In its special report “The Disappearing Donor,” the Chronicle examines why a smaller share of Americans give to charity today than at the start of the 21st century. This trend is true across all demographics, with new data showing declines among even the religious faithful and middle-age donors, who are typically nonprofit stalwarts.
Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy has documented this shrinking of America’s donor base in its Philanthropy Panel Study, a part of the University of Michigan’s Panel Study of Income Dynamics, a gold-standard analysis based on a longitudinal survey taken every two years since 1968.
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