From Belief To Commitment: the Community Service Activities and Finances of Religious Congregations in the United States, 1992

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FNDRNGIN (Weighted by WGT) Concerning the following fund-raising strategies, please indicate whether each one is now in place. Has your organization tried to -- Give existing staff fund-raising responsibility?   1) Checked   2) Not Checkd

Pie Chart Bar Chart Cumulative Bar Chart

Category	Frequency	Percentage	Cumulative Percentage
Checked	47595	18.5%	18.5%
Not Checkd	210051	81.5%	100%

Variable Comparisons

Region Number of Members Church location Year founded

Region (I-REGION)

	Northeast	Midwest	South	West	TOTAL
Checked	15.7% 5726	18.0% 13402	17.4% 18362	24.4% 10105	18.5% 47595
Not Checkd	84.3% 30646	82.0% 60992	82.6% 87117	75.6% 31297	81.5% 210052
TOTAL	100.0% 36372	100.0% 74394	100.0% 105479	100.0% 41402	257647

Number of Members (I-MEMBERS)

	<100	100-299	300-499	500-999	1K & over	TOTAL
Checked	12.7% 8813	19.5% 18059	17.2% 6790	25.4% 8069	24.3% 5864	18.5% 47595
Not Checkd	87.3% 60742	80.5% 74468	82.8% 32782	74.6% 23756	75.7% 18303	81.5% 210051
TOTAL	100.0% 69555	100.0% 92527	100.0% 39572	100.0% 31825	100.0% 24167	257646

Church location (I-COMMSIZE)

	Large city	Small city	Town	Suburb	Cntry/farm	Missing	TOTAL
Checked	17.2% 7535	26.3% 15299	17.7% 13209	16.8% 7397	10.4% 3731	424	18.4% 47171
Not Checkd	82.8% 36370	73.7% 42949	82.3% 61587	83.2% 36553	89.6% 32235	357	81.6% 209694
TOTAL	100.0% 43905	100.0% 58248	100.0% 74796	100.0% 43950	100.0% 35966	781	256865

Year founded (I-YEAREST)

	1689-1865	1866-1914	1915-1945	1946-1970	1971-1992	Missing	TOTAL
Checked	22.7% 8541	18.5% 11848	17.2% 5757	17.3% 11419	17.6% 9113	917	18.4% 46678
Not Checkd	77.3% 29107	81.5% 52354	82.8% 27663	82.7% 54566	82.4% 42750	3612	81.6% 206440
TOTAL	100.0% 37648	100.0% 64202	100.0% 33420	100.0% 65985	100.0% 51863	4529	253118