Foreword.................................................................................................................................. ii Acknowledgments ................................................................................................................. iv
GIVING USA ESTIMATES
1 Key findings..................................................................................................................... 1 2 Giving USA: The Numbers ............................................................................................ 3
SOURCES OF CONTRIBUTIONS
3 Giving by individuals ................................................................................................... 36 4 Giving by bequest ......................................................................................................... 53 5 Giving by foundations.................................................................................................. 59 6 Giving by corporations ................................................................................................ 71
USES OF CONTRIBUTIONS
7 Giving to religion.......................................................................................................... 83 8 Giving to education...................................................................................................... 95 9 Giving to foundations ................................................................................................ 113 10 Giving to human services.......................................................................................... 119 11 Giving to health .......................................................................................................... 135 12 Giving to public-society benefit................................................................................ 147 13 Giving to arts, culture, and humanities ................................................................... 159 14 Giving to international affairs................................................................................... 171 15 Giving to environment/animals ............................................................................... 183
PHILANTHROPY AND PUBLIC POLICY
16 Legal and legislative issues ........................................................................................ 195
GIVING DATA
17 Gifts of $10 million or more in 2008........................................................................ 204 18 Data tables for charts in Giving USA: The Numbers.............................................. 210
METHODOLOGY
19 Brief summary of methods used .............................................................................. 219 20 Glossary ....................................................................................................................... 228 21 Summary of the National Taxonomy of Exempt Entities...................................... 231
Giving Institute and the Giving USA Foundation™...................................................... 233
Committees, Advisory Council, and Staff....................................................................... 236
Index .................................................................................................................................... 239
Professional Code of Ethics............................................................................................... 241
Order Form ......................................................................................................................... 243
Revisions to prior years ................................................................................................ online
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