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2024 Donor-Advised Fund Report: Grantmaking to Charities Remains Steady at $54.77 Billion Despite Contributions Decreasing

Tuesday, November 12, 2024
... Pa.--( BUSINESS WIRE )--The  2024 Donor-Advised Fund Report , the most comprehensive review of the state of  ... in the U.S., details the value of DAF grantmaking to charitable organizations essentially remained flat ... grantmaking from DAFs to charitable organizations remained a sustainable source for good. DAF grantmaking ultimately ...
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The Council on Foundations opens 2024 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Survey

2024 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits Survey
Friday, March 8, 2024
... 2024 Grantmaker Salary and Benefits (GSB) Survey is now open!  The annual survey yields the GSB Report, the most comprehensive guide to compensation information in the philanthropic sector, ... in the GSB Survey.  All survey participants receive a complimentary copy of the full GSB Report, as well as ...
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The Fund for Women and Girls Launches Highly Anticipated 2022 Blueprint Report at Community Event

The Fund for Women and Girls Blueprint speakers
Thursday, October 6, 2022
... its highly anticipated 2022 Blueprint Report: Lighting a Path on Tuesday, September 13, 2022, at the Colonial ... members, grantee partners, and stakeholders gathered to dig into the Report data, understand the challenges facing ... hears the Blueprint Report will be moved to action to find an areas of interest to support, promote, or advocate for ...
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Innovative COVID-19 Response Dashboard yields lessons for future disaster philanthropy

Covid-19 Signs
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... by establishing more than a dozen charitable funds to support the community. Within weeks, tens of millions of ... food and nutrition aid). Fewer dollars targeted Arts and Culture ($4.1M) and Housing ($2.4M). Funding ... aid amid the COVID-19 pandemic, but it could be an incredibly useful tool far beyond this crisis. With ...

Take-Aways from the 2022 Member Pulse Survey

2022 Member Pulse Survey
Monday, May 16, 2022
... Network conducted its second Member Pulse Survey to learn more about how regional funders are continuing to ... operations, including policies, benefits and compensation. Open between January 27 and March 4, 2022, we received 49 ... as compared to 74 received for the 2021 pulse survey. (An executive summary of the 2021 Member Pulse Survey results ...
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Giving USA 2021: In a year of unprecedented events and challenges, charitable giving reached a record $471.44 billion in 2020

Giving USA 2021
Tuesday, June 15, 2021
... individuals, bequests, foundations and corporations gave an estimated $471.44 billion to U.S. charities in 2020. Total charitable giving grew 5.1% ... United Ways and civil rights organizations.  Giving to arts, culture, and humanities  is estimated to have declined ...

Giving USA: Total U.S. charitable giving remained strong in 2021, reaching $484.85 billion

Tuesday, June 21, 2022
... individuals, bequests, foundations and corporations gave an estimated $484.85 billion to U.S. charities in 2021. Total charitable giving in 2021 ... struggled in 2020, such as giving to health and giving to arts, experienced a recovery in 2021,” said Josh Birkholz, ...
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U.S. Giving Tops the $400 Billion Mark for the First Time

Tuesday, June 12, 2018
... RELEASE: Giving USA 2018: Americans Gave $410.02 Billion to Charity in 2017, Crossing the $400 Billion Mark for the ... foundations and corporations to U.S. charities surged to an estimated $410.02 billion in 2017, according to  Giving ... adjusted for inflation) to $29.59 billion. Giving to arts, culture, and humanities  is estimated to have ...
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National Study Reports Foundations Maintained or Increased Spending in 2020; Long-Term Investment Returns Held Steady

2020 Council on Foundations–Commonfund Study of Investment of Endowments for Private and Community Foundations® (CCSF)
Monday, August 23, 2021
... mission during the year, while many also targeted spending to specifically address needs arising from COVID-19.   ... this research. Participating private foundations reported an average return of 13.1 percent in 2020 while participating ... on our 70-year history, we are charting a course where funders earn and maintain the public's trust by advancing ...