How many of the mega gifts of $10 million or more go to Jewish causes? And where do the rest go?
These issues were summarized in a recent report sponsored by The Institute for Jewish & Community Research: Mega-Gifts in Jewish Philanthropy: Giving Patterns 2001-2003. This report analyzed more than 1,000 gifts of $1 million or more that totalled $7 billion of giving.
- For gifts of $1 million or more, 9% of the dollars went to Jewish auses
- For gifts of $10 milion or more, 5% went to Jewish causes
- Jews give 16% of all mega gift dollars in America
Thanks to The Institute for sponsoring this important research.
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1 comments:
hi tom,
very interesting information. i looked at the full study as well.
what is perhaps most interesting is that only 9% (of the $1 million + donations) and only 5% (of the $10 million +) of donations by Jews went to Jewish causes.
speaking from 15+ years experience of working with philanthropists within the Jewish community, i can tell you that it is well known that Jews support a more universal approach to giving. (And elie wiesel has said that the more 'jewish' one is, the more 'universalistic' you must be - since judaism teaches you to take care of your own and of the stranger, almost as one, and sometimes in reverse order!)
i wonder if there are statistics for other population groups (catholics, hispanics, etc.) - would be interesting to know who assimilates more/less and why....
arnie draiman
www.draimanconsulting.com
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