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  2. Charity (practice) - Wikipedia

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    Institutions developed to assist the poor, and these charities now constitute the majority of charitable giving in terms of monetary value. These institutions include orphanages , food banks , religious institutes dedicated to helping the poor, hospitals , organizations that visit the homebound and imprisoned, and many others.

  3. Charitable organization - Wikipedia

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    A charitable organization [1] or charity is an organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being (e.g. educational, religious or other activities serving the public interest or common good). The legal definition of a charitable organization (and of charity) varies between countries and in some instances regions of the ...

  4. List of countries by charitable donation as percentage of GDP

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    The following list of countries by charitable donation, prima facie, measures the generosity of nations by showing the total charitable donations from individuals within the nation, as a percentage of the nation's GDP. The figures were published in February 2016 by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) in its report titled Gross Domestic ...

  5. List of charitable foundations - Wikipedia

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    Baan Gerda; Beckstrand Cancer Foundation; Belarus Solidarity Foundation; Best Friends Animal Society; Bharat Sevashram Sangha; Big Brothers Big Sisters of America

  6. Donation - Wikipedia

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    Blackbaud's 2015 Charitable Giving report revealed a 9% increase in online donations compared to 2014. In addition, online giving represented 7% of overall fundraising, with 14% of all online donations made on mobile devices. Donations made on the international online giving day #GivingTuesday were up 52% from the previous year. [5]

  7. Charity - Wikipedia

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    Charitable organization or charity, a non-profit organization whose primary objectives are philanthropy and social well-being of persons; Charity (practice), the practice of being benevolent, giving and sharing; Charity (Christian virtue), the Christian religious concept of unlimited love and kindness

  8. Philanthropy in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Charitable giving in the US, 2009 [1] Statistics indicate the United States is the most generous country in the world over the decade until December 2019. [2] [3] As of 2023, the majority of charitable dollars in the U.S. went to religion (24%), education (14%), human services (14%), grantmaking foundations (13%), public-society benefit (10%).

  9. Giving - Wikipedia

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    Giving may refer to: Gift, the transfer of something without the expectation of receiving something in return; Generosity, the habit of giving freely without expecting anything in return; Charity (practice), the giving of help to those in need who are not related to the giver; Giving: How Each of Us Can Change the World, a book by Bill Clinton