Charitable Giving
Source and Methodological Information
List of Indicators
Charitable Giving as a Percent of GDP
Giving to Education-Related Organizations
Giving to Religious Organizations
Giving to Health-Related Organizations
Giving to Human Service Organizations
Giving to International Organizations
Giving to Environmental Organizations
Total Charitable Giving
Description
Total amount of charitable giving in constant dollars.
Source
Giving USA Foundation, Annual Reports on Philanthopy.
Methodological Notes
The measure of charitable giving is based on data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Foundation Center. It includes giving by four primary sources (individuals, corporations, foundations, and bequests) made to nine types of organizations (religious; education-related; human services; health-related; public society benefit; arts, culture and humanities; international affairs; and environmental). Values are adjusted for inflation by Stanford CPI using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers Research Series.
Charitable Giving as a Percent of GDP
Description
Charitable giving as a percentage of gross domestic product (GDP).
Source
Giving USA Foundation, Annual Reports on Philanthopy.
Methodological Notes
The measure of charitable giving is based on data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Foundation Center. It includes giving by four primary sources (individuals, corporations, foundations, and bequests) made to nine types of organizations (religious; education-related; human services; health-related; public society benefit; arts, culture and humanities; international affairs; and environmental).
Giving to Arts Organizations
Description
Total amount of charitable giving to arts organizations in constant dollars.
Source
Giving USA Foundation, Annual Reports on Philanthopy.
Methodological Notes
This measure is based on data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Foundation Center. It includes giving by four primary sources (individuals, corporations, foundations, and bequests). Values are adjusted for inflation by Stanford CPI using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers Research Series.
Giving to Education-Related Organizations
Description
Total amount of charitable giving to education-related organizations in constant dollars.
Source
Giving USA Foundation, Annual Reports on Philanthopy.
Methodological Notes
This measure is based on data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Foundation Center. It includes giving by four primary sources (individuals, corporations, foundations, and bequests). Values are adjusted for inflation by Stanford CPI using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers Research Series.
Giving to Religious Organizations
Description
Total amount of charitable giving to religious organizations in constant dollars.
Source
Giving USA Foundation, Annual Reports on Philanthopy.
Methodological Notes
This measure is based on data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Foundation Center. It includes giving by four primary sources (individuals, corporations, foundations, and bequests). Values are adjusted for inflation by Stanford CPI using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers Research Series.
Giving to Health-Related Organizations
Description
Total amount of charitable giving to health-related organization in constant dollars.
Source
Giving USA Foundation, Annual Reports on Philanthopy.
Methodological Notes
This measure is based on data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Foundation Center. It includes giving by four primary sources (individuals, corporations, foundations, and bequests). Values are adjusted for inflation by Stanford CPI using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers Research Series.
Giving to Human Service Organizations
Description
Total amount of charitable giving to human service organizations in constant dollars.
Source
Giving USA Foundation, Annual Reports on Philanthopy.
Methodological Notes
This measure is based on data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Foundation Center. It includes giving by four primary sources (individuals, corporations, foundations, and bequests). Values are adjusted for inflation by Stanford CPI using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers Research Series.
Giving to International Organizations
Description
Total amount of charitable giving to international organizations in constant dollars.
Source
Giving USA Foundation, Annual Reports on Philanthopy.
Methodological Notes
This measure is based on data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Foundation Center. It includes giving by four primary sources (individuals, corporations, foundations, and bequests). Values are adjusted for inflation by Stanford CPI using the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers Research Series.
Giving to Foundations
Description
Total amount of charitable giving to foundations in constant dollars.
Source
Giving USA Foundation, Annual Reports on Philanthopy.
Methodological Notes
This measure is based on data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Foundation Center. It includes giving by four primary sources (individuals, corporations, foundations, and bequests). Values are adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Price Index.
Giving to Environmental Organizations
Description
Total amount of charitable giving to environmental organizations in constant dollars.
Source
Giving USA Foundation, Annual Reports on Philanthopy.
Methodological Notes
This measure is based on data from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the Foundation Center. It includes giving by four primary sources (individuals, corporations, foundations, and bequests). Values are adjusted for inflation using the Consumer Price Index.