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Innovative COVID-19 Response Dashboard yields lessons for future disaster philanthropy

Covid-19 Signs
Wednesday, December 16, 2020
... Wes Somerville & Sidney Hargro When the coronavirus hit Philadelphia, the impact on our region’s economy and ... and William Penn Foundation funded Philanthropy Network Greater Philadelphia and the Center for High Impact ... (33%) and individual sole proprietors (18%), such as artists. Here’s what the dashboard indicated about how ...

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
... in the final months of the year boosted contributions. As a result, 2020 is the highest year of charitable giving on ... and the ensuing economic shock, and they may have had greater capacity to give charitably than households and ... Josh Birkholz, vice-chair of Giving USA Foundation and CEO of BWF. “Those are the types of charities that might ...

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

Tuesday, November 12, 2024
... impact giving patterns,” said Holly Welch Stubbing, CEO of National Philanthropic Trust. “While individual ... to contribute both liquid and more complex assets such as appreciated stock, cryptocurrency, real estate or fine ...
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U.S. Giving Tops the $400 Billion Mark for the First Time

Tuesday, June 12, 2018
... in divisive times our commitment to philanthropy is solid. As people have more resources available, they are choosing to ... was generated in part by increases in the stock market, as evidenced by the nearly 20 percent growth in the S&P 500. ... Rachel Hutchisson, chair of The Giving Institute, and vice president of corporate citizenship and philanthropy for ...
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Giving USA: Total U.S. charitable giving remained strong in 2021, reaching $484.85 billion

Tuesday, June 21, 2022
... 2021. These types of megagifts (defined in Giving USA 2022 as gifts of $450 million or more) represent about 5% of all ... performance by institutional forms of philanthropy such as foundations and corporations. Yet these economic ... Josh Birkholz, vice-chair of Giving USA Foundation and CEO of BWF. “Conversely, several subsectors that ...
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Take-Aways from the 2022 Member Pulse Survey

2022 Member Pulse Survey
Monday, May 16, 2022
... and evolve their grantmaking practices and priorities as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic downturn ... January 27 and March 4, 2022, we received 49 responses as compared to 74 received for the 2021 pulse survey. (An ... still common, but General Operating Support has emerged as the most frequently provided type of support The majority ...
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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
... their mission through time,” said Kathleen P. Enright, President and CEO of the Council on Foundations, and George ... maintenance of spending in a highly uncertain environment as well as incremental spending focused on COVID-19 needs. ... foundations did so. Compared with community foundations, a greater proportion of private foundations in all three size ...