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The United States is “a land of charity,” says Arthur Brooks, an expert on philanthropy and a professor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School, who sees charitable giving and volunteerism as the signal characteristic of Americans. Americans increased their charitable donations significantly in 2006 to more than $295 billion -- a record, according to a study released June 25 by the Giving USA Foundation, which reports on charitable contributions. The overwhelming majority of this money was donated by individuals, not corporations or foundations, according to the chairman of Giving USA, Richard Jolly. Donations from individuals, including bequests, accounted for 83.3 percent of total giving last year, or $245.8 billion, he told USINFO.<ref>http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2007/June/200706261522251CJsamohT0.8012354.html</ref>
The United States is “a land of charity,” says Arthur Brooks, an expert on philanthropy and a professor at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School, who sees charitable giving and volunteerism as the signal characteristic of Americans. Americans increased their charitable donations significantly in 2006 to more than $295 billion -- a record, according to a study released June 25 by the Giving USA Foundation, which reports on charitable contributions. The overwhelming majority of this money was donated by individuals, not corporations or foundations, according to the chairman of Giving USA, Richard Jolly. Donations from individuals, including bequests, accounted for 83.3 percent of total giving last year, or $245.8 billion, he told USINFO.<ref>http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2007/June/200706261522251CJsamohT0.8012354.html</ref>
==Levels of giving per country==
The following is a table of national giving levels as a percentage of GDP.
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Level of Giving as % of GDP
|-
| [[USA]]
| 1.67
|-
| [[UK]]
| 0.73
|-
| [[Canada]]
| 0.72
|-
| [[Australia]]
| 0.69
|-
| [[South Africa]]
| 0.64
|-
| [[Republic of Ireland]]
| 0.47
|-
| [[Netherlands]]
| 0.45
|-
| [[Singapore]]
| 0.29
|-
| [[New Zealand]]
| 0.29
|-
| [[Turkey]]
| 0.23
|-
| [[Germany]]
| 0.22
|-
| [[France]]
| 0.14
|}
<ref>International comparisons of charitable giving November 2006, [https://www.cafonline.org/ Charities Aid Foundation] Briefing Paper</ref>
== See also ==
== See also ==