| Table 29. | Percentage of households contributing to education and other charitable organizations and average annual donation, by type of charity: 1989, 1991, and 1993 |
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| 1989 | 1991 | 1993
|_______________________________|_______________________________|______________________________
| | Average annual | | Average annual | | Average annual
|Percentage| contribution |Percentage| contribution |Percentage| contribution
Type of charity |of total |____________________|of total |____________________|of total |___________________
| house- | Per con- |Per total| house- | Per con- |Per total| house- |Per con- |Per total
| holds\1\ |tributing | house- | holds\1\ |tributing | house- | holds\1\ |tributing| house-
| |household | hold | |household | hold | |household| hold
________________________|__________|__________|_________|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________|_________
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10
________________________|__________|__________|_________|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________|_________
Total ................| 75.1 | $978 | $734 | 72.2 | $899 | $649 | 73.4 | $880 | $646
|__________|__________|_________|__________|__________|_________|__________|_________|_________
Religious ..............| 53.2 | 896 | 477 | 51.3 | 800 | 410 | 49.2 | 817 | 402
Health .................| 32.4 | 143 | 46 | 32.9 | 154 | 51 | 25.7 | 139 | 36
Human services .........| 23.0 | 263 | 60 | 27.5 | 260 | 71 | 26.7 | 208 | 56
Youth development ......| 21.6 | 129 | 28 | 22.1 | 114 | 25 | 17.9 | 106 | 19
Education ..............| 19.1 | 291 | 56 | 21.1 | 225 | 47 | 17.5 | 424 | 74
Environment ............| 13.4 | 88 | 12 | 16.3 | 99 | 16 | 11.6 | 89 | 10
Arts, culture, and | | | | | | | | |
humanities ............| 9.6 | 193 | 19 | 9.4 | 194 | 18 | 8.1 | 139 | 11
Public and societal | | | | | | | | |
benefit ...............| 11.2 | 120 | 13 | 11.2 | 132 | 15 | 11.2 | 160 | 18
Private and community | | | | | | | | |
foundations ...........| 6.4 | 116 | 7 | 6.0 | 113 | 7 | 5.3 | 144 | 8
Recreation, adults .....| 6.2 | 135 | 8 | 6.3 | 164 | 10 | 4.6 | 193 | 9
International, foreign .| 4.2 | 202 | 8 | 3.5 | 198 | 7 | 2.8 | (\2\) | (\2\)
Other ..................| 3.0 | 195 | 6 | 2.8 | 233 | 7 | 4.7 | 81 | 4
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\1\ Percents do not add to total because of respondents giving to more than one type of charity. NOTE.--Details for total households do not add to total because details only include households which reported a donation amount for the particular type of charity. The percentage of total includes households who reported giving donations, but did not specify amount. SOURCE: Independent Sector, The Gallup Organization, Giving and Volunteering in the United States, 1989, 1991, and 1993. (This table was prepared April 1995.) |
