The Giving USA Foundation and its research partner, the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, has released Giving USA 2012: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the year 2011. Below are some key findings and information from the 57th annual report.
Key Findings:
Total estimated charitable giving in the United States increased 4.0% in 2011 from 2010 to $298.42 billion in contributions (0.9% adjusted for inflation). It is worth noting that The Blackbaud Index of Charitable Giving estimated that giving was up 4.2% in 2011 as compared to 2010.
Giving by individuals rose an estimated 3.9 percent in 2011 (an increase of 0.8% adjusted for inflation) to $217.79 billion in contributions.
Giving by bequest increased an estimated 12.2% (an 8.8% increase adjusted for inflation) to $24.41 billion in 2011. The share of giving by bequest from itemizing estates was 85% of the total.
Giving by foundations increased 1.8% to an estimated $41.67 billion in 2011, according to figures provided by the Foundation Center. However, adjusted for inflation, giving by foundations declined 1.3% in 2011.1
Giving by Sector Findings:
Giving to religion decreased an estimated 1.7% from 2010, totaling $95.88 billion in 2011. Inflation-adjusted giving to the religion subsector is estimated to have declined 4.7% from 2010.
Giving to education is estimated to have increased 4.0% between 2010 and 2011 to $38.87 billion in contributions. Adjusted for inflation, giving to educational organizations was flat at a 0.9% increase.
Giving to human services rose an estimated 2.5% in 2011 compared with 2010, totaling $35.39 billion. Adjusted for inflation, giving to human services organizations is estimated to have held flat between 2010 and 2011 (a -0.6% change).
Giving to health organizations is estimated to have increased 2.7% in 2011 from 2010 (-0.4 percent adjusted for inflation), with $24.75 billion in total contributions. The 2011 Million
Giving to public-society benefit organizations increased by an estimated 4.0% in 2011 to $21.37 billion from 2010. Adjusted for inflation, giving to public-society benefit organizations held flat at 0.9% growth between 2010 and 2011.
Giving to arts, culture, and humanities is estimated to have increased 4.1% in 2011 from 2010, with $13.12 billion in total contributions. Adjusted for inflation, giving to the arts, culture, and humanities subsector is estimated to have increased 1.0%.
Giving to international affairs is estimated to be $22.68 billion in 2011, an increase of 7.6% from 2010. Adjusted for inflation, giving to international affairs organizations is estimated to have risen 4.4 percent in 2011 from 2010.
Donations to the international affairs subsector amounted to 8% of all donations across the subsectors in 2011, three percentage points higher than reported in Giving USA 2011.
Giving to environmental and animal organizations is estimated to have increased 4.6% from 2010 to $7.81 billion in total contributions. Adjusted for inflation, donations to the environment/animals subsector are estimated to have increased 1.4% from 2010.
By Steve MacLaughlin on Jun 19, 2012
Tagged: Blackbaud Index fundraising Giving USA