Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Giving USA Foundation

The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2009

Report of charitable contributions in the US from individuals and corporations.
For example:
» Total estimated charitable giving in the U.S. dropped 3.6% in 2009.
» Individual giving fell 0.4% in 2009. Individual giving is 75% of all giving or $227.41 billion.
» Corporate giving increased 5.5%. This unexpected bounce takes corporate giving to within 1% of its pre-recession level.
» Giving to religion fell 0.7% in 2009.
» Giving to education declined 3.6% in 2009.
» Giving to foundations dropped 8%.
» Giving to arts, culture and humanities fell 2.4%.

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