Giving USA: 2015 Was America’s Most-Generous Year Ever
Giving USA: 2015 Was America’s Most-Generous Year Ever Charitable donations hit record for second year in a row, at estimated $373.25 billion. Donations from America’s individuals, estates, foundations and corporations reached an estimated $373.25 billion in 2015, setting a record for the second year in a row, reports Giving USA 2016: The Annual Report on Philanthropy for the Year 2015 , released today. That new peak in contributions is record-setting whether measured in current or inflation-adjusted dollars. In 2015, total giving grew 4.1 percent in current dollars (4.0 percent when adjusted for inflation) over 2014. The revised inflation-adjusted estimate for total giving in 2014 was $359.04 billion, with current-dollar growth of 7.8 percent, and an inflation-adjusted increase of 6.1 percent. But that’s not the only big news about charitable giving in this year’s report. “If you look at total giving by two-year time spans, the combined growth for 2014 an...