May 31, 2001

Growth in Giving Cools Down

By JANET L. FIX and NICOLE LEWIS

Total tops $203-billion, but rate of increase is lowest in 5 years

Charitable giving slowed last year to its lowest rate of growth in five years, rising just 3.2 percent to an estimated $203.5-billion after adjusting for inflation, according to statistics released last week in Giving USA, an annual survey of the state of philanthropy.

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