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Revision as of 10:54, 6 December 2012
In modern usage, the practice of charity means the giving of help to those in need who are not related to the giver.
See also: Foreign aid
Statistics
In the United States, in 2010 total giving to charitable organizations was estimated at $290.89 billion in 2010 (about 2% of GDP).
- Most of the money came from individuals: $211.77 billion (73% of total giving).
- 14% of donations came from foundations for a total of $41 billion.
- Bequests accounted for 8% of donations or a total of $22.83 billion.
- Giving by corporations amounted to just 5% of all giving in 2010 ($15.29 billion).
Where did all that money go?
- 35% of all donations, or $100.63 billion, went to religious organizations. Most of this giving is to the donor’s house of worship.
- At 14% ($41.67 billion) of giving in 2010, the next largest sector was education.
- 9% of donations ($26.49 billion ) went to human services charities.
- 8% went to health charities for a total of $22.83 billion.
- 8% went to public benefit charities for a total of $24.24 billion.
- 5% went to arts, culture, humanities charities which received a total of $13.28 billion.
- 5% went to international charities for a total of $15.77 billion. International charities saw the biggest growth in giving (15.3%), in part, because of the earthquake in Haiti (January 2010).
- 2% of donations went to environmental and animal charities.[1]
References
Links
- Charity by Russell Roberts, The Concise Encyclopedia of Economics
- Health Insurance before the Welfare State The Destruction of Self-Help by State Intervention (pdf) by Pavel Chalupnicek and Lukas Dvorak, 2009
- No Buts about Freedom by Richard M. Ebeling, July 2005
- Free Gas and The Economics of Charity by Art Carden and Timothy M. Shaughnessy, September 2008
- The Greatest Economic Charity by F.A. Harper, from the The Writings of F. A. Harper, Volume 2: Shorter Essays
- An Uncharitable Proposal by Alex M. Brill and Phillip Swagel. March 2009
- How Dagger John Saved New York’s Irish by William J. Stern, 1997
- Once We Knew How to Rescue Poor Kids by William J. Stern, 1998
- Philanthropy That Worked by Leo Trachtenberg, 1998
- Charity at Wikipedia