Tuesday, August 4, 2009

Giving USA 2009


Just received - Giving USA 2009: the annual report on Philanthropy for the year 2008.

Total giving for 2008 is estimated to be $307.65 billion. This is a decrease of 2.0 percent compared with the revised estimate of $314.07 billion for 2007. This is the fist decline in charitable giving since 1987 and the second since Giving USA began in 1956.

Visit the Nonprofit Resource Center to read more of their key findings. The annual report includes detailed charts and graphs on giving by source of contributions [individuals, foundations, bequests and corporations] and use of contributions [religion, education, human services, public society benefit, health and others].

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