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Research Friday: So. What About These Numbers?

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While driving to work recently I heard an NPR report about philanthropic giving in the US; but it was not the numbers I had just read in Giving USA 2012 published by the Giving USA Foundation and compiled by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University. Giving USA’s number for individual giving in 2008 is $214 billion.

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5 Interesting Facts from the Giving USA 2011 Report

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The Giving USA 2011 report is out and the team at The Giving USA Foundation and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University have given plenty of data and statistics to sift through. I’ve pulled out five interesting facts that might get overlooked in all the fuss about the high level findings.

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Research Friday: Who grants the most? Who gets the most?

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Although it's legally housed in Indiana, it maintains an Arizona office and does roughly half its grantmaking in Arizona. In 2008, the Valley of the Sun made $50.1 The ASU and University of Arizona Foundations are educational foundations that raise money to support their respective institutions.

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ASU Lodestar Center Blog: Research Friday: "Really, How Many.

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The data were collected in the summer of 2009 by asking people to reflect on their volunteering during all of 2008. On one of the pages, amid all the charts on who volunteers and what they do, is a big banner depicting the following result: "33 percent of Arizona adults volunteered in 2008." One in three. But is it right? One in four.

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Online Engagement and Giving: Making the Most of Real Numbers

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According to the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, the amount raised or pledged for Haitian relief efforts, including corporate donations during that period was $575.4 Many of these organizations continue to see 2X to 3X the daily traffic of average days in 2008. (A To get your invitation visit [link].).

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » Why do people give charity?

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Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman MAR 12, 2008 Why do people give charity?

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Nonprofit Research Collaborative Releases First Report | Nonprofit.

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The coalition includes the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University , GuideStar USA , the Foundation Center , the Urban Institute’s National Center for Charitable Statistics , the Association of Fundraising Professionals and Blackbaud. billion in total giving for Haitian earthquake relief.