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title: "Data Nugget: Giving Goes Mobile"
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Online giving in 2018 ($2.7 billion) was up, accounting for 8.5 percent of all giving, compared to 7.6 percent in 2017, according to a report from the Blackbaud Institute for Philanthropic Impact. As more people use smartphones and other mobile devices to access the internet, it is becoming a more popular way to donate online. The number of those giving from a mobile device rose to nearly one in four in 2018. “This has grown steadily since 2014, and even higher rates occur for event registration and member purchases,” the report says.

### Online Giving via Mobile Device by Year

**9 percent:** 2014

**14 percent:** 2015

**17 percent:** 2016

**21 percent:** 2017

**24 percent:** 2018

*Source: Blackbaud Institute for Philanthropic Impact,**[2018 Charitable Giving Report (opens in a new tab)](https://institute.blackbaud.com/thank-you-for-downloading-the-2018-charitable-giving-report/)*

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