Transcript - Giving USA 2011

Hudson Institute's Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal and The Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University held a discussion of

Giving USA 2011

Who Gave, How Much, and To Whom in 2010?



Thursday, June 23 - 12:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Hudson Institute - Betsy and Walter Stern Conference Center
1015 15th Street, NW - Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005

Event Description

Charitable giving as a form of civic engagement in the United States attracts greater participation than many other types of civic involvement - even voting. For more than fifty years, the annual publication Giving USA has documented who gives what to whom. But 2010 was no ordinary year. How did charitable giving fare amidst the economic crisis? What shifts took place in giving by individuals, corporations, and foundations? More importantly, what do the results tell us about who we are, where philanthropy is going, and what fundraisers can expect of 2011?

             Palmer, Rooney, Pollack,

            McGrady, and McCambridge

On June 23 — only three days after the release of Giving USA 2011 — Hudson Institute’s Bradley Center for Philanthropy and Civic Renewal and the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University joined forces to host Indiana University’s Patrick M. Rooney, Ph.D., a member of the team that researches and writes Giving USA, to discuss the questions raised by the latest numbers. Joining Dr. Rooney on the panel were The Nonprofit Quarterly's Ruth McCambridge, Tom Pollak of the Urban Institute/National Center for Charitable Statistics, and Wendy McGrady from The Curtis Group. Stacy Palmer of The Chronicle of Philanthropy moderated the discussion.

Recommended Reading

Giving USA 2010 was released on June 20, 2011. Download your free executive summary online that day at www.givingusareports.org.

Program and Panel

11:30 a.m.
Registration, lunch buffet

12:00 p.m.
Welcome by Hudson Institute Senior Fellow William Schambra

12:10
Panel discussion
Patrick M. Rooney, Executive Director of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University
Ruth McCambridge, Editor of The Nonprofit Quarterly
Wendy McGrady, Vice President of The Curtis Group
Tom Pollak, Program Director at the Urban Institute
Stacy Palmer, Editor of The Chronicle of Philanthropy (moderator)

1:10
Question-and-answer session

2:00
Adjournment