Wednesday, November 09, 2005

N.E. donations to secular charities outpace U.S. rate - 2005-11-09

N.E. donations to secular charities outpace U.S. rate - 2005-11-09: "N.E. donations to secular charities outpace U.S. rate
Boston Business Journal

New Englanders participate more frequently in charitable giving than donors in other regions in the country and give to nonreligious causes at higher rates, according to a new national study released Wednesday.

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'A Closer Look At New England Giving,' a study commissioned from the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University and co-funded by organizations in the six New England states, including Associated Grant Makers in Massachusetts, revealed that 82 percent of New England households gave to a charitable cause in 2002, compared to 67 percent of households nationally in the same year."

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