The Lilly Family School of Philanthropy recently published a report, commissioned by Independent Sector, that examined the potential impacts of five policy options that extend incentives for charitable giving to non-itemizers, or those who decide to take the flat-dollar standard deduction on their taxes. In 2018, individuals in the United States donated $292 billion to… Read more »
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Fewer Americans are giving money to charity but total donations are at record levels anyway
By Una Osili and Sasha Zarins, IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy Following years of steady growth that has tracked the performance of a generally healthy economy, U.S. charitable giving has reached an all-time high at a time when the share of Americans who make donations is falling. But as a lead researcher and an… Read more »