A Decade of Million-Dollar Gifts

The ’A Decade of Million-Dollar Gifts’ report offers an in-depth analysis of publicly announced US charitable donations of $1 million and above given to 12 different types of recipient organizations from 2000 to 2011. The study finds that the majority of these contributions come from donors within the same state or geographic region as the recipient organization. For each type of organization, the report also explores trends in these gifts over time by donor type, and how economic changes impact giving at this level.