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Giving USA 2017: An Estimated $390.05 Billion to Charity in 2016

Giving by American Individuals, Foundations, Estates and Corporations Reaches a New High for the Third Straight Year

Giving by individuals drove the rise in total giving; all nine major philanthropy subsectors experienced giving increases – the sixth time in the last four decades

giving_usa_logo_wfThese findings are contained in Giving USA 2017: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2016.  Giving USA is the longest-running and most comprehensive evaluation of philanthropic trends in the United States. Giving USA is published by the Giving USA Foundation™ and is researched and written by the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy.

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