Firms try to keep helping charities

Firms try to keep helping charities: "Firms try to keep helping charities Auto profit shortfalls reduce Michigan companies' giving September 23, 2007 BY JOHN GALLAGHER FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER If economic stress is bad for business, it's really bad for charities that depend on business. Nationwide last year, corporate philanthropy of all types stood at 0.7% of pretax profits, the lowest level in 30 years, according to Giving USA 2007, a report by Indiana University's Center on Philanthropy."