07/14/2026
📰📢NEWSFLASH: Giving is IN!!!
This Week in Philanthropy News, charitable giving in the U.S. reached a record breaking $617.2 billion in 2025, surpassing the $600 billion mark for the first time ever.
"Giving by individuals, bequests, foundations, and corporations all increased in 2025. Individual donors contributed $394.2 billion, 64% of all charitable giving, while bequest (estate donations) giving saw the largest growth, rising nearly 20% over the previous year."
Despite economic uncertainty, generosity continued to grow across every major source of giving, with education, environmental causes, and public benefit organizations seeing some of the strongest increases.
👉 Read the full article here: https://philanthropy.indianapolis.iu.edu/news-events/news/_news/2026/giving-usa-report-2026