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A Guide to Giving - Part 1

Sunday, February 24, 2008

Image of students singing.

Charitable Cash Flow

In the first part of this series about trends in the charitable giving industry, NBR correspondent Erika Miller finds out how many individuals and corporations contribute to charities and how those groups make the decision to give.

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External Links/Articles*

  • The Conference Board
    The Conference Board is a business membership and research organization most widely known for publishing the Consumer Confidence Index and the Leading Economic Indicators. Carolyn Cavicchio, the organization's senior research associate for global corpoarte citizenship, is interviewed in Erika Miller's report. This links to a brief report compiled by the organization titled, "Corporate Contributions in 2006."
  • Education Through Music
    Education Through Music is a nonprofit organization that "forms long-term partnerships with inner-city elementary schools that lack the resources to develop school-wide music programs." The organization's efforts at Mount Carmel-Holy Rosary School are profiled in Erika Miller's report.
  • The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
    This links to an article published in the October 2005 edition of the St. Louis Fed's "The Regional Economist" journal. The article is titled, "The Economics of Charitable Giving: What Gives?"
  • The Foundation Center
    The Foundation Center is an organization dedicated to strengthing the nonprofit sector by advancing knowledge about U.S. philanthropy." This links to the center's answer to this question: "What motivates companies to give through corporate giving programs?"
  • Mount Carmel-Holy Rosary School
    Mount Carmel-Holy Rosary is a Catholic school in the East Harlem section of New York City. It serves students in Pre-K through eight grade. As Erika Miller explains in her report, the school also benefits from the Education Through Music program. This links to information about the school's programs, including Education Through Music.
  • National Center for Charitable Statistics (NCCS)
    NCCS is a "national clearinghouse of data on the nonprofit sector in the United States." It is part of the Urban Institute.

    • *Clicking these external links will take you off the NBR web site on PBS.org. NBR has no affiliation with these sites.
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