The Stubborn 2% Giving Rate - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas

The Stubborn 2% Giving Rate - News - The Chronicle of Philanthropy- Connecting the nonprofit world with news, jobs, and ideas: mericans gave $316.2-billion to charity last year, according to “Giving USA,” the annual survey of philanthropy that was released this week. And in a statistic that offers no surprises no one, that represented 2 percent of the country’s gross domestic product, the same as in 2011.