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] ([link removed])
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] ([link removed])
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] ([link removed])
That impacts charitable giving because “Religion motivates giving more than any other factor.”[3] ([link removed])
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