Giving USA
Charitable Giving in the U.S. Rises 4.2%
An estimated $449.64 billion was donated to charities in the United States in 2019, “placing it among the highest years ever for charitable giving,” according to Giving USA 2020: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2019. read more >
Total Charitable Giving in the U.S. Crosses $400B in 2017
Giving exceeded $400 billion in a single year for the first time, rising 5.2 percent last year — 3 percent adjusted for inflation — over the $389.64 contributed in 2016. read more >
Give Me the Simple Life (Gwen Moritz Editor’s Note)
In “The Annual Report on Philanthropy” released last month, Giving USA reported that total charitable giving in the U.S. rose by 3.9 percent (1.5 percent when adjusted for inflation) in 2013, to a total of $335.2 billion. Religious organizations received the largest piece of that, but that was less than a third — $105.5 billion. (Down very slightly from 2012.) read more >
by Gwen Moritz -