarding the adoption of software solutions by nonprofit organizations) that involve risks and uncertainties. These forward-looking statements represent our estimates and assumptions only as of the date hereof. These statements reflect our current views with respect to future events and are based on assumptions and subject to risks and uncertainties. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performances or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, without limitation: our limited operating history; our history of losses; our dependence on increased acceptance by nonprofit organizations of online fundraising; lengthy sales cycles for major customers; our need to manage growth; risks associated with accounting for and processing large amounts of donations; the rapidly changing technologies and market demands; and other risks identified in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Given these uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements.

Contact:
Kintera Inc.
Erin Leventhal, 858-795-8979
erin.leventhal@kintera.com

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Source: Kintera, Inc.

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