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Charitable Giving Was Up. Again. To $410.02 billion!

The good news is that Americans continued to support charities more generously than in previous years. Fueled by a soaring stock market and a strong economy, the total reached an all-time high of $410.02 billion. According to Giving USA 2018, giving to nonprofits rose in every category except international affairs and in-kind gifts to individuals primarily for medications.

The important take-away for most of us is that giving by individuals, their bequests and their family foundations amounted to an overwhelming 86.7 percent of last year’s total giving.

Traditional “pie charts” of giving are shown to the right. By clicking here, you can download them as fully animated PowerPoint “builds” or as a static pdf and can also receive the Giving USA/Lilly Family School of Philanthropy Press Release and the four-page Key Findings section of the larger report that will make you an instant expert.

Take a couple of minutes to read this article on Eight Steps to Launching a Planned-giving Program published by Fundraising Advisor Magazine.

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