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AFP eWire
June 9, 2006 |
Corporate Giving Up Strongly in 2005 The 2005 survey of corporate philanthropy included 91 companies representing more than 50% of total corporate philanthropy in the U.S. The median amount of total giving per company was $38.2 million, up from $33.4 million in 2004.   |
AFP eWire
November 19, 2007 |
Corporate Giving Increases, But Some Cut Back A new report shows that while overall corporate philanthropic giving rose in 2006, a significant number of businesses reported decreasing their contributions levels from 2005. |
AFP eWire
June 9, 2010 |
Total U.S. Giving Decreased in 2009 The amount of money donated to charity by individuals, foundation and corporations decreased again in 2009, dropping 3.2 percent |
AFP eWire
June 19, 2006 |
Annual U.S. Charitable Giving Exceeds $260 Billion American donors gave more than $260 billion to charitable causes in 2005, a 6.1% increase from 2004, according to the annual report Giving USA. |
AFP eWire
June 21, 2004 |
U.S. Charitable Giving Surpassed $240 Billion in 2003 American individuals, estates, foundations and corporations gave an estimated $240.72 billion to charitable causes in 2003, according to a study. |
AFP eWire
June 25, 2007 |
U.S. Charitable Giving Surges Near $300 Billion in 2006 This recent data reveals several interesting trends about giving. For example, while mega-gifts made the news, they still are a small piece of overall giving pie. |
AFP eWire
October 16, 2004 |
Corporate Giving Still Robust, New Survey Reports Philanthropic giving by U.S. corporations and corporate foundations increased by 24 percent from 2002 to 2003, according to a new survey. |
AFP eWire
June 20, 2005 |
Charitable Giving Rises Five Percent in 2004 Charitable Giving in the U.S. exceeded $248 billion in 2004, according to the new Giving USA report. |
AFP eWire
March 5, 2007 |
Corporate Contributions Up 14 Percent in 2005 Increases in giving were driven by strong growth in revenue and pre-tax profits. However, contribution levels did not keep pace with this growth, as giving both as a percentage of revenue and as a pre-tax profit fell in 2005. |
Foundation News & Commentary
May/Jun 2006
Maria Schneider |
Leveraging the Gift A well-thought-out approach to corporate matching gift programs is critical to creating value for the companies. |
AFP eWire
June 21, 2011 |
Charitable Giving Rebounds Slightly After Two Years of Steep Declines Total giving by individuals, foundations and corporations in the U.S. was $290.89 billion in 2010, a 2.1 percent increase from 2009. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Mar/Apr 2006
Sarita Venkat |
Corporate Givers Revisit Disaster Grants Although corporations and corporate grantmakers have responded again and again to help after disasters -- and they give their support in a number of ways -- many believe it's time to get a clear disaster relief giving policy in place. |
AFP eWire
March 7, 2005 |
GE, Novartis and Arch Chemicals Win Corporate Philanthropy Day Awards The Committee to Encourage Corporate Philanthropy (CECP), a forum of business CEOs and chairpersons, celebrated its sixth annual Corporate Philanthropy Day by honoring three companies for their charitable efforts. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Giving Is Good Business Small businesses should realize that they don't need to give away millions of dollars in cash or products in order to make a difference in their communities. |
AFP eWire
January 30, 2006 |
Corporate Contributions Up in 2004 Corporate giving to non-profits and charities increased by 22% from 2003 to 2004, according to an annual survey. |
AFP eWire
January 8, 2006 |
U.S. Giving to Tsunami Relief Exceeded $3 Billion Approximately 25% of American households contributed a total of $2.78 billion to tsunami relief efforts. Corporations gave $340 million, and foundations accounted for $40 million. |
AFP eWire
November 15, 2005 |
Fundraising Down Slightly Because of Hurricanes: Optimism Still Strong That Giving Will Recover by Year's End According to a survey, nearly half of U.S. charities have seen their fundraising decline because of the Gulf Coast Hurricanes and the associated relief efforts |
AFP eWire
June 11, 2009 |
U.S. Giving Declines in 2008 Reflecting Economic Woes Charitable giving in the United States declined for the first time since 1987, reports the Giving USA Foundation, though total giving again broke the $300 billion mark. |
AFP eWire
February 28, 2014 |
Charities, Fundraisers Call New Tax Plan a "Mixed Bag"--Appreciate Simplification, Concerned About Impact on Giving The Association of Fundraising Professionals today expressed its appreciation to Rep. Dave Camp (R-Minn.) for recognizing the unique value of the charitable deduction in his new plan that seeks to simplify the tax code. |
AFP eWire
May 21, 2007 |
Corporate Giving Reaches Milestone Independent of Disaster Relief A new study reveals that foundation giving rose by 6% in 2006, even though most giving related to the Gulf Coast Hurricanes and Southeast Asia Tsunami has already been completed. Giving exceeded $4 billion for the first time ever. |
AFP eWire
February 2, 2009 |
Corporate Giving in Flux, But Not Disappearing, Study Shows Though corporate giving levels are predicted to decrease in 2009, many corporations and corporate foundations are holding steady in the amount they plan to give. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Nov/Dec 2005
Kelly Shipp Simone |
Legal FAQs on Disaster Grantmaking Qualified disasters offer corporate grantmakers flexibility in response -- within legal parameters. Here are some. |
AFP eWire
December 10, 2007 |
Majority of Households Give, But Still Many are Not Consistent A majority of U.S. households give to charity consistently every year, but almost three in ten shift every year between giving and not giving. |
Foundation News & Commentary
Mar/Apr 2006
Rayna Aylward |
Readying the Response A corporate grantmaker describes her organization's effort to be better prepared to marshal resources when the next disaster strikes. |
AFP eWire
January 13, 2005 |
North American Tsunami Relief Contributions Exceed $550 Million; Arkansas Extends Deduction Deadline Charities across North America have received more than $550 million in contributions to support relief efforts related to the Southeast Asia tsunami which hit several countries on Dec. 26, 2004. |
AFP eWire
February 6, 2006 |
New Report Shows Fundraisers Hopeful About Giving in U.S. In the second half of 2005, fundraisers became slightly more hopeful than they had been six months previously about the climate for philanthropy in the United States, according to a December survey. |
AFP eWire
June 17, 2014 |
Giving Gets Its Groove Back -- But Grooves a Little Differently First, the good news: for the fourth consecutive year giving by Americans has grown. |
AFP eWire
July 24, 2006 |
IRS Releases Data on Noncash Charitable Contributions For the first time, the IRS has gathered information about noncash charitable contributions, including type of gifts, donor demographics and which organizations were most likely to receive noncash contributions. |
AFP eWire
February 10, 2015
Brad Offman |
Corporate Giving -- Whatever You Call it, it's Not Philanthropic The fact that corporations cannot be inherently philanthropic means that their giving cannot be motivated by altruism, faith, empathy or other decidedly human emotions. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
These Companies Are Giving Money Away In a survey of 140 corporations, 53% of respondents upped their giving during 2008, even companies with profits down in the same period. |
Investment Advisor
October 2009
James J. Green |
Forget Chicken Little What's the current state of philanthropy? |
Investment Advisor
October 2005
Robert Bingham |
The IA Soapbox: Giving with Head as Well as Heart A massive national tragedy will prompt your clients to make financial gifts from the heart. It is the financial advisor's job to help prepare clients to make those decisions from the head with assets set aside for this purpose. |
AFP eWire
June 23, 2008 |
U.S. Charitable Giving Surpassed $300 Billion in 2007 Foundation grant making, which made up 12.5 percent of total giving, is the fastest growing source of charitable donations. |
AFP eWire
September 6, 2005 |
Charity Reform: Overview of Finance Committee Giving Reform Proposals This month, the Senate Finance Committee is expected to finally introduce legislation that will dramatically affect numerous tax incentives for charitable giving. |
Financial Planning
October 2, 2007
Barry Glassman |
'Tis Better to Give As a financial advisor, it's important for you to recognize that charitable giving is a consequential part of many of your clients' lives. |
AFP eWire
September 8, 2014 |
AFP's Response to National Post Article on Policing of Political Activities of Charities The charitable tax designation and the tax credit bind together the interests and concerns of all of us in the betterment of our society. |
AFP eWire
July 13, 2007 |
"Stretch" Giving on the Rise Charities are seeing an increasing numbers of donors making gifts out of proportion to their wealth. One reason is the soon-to-expire IRA rollover provision. |
AFP eWire
November 3, 2005 |
Legislation Formally Recognizing National Philanthropy Day Introduced in the Senate of Canada Senator Jerahmiel S. Grafstein, chair of the Standing Senate Committee on Banking, Trade and Commerce, introduced legislation that would create the first permanent government-recognized National Philanthropy Day (NPD) in the world. |
AFP eWire
November 13, 2006 |
Majority of Wealthy Unaffected by Tax Incentives, Not Interested in Leaving a Legacy A new study reveals that a strong majority of wealthy donors in the US would maintain or increase their charitable giving if the estate tax was repealed, and only 25% of those donors are motivated to leave a legacy in their giving. |
The Motley Fool
December 9, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Research Those Charities! You don't have to give blindly. There are many online resources you can use to dig up information on charities to which you're considering donating your money. |
AFP eWire
February 14, 2005 |
Congressional Committee Proposes New Limits on Charitable Deductions A new report by the Joint Committee on Taxation in Congress includes proposals to limit or eliminate certain types of deductions for charitable giving. |
AFP eWire
December 20, 2011 |
Women Drive Philanthropic Decisions in Wealthy Households, but Nonprofits Must Work for Their Trust, Study Finds In nearly 90 percent of high net worth households, women are either the sole decision maker or an equal partner in decisions about charitable giving. |
AFP eWire
May 27, 2010 |
2009 Household Charitable Giving Down Five Percent from 2008 Individual charitable giving in 2009 amounted to $217.3 billion, a decline of $11.2 billion or 4.9 percent from the estimated $228.5 billion total in 2008, according to the latest report by researchers at the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy at Boston College |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2009
Dune Thorne |
Charitable Connection American women are poised to become major influencers in the world of philanthropy, shaping social policy around the globe for future generations. |
On Wall Street
April 1, 2012
Michelle Lodge |
Five Questions With King McGlaughon King McGlaughon of Foundation Source, which provides back-room support for foundations, tells how a financial advisor's knowledge of philanthropy gives him or her an edge. |
AFP eWire
October 15, 2007 |
Overview of Canadian Philanthropic Achievements Imagine Canada has released a study detailing the specific achievements that Canadian philanthropy and the country's charitable sector has accomplished. |
AFP eWire
July 25, 2005 |
Black Philanthropy: A Growing Force, But Often Unrecognized Black philanthropy is strong and prevalent within the African-American community, but more research and recognition are needed, according to the National Center for Black Philanthropy in Washington, D.C. |
AFP eWire
August 9, 2004 |
A "Golden Age for Philanthropy" Ahead? The July 29 issue of The Economist predicts that another golden age for philanthropy and charitable giving is about to occur not only in the United States, but also around the world. |
AFP eWire
March 5, 2014 |
Limiting Charitable Deductions Is Not The Way to Position U.S. for the 21st Century A budget proposal that would cap all itemized deductions -- including the charitable deduction -- at 28 percent for certain taxpayers would hurt charities' ability to help our citizens prepare for the 21 st century. |
AFP eWire
February 2, 2010 |
Boston College Researchers Design First Model to Produce Quarterly Estimates of Household Giving "The Boston College Center for Wealth and Philanthropy's Individual Giving Model is a quantum step forward in how we can estimate charitable giving," said AFP President and CEO Paulette V. Maehara. |
