I want to know the $ amount & percentage of individual charitable giving
in the United States that goes from the wealthy to the poor in a given
year? You can define "wealthy" as those that make $100k/year or more
and poor as the
disadvantaged people or areas (e.g.- innercity schools,) causes (e.g.-
homeless shelters, etc.)
I need this information by end of day, Monday, Feb 28th if at ALL possible!!
I have already done research (links below) and understand the
percentage of total individual giving that goes to particular subject
areas in general (e.g.- human services vs. education vs. religion vs.
the arts, etc.) But, what is not clear in what I have found already
is the next level of
detail - for example, in education, what % of individual giving from
the wealthy goes to poor schools vs. wealthy ones, etc. That's just an
example though, as I need a total across all categories of the US
individual giving from the wealthy to the poor. Here's how I would
like the results to look:
1) __X%__ of all US individual giving goes to the poor.
2) Of the total giving in __X__ year (whatever the most recent year
is,) the $ amount of individual giving to the poor was _$X__
across all categories.
3) Of the amount that the wealthy give in a year in the US, __X% & $
amount__was given to the poor vs. the rich.
I have found some info so far from the "Giving USA, American
Association of Fundraising Counsel (AAFRC), 2002. For example, the
wealthiest 20% of families made 67% of all charitable contributions in
1998. Also, 90% of families with incomes greater than $100k made a
donation. But, what I need to know is what % of those contributions
by the wealthy went to the poor (e.g.- to disadvantaged people,
minorities, poor areas, schools, etc.) vs. to the rich ones(e.g.-
colleges/universities, art museums, symphonies, etc.)
Also, here is a link to what I've already found on this topic:
http://www.oslerbooks.com/damon/pdf/philanthropy.pdf . Thanks!!! |
