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Generous Americans Give More to Charity in 2011
By Good News Network Friday, January 27, 2012
Americans gave a total of nearly $347 billion to charity in 2011, a 7.5 percent increase over 2010, according to a report released Tuesday by Atlas of Giving.
The group, which measures and forecasts charitable giving in the United States, said giving expanded at a faster rate than overall economic growth for the year.
Total giving to U.S. nonprofits increased by $24.2 billion over the 2010 total of $322.69 billion.
(READ the story in MSNBC)
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