As the crucial year-end giving season wraps up, charities have little to cheer about from the tally of giving by the nation’s wealthiest Americans. The 10 biggest gifts donated by Americans in 2009 totaled just $2.7-billion, according to a new Chronicle analysis, compared with $8-billion in 2008 and more than $4-billion in 2007.
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