Daily Herald | Illinois-"Study finds that giving is up, thanks to individual effort

Daily Herald | Illinois: "Study finds that giving is up, thanks to individual effort

By Dave Orrick
Daily Herald Staff Writer
Posted Monday, December 12, 2005

Charitable giving in Illinois continued to inch up, finally reaching a level 2 percent above how things looked in 2001, according to a report released today.

But the improvement was thanks to individual donors, not companies and foundations.

For the first time in six years, company and foundation giving fell in 2003, the year of giving that was analyzed in the report by the nonprofit Chicago Donors Forum. The report is the only annual snapshot of the state’s $21.5 billion charitable sector."