Georgia Gives 2008
A fall 2008 study by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University finds that Georgia households, foundations, and corporations gave an estimated $6.67 billion to charity in 2007. While 54 percent of the state’s population lives in the Atlanta MSA, Atlanta-area households gave 60 percent of the $5.58 billion donated to charitable organizations by Georgia households ($3.35 billion). Atlanta-area donors also gave more to charity on average ($2,492) than donors in other parts of the state ($2,225) or donors nationally ($2,247). Georgia’s independent, operating, and community foundations granted an estimated $615.8 million in 2006. More than one third of grant dollars went to educational organizations (35 percent compared to 23 percent nationally). Corporate giving in Georgia is an estimated $503 million, based on a survey of Georgia charities that includes $144 million in grantmaking from corporate foundations. The study was funded by the Wilbur and Hilda Glenn Family Foundation.
Georgia Gives 2008 Full Report (Adobe Acrobat PDF)
Indiana Gives 2008
Indiana Gives 2008 provides simultaneous estimations of all the sources (individuals, corporations, and foundations) and uses (religion, education, etc.)
of charitable giving and analysis of giving in Indiana and Indianapolis.
Indiana Gives 2008 Full Report
(Adobe Acrobat PDF document)
Indiana Foundation Grantmaking, 2005 Data
A fall 2008 study by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University finds that Indiana foundations gave an estimated
$964.9 million to charitable purposes in 2005, the latest year for which data are available. At least two-thirds (68 percent)
of the money given by Indiana foundations stays in the state. An estimated 47 percent of grant dollars awarded go to
educational institutions. The analysis of giving by the state’s 1,279 active grantmaking independent, corporate and
community foundations found that the average grant amount was $46,029 and the median grant was $4,000. Independent
foundations gave 82 percent of the grant dollars awarded, representing an estimated $793 million. The study was funded by
Indiana Grantmakers Alliance.
State Wide Report (Adobe Acrobat PDF document)
In addition to a statewide report, the Center prepared analyses for eight regions defined by the Indiana Grantmakers
Allliance. Foundations and grantmaking vary widely across the state Each regional analysis shows the allocation of
grant dollars by type of recipient (education, human services, health, etc.), average grant amount awarded by foundations
in that region, the share of funding staying in the region, and the share of grantmaking in the region that is made by
the three types of foundations considered: independent foundations, corporate foundations, and community foundations.
Arizona-Indiana-Michigan (AIM) Alliance
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DuPage County
County level assessment of corporate giving, perception
of corporate giving by nonprofits, and perceived gaps in the nonprofit sector from
nonprofits and for-profit organizations released in December of 2004.
Gateway to Giving
Gateway to Giving simultaneous estimations of all the sources (individuals,
corporations, and foundation) and uses (religion, education, etc.) of charitable
giving in the St. Louis region also released in the Spring of 2004.
Report available at http://www.gatewaytogiving.org/
Giving in Illinois
state level assessment of individual giving released in February 2007. This report included information and comparisons regarding giving in Illinois as a state, Chicago as a city, Chicago suburbs, rural communities, and non-Chicago cities and suburbs. The study also included an oversample of high-income households.
Available for purchase at http://www.donorsforum.org/pubs/pubs.html#indgivingc
Giving in Kansas City
A study by the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University finds that total charitable contributions estimated from all types of donors in the Kansas City area was $2.15 billion in 2007. Households and individual donors in the Kansas City area gave an estimated $1.49 billion to charities in 2007. Kansas City-area donors also gave more to charity on average ($3,375) than donors nationally ($2,247). Kansas City’s independent, operating, and community foundations gave an estimated $393 million in grants in 2006. Nearly one third of grant dollars went to educational organizations (30 percent compared to 23 percent nationally). Corporate giving in Kansas City is an estimated $150.3 million, based on a survey of Kansas City charities that includes $19.2 million in grantmaking from corporate foundations. The study was funded by several local funders in the Greater Kansas City area.
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Giving USA
Giving USA researched, written, and edited by the Center on Philanthropy on behalf of the Giving USA Foundation. Giving USA is an annual publication which includes the simultaneous estimations of all the sources (individuals, corporations, and foundation) and uses (religion, education, etc.) of charitable giving for the United States. It includes an anthology of relevant research and news giving contextual information for the reader.
Available for purchase at http://www.givingusa.org/secure
Indiana Gives 2004
Simultaneous estimations of all the sources (individuals, corporations, and foundation) and uses (religion, education, etc.) of charitable giving an analysis of giving in Indiana and Indianapolis. Preliminary results released in November of 2004. Final report released in April of 2005.
Full Report
Memphis Gives
A study of giving and volunteering in the greater Memphis,
Tennessee region in a contract with a the Greater Memphis Community Foundation and
its partners; simultaneous estimations of all the sources (individuals, corporations,
and foundation) and uses (religion, education, etc.) of charitable giving in the
Memphis region released in the Spring of 2004. This study also included a section
on economic impact on the Memphis region by the nonprofit sector.
A new Giving Memphis was released in Fall 2008, reporting about giving in 2007. The press release for that study is available at this
site, and the full report may be ordered from Arnoult & Associates Inc., a Memphis consulting firm specializing in work with nonprofit organizations, by
inquiring at
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