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Corporate Giving Declined in 2008

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

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GivingUSA Reports a Drop in 2008 Giving

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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 percent, the largest drop since the group began tracking donations in 1956. The good news from the annual GivingUSA report (PDF) on U.S. But, unfortunately, most of the news was bad.

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Results Of The Chronicle of Philanthropy 2013 Survey on Corporate Giving

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The latest Chronicle of Philanthropy survey of American corporate giving essentially finds that companies are still giving out cash grants, but are putting more energy into product or in-kind philanthropy. The Chronicle of Philanthropy has been surveying large American companies on their philanthropy annually since 2005.

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Corporate Giving Declined in 2008

Tech Soup

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

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Alt-labor: What are workers’ rights nonprofits?  

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Instead, they rely on the same kinds of funding streams as traditional community-based nonprofits: individual donations, volunteers, and support from institutional philanthropy. Funding to workers’ rights organizations increased since the 2008 financial crisis. million to $35.6

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The Chronicle of Philanthropy 2013 Survey on Corporate Giving and Akhtar Badshah of Microsoft on How To Get Corporate Grants

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The latest Chronicle of Philanthropy survey of American corporate giving essentially finds that companies are still giving out cash grants, but are putting more energy into product or in-kind philanthropy. The Chronicle of Philanthropy has been surveying large American companies on their philanthropy annually since 2005.

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GivingUSA Reports a Drop in 2008 Giving

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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 percent, the largest drop since the group began tracking donations in 1956. The good news from the annual GivingUSA report (PDF) on U.S. But, unfortunately, most of the news was bad.

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