Chalk it up to the holiday spirit -- or just smart tax planning -- but charitable giving is looking up this month.
charitable givingCharities get last-minute boost from donorsEconomic news - CNNMoney.com Fri, 12/30/2011 - 06:33
Charitable Giving Fell 3.6 Percent in 2009, 'Giving USA' FindsPND - Philanthropy News Digest Wed, 06/09/2010 - 23:20
The report, which is researched and written by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, found that despite the drop in giving last year, 2009 was the third year in a row that overall giving topped $300 billion.... Individual Giving in Canada Grew By $1 Billion From 2004 to 2007...PND - Philanthropy News Digest Sat, 06/13/2009 - 22:40
According to a report from Statistics Canada, a government agency, Canadians donated a total of C$10 billion in 2007, up from C$8.9 billion in 2004; by comparison, U.S. charitable giving totaled an estimated $306 billion in 2007.... Charitable Giving Fell by 2 Percent in 2008, 'Giving USA' SaysPND - Philanthropy News Digest Tue, 06/09/2009 - 22:50
According to the latest installment of the Giving USA series, 2008 was the first year since 1987 — and only the second since the Giving USA Foundation's first annual report in 1956 — that giving in current dollars declined.... |
