The Giving USA Annual Report receives press coverage each year for its insights on the latest trends in philanthropy. Below are some recent highlights.
2022
- Associated Press: US charitable giving hit record in 2021 but inflation looms
- Barron’s: Elon Musk and 9 Others Who Gave Away $15 Billion in Just One Year
- CBS 13 News at 11
- The Christian Science Monitor: A fruitful intermission for the arts
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Donor-Advised Funds Are Essential to Democratizing Philanthropy
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy: 2021’s surprisingly strong giving…and the dark clouds over 2022
- The Conversation: Americans gave a near-record $485 billion to charity in 2021, despite surging inflation rates
- Dayton 24/7 Now News at 5:00AM
- Denison Bulletin & Review: Hot off the Wire: Listen to today’s top stories
- eJewish Philanthropy: Your Daily Phil: Giving USA survey shows inflation’s dampening effect on philanthropy
- Financial Advisor: Charitable Groups Start Feeling Sting Of Inflation
- Fox 43 News at 4pm
- Good Day Columbia
- KMBC 9 News at 4:00
- KRGC Live at 5:00
- KXL (CBS News Radio)
- KUT (NPR)
- Mid-Michigan NOW 10pm
- Movers & Makers: Charities’ take in 2021: $485 billion
- NonProfitPRO: Giving USA: Charitable Giving in 2021 Outpaced 2020 But Not Inflation
- The Nonprofit Times: Giving USA Data Shows $18.6B Lift Flattened By Inflation
- Philanthropy News Digest: Giving was flat in 2021, after adjusting for inflation, report finds
- POTUS (SiriusXM)
- The Washington Times: Americans remain strong charitable givers, but inflation offsets most of the gains
- WCBM-AM (Westwood One Network)
- WCPN (NPR)
- WFAE (NPR)
- WFDD (NPR)
- WFYI (NPR)
- WNYM (Salem Radio Network)
- WSHU (NPR)
- WUSF (NPR)
2021
- 24/7 Wall St. – This Is America’s Most Generous City – 24/7 Wall St. (247wallst.com)
- American Spectator Online – Giving Is an American Tradition — For That, I Am Thankful – The American Spectator | USA News and Politics
- Associated Press: Charitable giving in the U.S. reaches all-time high in 2020
- Associated Press: Education, religious groups gain most from giving strategy
- Aitkin Independent Age: Give generously this holiday season
- Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Clinton Foundation sees 2020 dive in gifts, grants
- Bernstein: Reading Between the Lines: Key Takeaways from Giving USA
- Beverly Hills Courier: Wealth of Spirit: Giving at Holiday Time
- Bloomberg News: Billionaires Are Tapping Skyrocketing Fortunes to Fund Record Giving
- Bozeman Daily Chronicle Online – Giving Tuesday: Charitable gifts from donor-advised funds favor education and religion | The Conversation | bozemandailychronicle.com
- Catholic Philly: #iGiveCatholic offers early start to holiday giving – Catholic Philly
- Christian Science Monitor: Despite economic downturn, US giving hits an all-time high
- Chronicle of Philanthropy: Education Charities Continue to Receive Largest Share of Donor-Advised Fund Grants (philanthropy.com)
- Citi Global Perspectives and Solutions: Philanthropy and the Global Economy: Opportunities in a World of Transition
- Clarion News: How Does Government Welfare Stack Up Against Private Charity? It’s No Contest. | CauseACTION Clarion
- CNBC-TV: aired on Jun 16, 2021 4:49 AM EDT
- Communities Digital News: Dwindling Clinton cash bodes ill for Hunter Biden’s future (commdiginews.com)
- Couple Money: Should We Give When We’re Paying Off Debt?
- Crain’s Chicago Business: MacKenzie Scott’s latest giving spree benefits UIC, Harper College
- Crazy Good Turns: Insights from Servants of Service
- Daily Press: The needs are great, but our resolve and generosity are greater | Expert column
- eJewish Philanthropy: Charitable giving from foundations rose 17% during the year of the pandemic
- eJewish Philanthropy: Your Daily Phil: Jerusalem Cinematheque goes online + JFN embraces impact investing – eJewish Philanthropy
- Elephant Journal: How to Get Your Family Involved in Charitable Giving | elephant journal
- Fast Company: Americans gave a record $471 billion to charity in 2020
- Forbes Magazine: How To Use Your Business For Good This Holiday Season (forbes.com)
- Forest Lake Times – Giving generously especially important this holiday season | Opinion | hometownsource.com
- Giving Compass: A Look at Trends in Charitable Giving and Donor-advised Funds
- Globe Newswire Online – ‘Tis the Season for Scammers…New First Orion Survey Finds (globenewswire.com)
- Grand Blanc View: Safe ways to volunteer
- Grow: Charitable giving is ‘an investment in your community,’ says FTC fraud lawyer: Research it ‘like a stock’
- GVSU: Rebuilding networks, social capital key for nonprofit organizations – GVNext (gvsu.edu)
- Idaho Press Online – Giving Tuesday: Charitable gifts from donor-advised funds favor education and religion | The Conversation | idahopress.com
- Indianapolis Business Journal: Charitable giving increased in 2020 despite pandemic, IU research finds
- Inside Higher Ed: Gifts That Keep Giving
- Inside Business – The Hampton Roads Business Journal Online: The needs are great, but our resolve and generosity are greater | Expert column
- InvestmentNews: Clients are upping charitable giving in the wake of the pandemic
- InvestmentNews: Deepening the adviser-client relationship
- KCRG-TV Online: Local organizations suffer from ‘donor fatigue’ experts say it’s normal (kcrg.com)
- KDFW-TV [FOX] (Dallas, Texas): aired on Jun 15, 2021 6:23 PM EDT
- KGO-TV [ABC] (San Fransisco, Calif.): aired on Jun 16, 2021 5:19 PM EDT
- Kiplinger’s Personal Finance Online: Tax-Efficient Tips for 2021’s Charitable Giving Season | Kiplinger
- KLKN-TV Online: Education, religious groups gain most from giving strategy – KLKN-TV (klkntv.com)
- KNBC-TV Online [NBC] – How to Give the Gift of Charity This Holiday Season – NBC Los Angeles
- KNSD-TV Online [NBC] – How to Give the Gift of Charity This Holiday Season – NBC 7 San Diego (nbcsandiego.com)
- KNTV-TV Online [NBC] – How to Give the Gift of Charity This Holiday Season – NBC Bay Area
- KSDK [NBC] (St. Louis, Mo.): aired on Jun 15, 2021 5:17 PM EDT
- KXAS-TV Online [NBC] – How to Give the Gift of Charity This Holiday Season – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth (nbcdfw.com)
- MarketWatch: Americans gave a record amount to charity in 2020 – but it wasn’t all out of the goodness of their hearts
- Market Watch – This giving season, don’t forget to take this tax break for charitable donations — it might be your last chance
- Martech Series – Tis the Season for Scammers…New First Orion Survey Finds (martechseries.com)
- Memes About – Colorado Springs charities relying on year-end donations, looking for methods to maneuver past pandemic hump | Subscriber-Solely Content material
- MENAFN – Giving Tuesday: Charitable gifts from donor-advised funds fa… | MENAFN.COM
- Message Magazine: National Philanthropy Week: Giving At Work
- Metropolitan Digital – Giving Tuesday: Charitable gifts from donor-advised funds favor education and religion (metropolitandigital.com)
- Monticello Times: Give generously this holiday season
- Morrison Country Record Online: Editorial: Give generously this holiday season
- Movers and Makers: Giving USA 2021: In a year of unprecedented events and challenges, charitable giving reached a record
- Next Avenue – Your Year-End Guide to Giving to Charity in 2021 | Next Avenue
- New England Cable News Online [NBC] – How to Give the Gift of Charity This Holiday Season – NECN
- Newsmax: Charitable Giving in US Reaches All-Time High in 2020
- News Pronto – Giving Tuesday: Charitable gifts from donor-advised funds favor education and religion (newspronto.com)
- NorthJersey.com: Still shopping for the holidays? Honor your loved ones with these charitable gifts
- Observer Reporter Online – OP-ED: Giving an American tradition; for that, I am thankful | | observer-reporter.com
- Penta Barron’s: Charitable Giving in the U.S. Rises 5.1% to a Record US$471.44 Billion in 2020
- Pittsburgh Magazine Online – Pittsburghers Gave Bigger Than Ever This Year | Pittsburgh Magazine
- Philanthropy News Digest: Charitable giving grew 5.1 percent in 2020, ‘Giving USA’ finds
- Philanthropy News Digest: Education nonprofits receive the most DAF grant dollars, study finds | Philanthropy news | PND (philanthropynewsdigest.org)
- Philanthropy Roundtable Online: New DAF Data Show Robust Giving (philanthropyroundtable.org)
- Real Clear Policy – Keep Philanthropy Strong | RealClearPolicy
- Reuters: IRS, non-profits push $300 charitable tax deduction, set to expire at year-end | Reuters
- Robb Report: Meet Philanthropists With Urgent Distribution Models for Change – Robb Report
- sgEngage: Starting your ESG Reporting Journey
- Star Times: Give generously this holiday season
- Stillwater Gazette: Give generously this holiday season
- The Berkshire Edge: PERSONAL FINANCE: How to maximize the tax benefits of charitable contributions
- The Blaze: Despite economic downturn, Americans’ charitable giving was at a record high in 2020
- The Burton View: Safe ways to volunteer
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy E-Newsletter: Giving Grew in a Tumultuous Year but Not for All. What’s Ahead in 2021?
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Giving Grew in a Tumultuous Year but Not for All. What’s Ahead in 2021?
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy: Education Charities Continue to Receive Largest Share of Donor-Advised Fund Grants
- The Conversation: Charitable gifts from donor-advised funds favor education and religion (theconversation.com)
- The New York Times: Charitable giving rose in 2020, with civil rights and environmental groups benefiting.
- The New York Times: The Latest Business and Economy News
- The NonProfit Times: Giving In 2020 Hit Record $471 Billion, Up 5.1%
- The NonProfit Times: – Fundraising Fees Remained Steady During Pandemic
- The Wall Street Journal: The Pros and Cons of Donor-Advised Funds
- The Washington Post: Slower auto sales led drop in U.S. retail spending in May
- The Washington Post: Corporate America’s $50 billion promise
- The Washington Post: Education, religious groups gain most from giving strategy
- Think Advisor: Charitable Giving Set Record in 2020: Report
- Thrive Global: Making a Commitment to Be Members Of “Generation Generosity” (thriveglobal.com)
- Times of Israel: American Jewish Political Giving: A Primer
- Top NonProfits: Struggling to get people to donate online? – Top Nonprofits
- UK News Today – Giving Tuesday: Charitable gifts from donor-advised funds favor education and religion (todayuknews.com)
- Wall Street Journal: The Pros and Cons of Donor-Advised Funds – WSJ
- WASH-FM Online – The Most Generous Cities In The US | 97.1 WASH-FM | Toby + Chilli Mornings (iheart.com)
- Washington Times Online: U.S. charitable giving hit record $471 billion in 2020 amid pandemic, economic turmoil
- Washington Times (Print): U.S. charitable giving hit record $471 billion in 2020 amid pandemic, economic turmoil
- Washington Times Online: Black colleges big winners from donor-advised fund allocations, study reveals
- WBOC-TV Online – ‘Tis the Season for Scammers…New First Orion Survey Finds Consum – WBOC TV
- WBTS-TV Online [NBC] – How to Give the Gift of Charity This Holiday Season – NBC Boston
- WCAU-TV Online [NBC] – How to Give the Gift of Charity This Holiday Season – NBC10 Philadelphia (nbcphiladelphia.com)
- WHAS-TV [ABC] (Louisville, Ky.): aired on Jun 16, 2021 5:11 AM EDT
- WMAQ-TV Online [NBC] – How to Give the Gift of Charity This Holiday Season – NBC Chicago
- WNBC-TV Online [NBC] – How to Give the Gift of Charity This Holiday Season – NBC New York
- WNYM-AM (New York, N.Y.): aired on Jun 16, 2021 3:04 AM EDT
- WRCT-TV Online [NBC] – How to Give the Gift of Charity This Holiday Season – NBC4 Washington (nbcwashington.com)
- WTHR-TV [ABC] (Indianapolis, Ind.): aired on Jun 15, 2021 11:16 PM EDT
- WTVJ-TV Online [NBC] – How to Give the Gift of Charity This Holiday Season – NBC 6 South Florida (nbcmiami.com)
- WVIT-TV Online [NBC] – How to Give the Gift of Charity This Holiday Season – NBC Connecticut
2020
- Bloomberg: Charitable Giving Increases as Congress Looks to Boost Donations
- Business Insider: Fewer Americans are giving to charity than ever before, and Trump’s tax cuts may be to blame
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy: How the 2.4% Gain in Giving Last Year Points to What Will Happen in 2020
- The Hill: Charitable giving increased in 2019: study
- Philanthropy News Digest: Charitable giving in 2019 up 4.2 percent, ‘Giving USA’ finds
- USA Today: Why there’s hope charitable giving will remain strong despite bad economy
2019
- AP: Charitable giving by individual Americans drops in 2018
- CNBC: Charitable contributions take a hit following tax reform
- The Chronicle of Philanthropy: ‘Giving USA’ Shows Tax Changes Didn’t Matter Much to Donations
- Inside Philanthropy: Annual Tally Shows Reduced U.S. Giving. But How Reliable is This Data?
- Penta Barron’s: Individual Giving in 2018 Drops to $292.1 Billion
- The Nonprofit Times: A Deep Dive Into 2019 Giving Data
