Episode 12: Gilded Giving + Giving Circles




Fresh Research, a NonProfit Times Podcast show

Summary: <p>More charitable giving than ever is coming from high-income households while the donor universe has been shrinking for years. Those are some of the concerns identified in <a href="https://ips-dc.org/report-gilded-giving-2018/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">“Gilded Giving 2018: Top Heavy Philanthropy and Its Perils to the Independent Sector and Democracy.”</a></p> <p>Chuck Collins directs the Program on Inequality and the Common Good at the <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://ips-dc.org/" target="_blank">Institute for Policy Studies</a> in Washington, D.C. He co-authored the report with Josh Hoxie and Helen Flannery.</p> <p>He discusses some of the findings, such as, households earning $200,000 or more now account for more than half of charitable deductions, compared with 30 percent in the early 2000s; and the number of households giving to charity declined from 66 percent to 55 percent between 2000 and 2014. He also talks about the reports recommendations, including a universal charitable deduction, setting a lifetime cap on tax-deductible charitable giving and reforming rules around donor-advised funds (DAF).</p> <p style="text-align: center;">***</p> <p>Giving collectives are estimated to have donated as much as $1.3 billion to charity over the years. <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/bitstream/handle/1805/17743/giving-circle-membership18.pdf" target="_blank">“Giving Circle Membership: How Collective Giving Impacts Donors”</a> is a recent report from the Collective Giving Research Group.</p> <p>Julia Carboni is an <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/pa/Carboni,_Julia/" target="_blank">assistant professor, public administration and public affairs, at the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University</a>.  Jessica Bearman is principal of <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.bearmanconsulting.com/" target="_blank">Bearman Consulting</a>. They are among the founding members of the Collective Giving Research Group, along with <a rel="noreferrer noopener"></a></p>