People of faith in the USA tend to give more overall to charitable causes than Americans without a religious affiliation according to the atached study by Connected to Give. About 75 percent of people who frequently attend religious services gave to congregations, and 60 percent gave to charities. In contrast fewer than half of people who said they didn’t attend faith services regularly supported any charity. It is interesting that the study found that Giving rates among black Protestants, evangelical Protestants, Jews, mainline Protestants and Roman Catholics were about the same. An article from The Chronicle of Philanthropy on the main findings of the study is also attached.

Download the report from the Connected to Give website.