By Jon Bergdoll and Anna Pruitt, Ph.D. Giving USA, researched at the Indiana University Lilly Family School in partnership with Giving USA Foundation, is the longest running and most trusted annual report about U.S. philanthropy. Each year, Giving USA publishes an estimate of total charitable giving in the U.S. In 2020, that estimate reached a… Read more »
By: Kristi Howard-Shultz Over the last 18 months many nonprofits have seen increased expenses. Material costs have risen, demand for services have grown, changing operations to comply with evolving health and safety needs during the pandemic, and many more factors have contributed to these increases. At the same time, many agencies have cut staff in response… Read more »
By Anna Pruitt and Jon Bergdoll A flood of donations to support COVID-19 relief and racial justice efforts, coupled with stock market gains, led Americans to give a record US$471 billion to charity in 2020. The total donated to charity rose 3.8% from the prior year in inflation-adjusted terms, according to the latest annual Giving… Read more »
After the unprecedented events of the past year, fundraisers, researchers, and nonprofit leaders have many questions about what the upcoming years will look like for charitable giving. In this post, we will explore the outlook for charitable giving in 2021 and 2022 using our forecasting model, and by providing information about how broad economic conditions… Read more »
We are offering a series of one-credit courses during the upcoming winter session on a variety of topics led by prominent practitioners in their fields, and we’ve been looking at each of these new courses in further detail, including this one from The Patterson Foundation. By: Debra Jacobs, president and CEO, The Patterson Foundation In… Read more »