Americans are more generous in their charitable giving during Covid-19, but how they donate changed
As Covid-19 descended on the U.S. and began closing businesses, schools and community centers, 56% of U.S. households engaged in charitable giving to help their neighbors through the crisis, according to a new report from Indiana University’s Women’s Philanthropy Institute (WPI).
One-third of U.S. households gave money directly to charitable organizations, other individuals or businesses, according to the report, which surveyed 3,405 people in the general population in mid-May of this year. That’s similar to previous years, according to the report. Even with all of the economic insecurity of the coronavirus recession, people in the U.S. continued to donate money.
