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Fewer Americans are giving money to charity but total donations are at record levels anyway

  • Written by Una Osili, Professor, Economics and Philanthropic Studies, Associate Dean for Research and International Programs, Lilly Family School of Philanthropy, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
Fewer Americans are giving money to charity but total donations are at record levels anywayCharitable giving hit record levels in 2017. pinkomelet/Sshutterstock.com

Following years of steady growth that has tracked the performance of a generally healthy economy, U.S. charitable giving has reached an all-time high at a time when the share of Americans who make donations is falling.

But as a lead researcher and an author of the latest Givin...

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