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GivingUSA Reports a Drop in 2008 Giving

Robert Weiner

philanthropy is that total giving for 2008 was estimated to have exceeded $300 billion for the second year in a row, for a total of $307.65 This was a two percent drop in current dollars (not adjusted for inflation) compared to 2007’s $314.07 percent compared with 2007 estimates (-6.3 Taking inflation into account, U.S.

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Corporate Giving Declined in 2008

Robert Weiner

The Committee Encouraging Corporate Philanthropy's 2008 assessment of corporate gving (PDF) reports that corporate giving was down nearly 8% overall ($30.78 million in 2007). Last month we mentioned GivingUSA's annual assessment of individual giving which showed that donations from individuals had dropped 5.7% overall in 2008.

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