Giving that’s associated with the wealthiest Americans – from bequests and foundations to universities and donor-advised funds – fared better than usual.
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Research shows discrimination often reduces civic engagement among marginalized groups. These women are bucking that trend.
Different kinds of Americans are generous in different ways.
These changes to how much Americans and US corporations give, if these projections prove accurate, would amount to about 1% of all donations made in 2024.
Updated management practices and monetized digital production could help opera companies rely less on subscriptions and big donors for revenue – bolstering budgets.
When foundations make grants to DAFs, the digital trail normally created instead becomes a dead end.
Nonprofit news outlets face pressure to find new sources of revenue from their funders.
Relying on flexible labor arrangements does not provide lasting financial benefits for nonprofits, making them more of a Band-Aid than a cure.
Giving to nonprofits engaged in education, health, arts, culture and humanities, the environment, and animals reached all-time highs.
When donors are better informed, they can accomplish more with the money they give away. But who should pay for that information?
Money raised through foundation grants can be larger and more predictable than advertising revenue, but it often comes with strings attached.
Trying many approaches with fundraising posts might also reduce the chance that donors will feel overwhelmed by the same repeated requests for money.
Federal grants and contracts are a major source of funding for nonprofit services in the US.
When foreign aid stops flowing, local leaders and diaspora communities can, under certain conditions, step in.
While overall giving has grown, the ranks of American donors have declined.
Nearly 40% of all gifts and grants and 60% of the total number of dollars given backed initiatives based in the foundation’s own state.
All told, donors gave more than US$397 million to support recovery from the ‘black summer’ bushfire disaster.
The sliver of charitable dollars funding LGBTQ+ organizations rose in inflation-adjusted terms to $823 million in 2021 from $387 million in 2012.
Donors can get two different tax breaks when they give by turning stocks, bonds and other financial assets into charitable gifts.
Many leaders of these groups are reluctant to take policy positions that may appear political to members of their local communities or donors.
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Interim Director of Data & Research Partnerships at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Nonprofit Studies, George Mason University
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Associate Director of Research, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, and Managing Editor, Giving USA, Indiana University
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Professor of Economics and Philanthropic Studies; Associate Dean for Research and International Programs, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Interim Director of the Women's Philanthropy Institute, Indiana University
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Associate professor, Bowling Green State University
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Assistant Professor of Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University
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Professor of Public and International Affairs, Baruch College, CUNY
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Associate Professor of Planning, Public Policy and Management, University of Oregon
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Research Associate of Philanthropy, Women's Philanthropy Institute; Doctoral student of Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Assistant Professor of Operations and Business Analytics, The Ohio State University
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Assistant Professor of Economics, University of Missouri-Columbia
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Associate Professor of International Business, University of South Carolina
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Associate Professor of Philanthropic Studies, Indiana University
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Associate Professor of Nonprofit Management, Indiana University