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LATEST NEWS

Updated 7/29/10

Volume 23  Newsletter  

Wealth and the Commonwealth

Includes the most recent full report on the Individual Giving Model and new book excerpt from Wealth and the Will of God by Paul Schervish and Keith Whitaker.

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7/15/10

Report in Advancing Philanthropy

July/August 2010

Individual Giving Model

The Center on Wealth and Philanthropy at Boston College estimates that individual charitable giving in 2009 amounted to $217.3 billion, a decline of $11.2B (4.90 percent) from our estimate of $228.5 billion for 2008.  

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PRESS RELEASE  5/27/10

(Revised 6/4/10) 

2009 HOUSEHOLD CHARITABLE GIVING DOWN

FIVE PERCENT FROM 2008

CHESTNUT HILL, MASS (MAY 27, 2010) - Individual charitable giving in 2009 amounted to $217.3 billion or 4.9 percent in current dollars from the esitmated $228.5 billion  total in 2008, according to the latest report by researchers at the Center on Wealth and Philanthropy at Boston College and published by the Association of Fundraising Professionals.  In inflation adjusted dollars, the  decline between 2008 and 2009 is 4.6%; and this is in addition to the Center's calculation of an inflation-adjusted decline from 2007 to 2008  of 6.1%.  This makes the total decline in inflation adjusted dollars of $25.3 billion between 2007 and 2009.

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BOOK PUBLISHED - March 2010 

The Center on Wealth and Philanthropy is pleased to announce the release of a new book co-authored by Paul G. Schervish and Keith Whitaker, Wealth and the Will of God, pubished by Indiana University Press.  

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JUST RELEASED: Feb 04, 2010 - Migration of Wealth in New Jersey

In the first half of the decade 1999 - 2008, the net effect of migration for New Jersey resulted in a substantial increase in both household wealth and charitable capacity, while in the second half, the direction of the flow was reversed. Researchers at Boston College's Center on Wealth and Philanthropy have looked into the situation to determine the cause of this phenomenon.

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RECENT PRESS RELEASE: Feb 01, 2010 - First Model on Household Giving

Researchers at Boston College's Center on Wealth and Philanthropy have developed the first model designed to estimate future charitable giving by households on a quarterly basis, and have put it to a successful test run. Using this model, the Center produced a report forecasting charitable giving by quarter for 2009.

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Click here to read a press release regarding the Individual Giving Model.