Unsurprisingly, this is the most charitable time of the year: According to Charitynavigator.org, 50 percent of all donations to charity are made between Thanksgiving and the end of the year. Americans are a very charitable people. A Gallup survey indicated that 83 percent of us donated money to a charitable institution in the past year.
That breaks down as 55 percent who donated to a religious organization, 75 percent to another type of nonprofit, and 47 percent who donated to both. Interestingly enough, the number of people donating to religious institutions is down nine percentage points since 2005.
In addition, 65 percent of American say they have volunteered their time over the past year. That number has been rising in recent years, and is up from 59 percent in 2004.
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