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June 15, 2021
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From: Chronicle of Philanthropy

Subject: Giving Grew in a Tumultuous Year but Not for All. What’s Ahead in 2021?

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Giving Grew in a Tumultuous Year but Not for All. What’s Ahead in 2021?

The annual ‘Giving USA’ report found that individual giving made up 69 percent of all philanthropy last year, the smallest share ever recorded.

Plus: Read more about the report from people who worked on ‘Giving USA’ in the

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increase-in-giving-promo.jpg

Giving Grew in a Tumultuous Year but Not for All. What’s Ahead in 2021?

The annual ‘Giving USA’ report found that individual giving made up 69 percent of all philanthropy last year, the smallest share ever recorded.

Plus: Read more about the report from people who worked on ‘Giving USA’ in the Conversation, a Chronicle editorial partner.

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    Greater financial transparency, made increasingly possible by technological innovation and new social norms, is becoming a hallmark virtue of the 21st century for young people raised on social media and smartphones. Their vision for a more transparent world will become the expectation in the years to come, and they will only trust nonprofits that are open.
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