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Scott Rasmussen's Number of the Day for November 15, 2019
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November 15, 2019: Fifty-three percent (53%) of Americans gave to charity in 2016 (the most recent year with available data). That’s down dramatically from 66% in the year 2000.[1]
According to an analysis from the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy and Vanguard Charitable, that means 20 million fewer households donated to charity in 2016.[1]
The study found a potentially significant explanation for the decline in charitable giving: Americans are becoming less religious. Over the past decade, the number of Christians in the United States has declined by 12 percentage points.[2]
That impacts charitable giving because “Religion motivates giving more than any other factor.”[3]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MarketWatch, "Fewer Americans are giving money to charity and it could be because they’re spending less time with God," November 2, 2019
- ↑ Pew Research Center, "In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace," October 17, 2019
- ↑ The Philanthropy Roundtable, "Who Gives Most to Charity?," accessed November 14, 2019
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